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RCB Captain For IPL 2025 Announcement LIVE Updates: The 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League is all set to begin in March and the excitement among the fans is increasing with every passing day. Ahead of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are all set to announce their new captain. The Bengaluru-based franchise, who finished at fourth place in 2024, is looking for a new leader after their regular skipper Faf du Plessis was released. If reports are to be believed then star batter Virat Kohli is unlikely to become the captain and Rajat patidar and Krunal Pandya are the frontrunners for the position.
RCB Captain Announcement for IPL 2025 Live Updates, straight from Bengaluru:
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RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: The meeting started
The event for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain has begun. The announcement will be made anytime soon.
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RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Fans also excited for WPL 2025
“𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚.”
The 12th Man Army had their say about our #WPL2025 Squad, and you can catch it all on @Bigbasket_com presents 12th Man TV!
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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) February 12, 2025
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11:32 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Announcement soon
The official announcement of the new captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru for IPL 2025 can be made anytime soon. Just a quick recap, Rajat Patidar, Krunal Pandya, and Phil Salt are the frontrunners as Virat Kohli as opted out. Stay tuned for all the live updates.
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10:53 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB’s solid win vs CSK
In the last league stage match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru square off against the five-time champions Chennai Super Kings. It was a must-win game for both the teams and RCB posted 218/5 after batting first. CSK put up a great fight but got restricted to 191/7 as RCB marched into the Playoffs.
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10:47 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB’s performance in 2024
Royal Challengers Bengaluru started their IPL 2024 campaign on a horrendous note. Out of the first eight games, RCB lost seven and were placed at the bottom of the points table. However, Faf du Plessis and co bounced back in style and won all the remaining six games and entered the playoffs. However, they lost against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator match and got eliminated.
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10:37 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Another strong candiate
If Royal Challenger Bengaluru are looking for an overseas captain for the upcoming IPL, then England wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt can be the strongest pick. The aggressive batter is strong opener, who can provide a good foundation to the batting lineup with his powerful hitting. Salt, who earlier played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024, also has an experience of captaincy. He led England in a T20I series against Australia in the absence of Jos Buttler.
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10:27 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: List of RCB captains
Rahul Dravid – 2008-2008
Kevin Pietersen – 2009-2009
Anil Kumble – 2009-2010
Daniel Vettori – 2011-2012
Virat Kohli – 2011-2023
Shane Watson – 2017-2017
Faf du Plessis – 2022-2024
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10:21 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Bhuvneshwar in race
Apart from Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya, RCB also have a strong captaincy option in the form of Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The 35-year-old pacer was bought by RCB for Rs 10.75 crore during the mega auctions in December last year. Earlier, he played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and even led them on few occasions.
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10:12 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli’s brilliant run as RCB leader
Virat Kohli has led RCB in 143 matches, the second longest stint as captain after the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings. Kohli has 68 wins and 70 losses and four no-results to show as RCB leader. In 2016, Kohli had led the franchise to the IPL final, and made 973 runs, to date the highest for a batter in a single IPL season. In IPL 2024, Kohli was the top run-getter with 741 runs at a strike-rate of 154.
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10:08 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Krunal Pandya a good choice
All-rounder Krunal Pandya can be a strong captaincy pick for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Earlier, he also captained Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 during the absence of KL Rahul. Apart from this, he has been leading Baroda in domestic cricket. With loads of experience, Krunal will be a strong captain for RCB.
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09:58 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Two main frontrunners
If the report of Virat Kohli’s disinterest in captaincy is true, then the management will face daunting task while choosing their new leader. Looking at the current squad, batter Rajat Patidar and all-rounder Krunal Pandya are the frontrunners for the position. Patidar was among RCB’s retained players ahead of the auction and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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09:56 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli unlikely to lead?
Virat Kohli was the RCB captain between 2013 and 2021 before stepping down as Faf du Plessis took over. However, a report by the Times of India states that the star India batter has conveyed to the RCB management that he may not take up the captaincy in IPL 2025. Kohli has a fine record as RCB captain, though he could not land them the title.
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09:51 (is)
RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Hello
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s new captain announcement for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, straight from Bengaluru. Stay tuned for all the live updates.
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