Because the cricketing fraternity awaited the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 retention lists to be introduced, rumours of Virat Kohli returning because the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru additionally began to drift. The chatter intensified because the RCB neglected skipper Faf du Plessis from the retention listing, strengthening followers’ believes that Kohli would re-take the workforce’s captaincy. Nevertheless, RCB’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat poured chilly water on Kohli’s captaincy rumours, saying the franchise hasn’t made any choice on the matter but.
Kohli left RCB captaincy after the 2021 season, paving the best way for a brand new chief to emerge. The franchise handed over the accountability to former South Africa captain, Du Plessis, who led the workforce for 3 seasons. However now, with Du Plesiss launched from the squad, there stays an enormous query mark on the workforce’s captaincy within the 2025 season.
“I’m sorry to disappoint everyone listening. We’ve not made any choice associated to captaincy or on that (Kohli returning as skipper) as but. We’re open to choices. The one apparent choice we made was to not retain Faf. He did a fantastic job final yr and the yr earlier than that. So from our perspective, we are going to preserve a really open thoughts after we head to the public sale,” Bobat informed JioCinema after the IPL 2025 retentions have been introduced.
It has been reported that Kohli himself is sort of eager on taking on the workforce’s captaincy as soon as once more, although no official affirmation has been made on the subject but.
After the retention bulletins, RCB coach Any Flower defined why the trio of Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal have been retained forward of the brand new season.
“We’re thrilled to retain Yash Dayal, a unprecedented expertise whose profession is on an upward trajectory. His distinctive means as a left-arm bowler, able to swinging the ball in each instructions, provides a worthwhile dimension to our bowling assault – one that’s more and more uncommon within the public sale panorama,” he stated.
“Rajat Patidar is a key member of our squad. His distinctive expertise and resilience have already made a major influence on our workforce, and he really embodies the spirit of RCB. We’re excited to see him proceed to develop and shine within the upcoming season,” the Zimbabwe legend added.
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