RCB refused to make Virat Kohli the captain, this player who has scored 7586 runs in T20 will be the new captain of the team!

In IPL 2025, all the teams have started planning to finalize their team. On October 31, all the teams have released their respective retained lists. There are many teams in IPL 2025, which have not yet announced the name of their captain and will take the final decision on the captain only after the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.

At present the most talked about team is IPL. There was news about IPL team Royal Challengers Bengaluru that Virat Kohli will once again be seen captaining RCB, but the franchise has made it clear that he will not be a part of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Only after this will the name of the team captain be announced.

What did RCB say about the captain for IPL 2025?

After the release of the retained list of IPL 2025, the news came that the franchise has retained Virat Kohli by paying Rs 21 crore because it wants to make him the captain of the team. According to some reports, Virat Kohli once again asked the franchise to make himself the captain, but the franchise is in no mood to make him the captain.

RCB director Mo Bobat said about making him the captain of the team for IPL 2025, “The fans will be saddened by my statement but I would like to say that we have not taken any final decision regarding the captaincy of RCB. We have kept all options open. “Only after the auction will we be able to take a final decision as to the next captain of the team.”

KL Rahul, not Virat Kohli, can be the new captain of RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team does not want to make Virat Kohli the captain of the team once again. The RCB team has played IPL for 9 years under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, but once again it has not been able to win the trophy. Yes, during this period the team has reached the finals once, but the team had to face defeat there in front of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

If reports are to be believed, the RCB franchise is in contact with KL Rahul and wants to buy him in the mega auction of IPL 2025 and make him the captain of the team. However, the franchise has not yet given any official statement on this.

KL Rahul has scored 7586 runs in T20

Talking about KL Rahul's T20 statistics, this star player of Team India has captained the Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants teams in the IPL. So far, he has scored 7586 runs in 213 innings of 226 T20 matches at an average of 41.91 and strike rate of 135.85. During this period, KL Rahul has also scored 6 centuries and 65 half-centuries.

Talking about KL Rahul's best score in T20, this player has made the best score of 132 runs in this format. In this format, KL Rahul has hit 643 fours and 311 sixes. KL Rahul has been not out 32 times in this format.