Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has surprised everyone by announcing the name of its new captain before IPL 2025. RCB team will be seen taking command of young batsman Better Rajat Patidar this year. 27 -year -old Rajat of Indore was included with the RCB team in 2022 for just Rs 20 lakh and then the silver was retained by the RCB team for Rs 11 crore before the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Domestic cricket run machine
27 -year -old Rajat Patidar, born in Indore, has been batting brilliantly for his team in middle order for Madhya Pradesh. In 2022, he was included in Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh in place of injured player Luvanith Sisodia. So far, he has scored around 850 (861) in 31 T20 matches at an average of around 35 and a strike rate of 159. Bangalore retained him for Rs 11 crore last year. Rajat scored 122 runs off 54 balls in the 2022 eliminator match. He has also played three Test matches for India.
Rajat Patidar is attending Ranji for Madhya Pradesh from 2015-16. He scored a century in his first match. In the first class matches, he has scored more than 4700 runs with the help of 13 centuries and 24 half -centuries at an average of 43. They have been proved to be run machines for Madhya Pradesh.
Rajat Patidar is desperate to learn from Virat
While choosing the new captain of Bangalore team, the team director Mo. Bobat said that Virat Kohli does not need any title to lead the team. At the same time, Rajat Radidar, who became the captain in place of Faf du Plessis, says that he is desperate to learn the tricks of captaincy from Karishmai Virat Kohli. Captain and team management insisted that Virat stands with the team in every situation, which gives strength to the team. Bobat said, ‘The whole country and the whole world know that Virat is a leader in every sense. Chief Coach Andy Flower and I depend greatly on them. Faf also took his advice and we are sure that silver will also trust him.
Which contenders were left behind?
In the name of Rajat Patidar, many people have lost their eyebrows. There has also been a debate on social media about this. In fact, the captaincy of Bangalore was also claimed to players like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya and Jitesh Sharma from Virat. The new captain Rajat Patidar also said that he has done many good partnerships with Kohli and he will continue to seek advice and tips even further.
Patidar said, ‘This is a great opportunity for me to learn from one of the best players. I have done many partnerships with them. So I understand them well. His experiences and strategies will surely help in my captaincy.
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