Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team had taken a big decision. RCB did not retain Faf du Plessis nor did they bet on him in the auction. Faf du Plessis was the captain of RCB till last season, hence Royal Challengers Bangalore will take the field with a new captain in the next season. A 31 year old player is also involved in the captaincy race. This player is performing very well as a captain in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 and is leading the team to one victory after another.
This player will only accept becoming the captain of RCB!
31 year old Rajat Patidar has been a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the last three years. This time also he was one of the 3 retained players. Rajat Patidar had performed amazingly in the last season and it is believed that this time RCB can also take the gamble of making him the captain. Rajat Patidar is currently captaining the Madhya Pradesh team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Under his captaincy, Madhya Pradesh is continuously winning matches, apart from this he is also becoming very successful as a batsman.
Madhya Pradesh team has played 4 matches so far in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Madhya Pradesh has won all these matches. Even in the match played against Bengal, Madhya Pradesh won in a one-sided manner. In this match, Bengal won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 189 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Madhya Pradesh achieved the target by losing only 4 wickets in 19.4 overs. During this, captain Rajat Patidar scored the maximum 68 runs and faced only 40 balls. This innings included 6 fours and 4 sixes.
Rajat Patidar’s third consecutive half-century
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 has been quite spectacular for Rajat Patidar so far. He has scored half-centuries in 3 out of 4 matches. In the opening match of the tournament, he was out after scoring 5 runs in 7 balls. After this he has scored 50+ runs in three consecutive matches. Before Bengal, he had scored 62 runs in 37 balls against Punjab. At the same time, against Meghalaya, 78 runs were scored in just 36 balls. His excellent form is a big news for Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB has also spent Rs 11 crore to retain him.