RCB Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: New Leader Confirmed? Franchise Drops Big Hint

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB’s solid win vs CSK

In the last league stage match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru square off against the five-time champions Chennai Super Kings. It was a must-win game for both the teams and RCB posted 218/5 after batting first. CSK put up a great fight but got restricted to 191/7 as RCB marched into the Playoffs. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: RCB’s performance in 2024

Royal Challengers Bengaluru started their IPL 2024 campaign on a horrendous note. Out of the first eight games, RCB lost seven and were placed at the bottom of the points table. However, Faf du Plessis and co bounced back in style and won all the remaining six games and entered the playoffs. However, they lost against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator match and got eliminated. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Another strong candiate

If Royal Challenger Bengaluru are looking for an overseas captain for the upcoming IPL, then England wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt can be the strongest pick. The aggressive batter is strong opener, who can provide a good foundation to the batting lineup with his powerful hitting. Salt, who earlier played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024, also has an experience of captaincy. He led England in a T20I series against Australia in the absence of Jos Buttler. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: List of RCB captains

Rahul Dravid – 2008-2008

Kevin Pietersen – 2009-2009

Anil Kumble – 2009-2010

Daniel Vettori – 2011-2012

Virat Kohli – 2011-2023

Shane Watson – 2017-2017

Faf du Plessis – 2022-2024

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Bhuvneshwar in race

Apart from Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya, RCB also have a strong captaincy option in the form of Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The 35-year-old pacer was bought by RCB for Rs 10.75 crore during the mega auctions in December last year. Earlier, he played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and even led them on few occasions. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli’s brilliant run as RCB leader

Virat Kohli has led RCB in 143 matches, the second longest stint as captain after the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings. Kohli has 68 wins and 70 losses and four no-results to show as RCB leader. In 2016, Kohli had led the franchise to the IPL final, and made 973 runs, to date the highest for a batter in a single IPL season. In IPL 2024, Kohli was the top run-getter with 741 runs at a strike-rate of 154.

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Krunal Pandya a good choice

All-rounder Krunal Pandya can be a strong captaincy pick for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Earlier, he also captained Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 during the absence of KL Rahul. Apart from this, he has been leading Baroda in domestic cricket. With loads of experience, Krunal will be a strong captain for RCB. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Two main frontrunners

If the report of Virat Kohli’s disinterest in captaincy is true, then the management will face daunting task while choosing their new leader. Looking at the current squad, batter Rajat Patidar and all-rounder Krunal Pandya are the frontrunners for the position. Patidar was among RCB’s retained players ahead of the auction and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Kohli unlikely to lead?

Virat Kohli was the RCB captain between 2013 and 2021 before stepping down as Faf du Plessis took over. However, a report by the Times of India states that the star India batter has conveyed to the RCB management that he may not take up the captaincy in IPL 2025. Kohli has a fine record as RCB captain, though he could not land them the title. 

RCB Captain Announcement LIVE: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s new captain announcement for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, straight from Bengaluru. Stay tuned for all the live updates.