Rajat Patidar was named as the new Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday, succeeding South African Faf du Plessis in the role.

Its time for the announcement. The event has started. Rajat Patidar is the new RCB captain for IPL 2025. He gets the blue blazer and red cap as the captain of the RCB. Andy Flower, Mo Bobat and Menon on stage alongside Patidar.

Fans can watch the live broadcast of the RCB IPL 2025 captaincy announcement on the Star Sports Network. The event is scheduled to air on television at around 11:30 AM IST.

Rajat Patidar steps into the role of captain for Royal Challengers Bengaluru for IPL 2025. Revered for his tactical prowess and impressive batting, Patidar aims to lead the team to its first IPL victory.

In a bold move, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) appointed Rajat Patidar as their new captain for the IPL 2025 season on Thursday. Patidar, who has been associated with RCB since 2021, becomes the franchise's eighth captain in IPL history.

Speaking in a video posted by RCB on their Instagram, Patidar expressed his happiness at being chosen as the captain and elaborated on his captaincy style.

Rajat Patidar takes charge as Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain for the IPL 2025 season. Praised by coach Andy Flower for his calm and patient demeanor, Patidar is expected to lead RCB to victory with his strategic prowess and batting expertise.

Rajat Patidar has been appointed captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2025, which begins on March 21. The development was contrary to wide speculation that Virat Kohli would lead RCB again after they did not retain Faf du Plessis, their captain from 2022 to 2024, before the mega auction.

Besides Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya were also strong contenders for the captaincy, given their leadership experience. Patidar has captained Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy,