The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are completed with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 public sale, shopping for some prime gamers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Phil Salt, Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma and so forth. Nevertheless, what the franchise didn’t get within the public sale is a captaincy candidate. Whereas rumours of Virat Kohli being eager to take up the management function himself have been circulating earlier than the beginning of the public sale, RCB icon AB de Villiers has now confirmed the identical, saying the India star will take up the function subsequent season.
De Villiers stays one of many greats of the sport, in addition to the IPL. He arguably loved essentially the most prolific IPL stint with RCB and nonetheless stays somebody who is commonly uncovered to the within talks on the franchise. Being one in every of Kohli’s finest pals, De Villiers is conscious of the intricate particulars of his life, as a rule.
In a video on his YouTube channel, De Villiers confirmed that Kohli will take up RCB captaincy even though no official announcement has been made on the subject but.
“Virat Kohli, I do not assume it has been confirmed but however he shall be captain wanting on the squad,” stated the South Africa nice.
De Villiers additionally mirrored his views on RCB’s squad, saying he’s delighted to see the franchise signing the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jos Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and some others.
“We bought Bhuvneshwar Kumar, pleased with Josh Hazlewood. We did miss out on a pair right here and there. Rabada was shut, however at the very least we bought Lungi Ngidi. He is bought an exquisite slower ball, if he’s in kind and match, he’s a drive to be reckoned with,” stated the previous Proteas captain.
The Proteas nice was additionally stated to see RCB miss out on R Ashwin. He additionally feels that the shortage of a spinner who can flip the ball each methods is an issue for the workforce.
“We missed out on Ravichandran Ashwin. CSK bought him, however very blissful to see him within the yellow jersey once more. However all in all, I am pretty blissful. It is a well-balanced squad, we’re lacking a match-winning spinner however hopefully we’re capable of steadiness the squad in such a way that we make Chinnaswamy a fortress. This squad ought to work at Chinnaswamy.”
“On the highway, I really feel we’d miss out on somebody who turns each methods. We want it, and I really feel we’re missing it somewhat bit. It jogs my memory a contact in regards to the switch window a while sooner or later. I want the IPL and the BCCI will carry out a switch window, the place half-way via the match, we may make transfers. You’ll be able to probably get an additional spinner into the squad, a wrist spinner, maybe, or you would return to the unsold checklist. It is one thing to consider,” stated the South African nice.
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