This time the mega auction of IPL 2025 took place. All the teams have prepared the team by purchasing many players by bidding for their team. Many team captains have left their teams in this auction. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are also in the same list, whose captain Faf du Plessis is now a part of Delhi Capitals. Now RCB will enter IPL 2025 with a new captain. However, in the first auction, it was reported that Virat Kohli can be made the captain of RCB once again. But now a big update has come out.

Name of new captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru finalized

If we look at the squad of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, they did not bet on any experienced captain player in the auction, where earlier speculations were being made on KL but now KL was not bought in the auction, after this Kohli's name also came up but now a big update. It is coming to light that not Kohli but this run machine player can become the new captain.

If reports are to be believed, young batsman Rajat Patidar will be the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 18th season of IPL 2025. Let us tell you, he is currently scoring runs in domestic cricket. He is scoring centuries after centuries with the bat and has now become a run machine player. In such a situation, young players can become the new captain.

Has reached the final under his captaincy

Rajat Patidar's bat is showing no sign of stopping, he took his team Madhya Pradesh to the final in the first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and also scored 428 runs in the tournament at an average above 60 and an excellent strike rate above 180. Now his bat is speaking loudly in Vijay Hazare also. Recently he scored an unbeaten century and led his team to victory. Rajat Patidar can become the young captain and take his franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru to the finals. He can soon make his place in the Indian team.