IPL 2025: About 2 months are left for the start of IPL 2025. The 18th season of IPL will start from March 14 and run till May 25. In which once again 10 teams would like to defeat each other and reach the title. Meanwhile, there is speculation that Virat Kohli will again get the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore. This has not been confirmed yet, but a statement from RCB head coach Andy Flower has almost confirmed that Virat will get the captaincy again.
Will Kohli take charge of RCB in IPL 2025?
Rumors of Virat Kohli becoming the captain again, who has not captained the Bangalore team for almost two seasons (IPL 2025), are at their peak. There has been no official confirmation on this topic yet. But RCB Cricket Director Mo Bobt had said that no decision has been taken yet on the subject of captaincy. Now the team's head coach Andy Flower has also reiterated the same thing. Andy Flower and his brother Grant Flower discussed among themselves and said that give the captaincy to Virat Kohli and keep watching the wonders.
Head coach Andy Flower gave a hint
Andy says that Virat still has a lot of cricket left in him. Even if he has not been able to score much runs in recent months. In a media interview, Andy Flower said, “You all have to wait for the decision. We are going to enter a new era and the next 3 year cycle will be decided on it. You can ask me any number of questions, but the truth is that the captaincy has not been decided yet.”
Virat was the captain of the team for 10 years
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli left the captaincy of RCB after the 2021 season (IPL 2025). During IPL 2025/2023, Kohli played the role of captain in four matches. When Faf got injured. Kohli's leadership journey with RCB began in 2011 and became permanent in 2013. In 2016, Kohli took the team to the final under his captaincy and after the 2021 season, he resigned from the captaincy.
The team is looking very strong this season
RCB has prepared a strong team. Before the mega auction, RCB had retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. At the time of the auction, the Bangalore franchise had a purse of Rs 83 crore. Out of which the team bought a total of 19 players. This time the team will have foreign batsmen like Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone and Tim David. At the same time, (IPL 2025) the bowling unit has become much stronger with the arrival of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood.
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