Kohli can captain RCB in IPL-2025: Did it earlier also for 9 years; Current captain du Plessis less likely to be retained

Virat Kohli was the captain of RCB from 2013 to 2021.

Virat Kohli, who has captained Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), can once again take command of the team. According to media reports, Kohli has already discussed with the management and is ready to return to captaincy. However, its final decision will be taken only after the mega auction to be held in November.

Kohli captained RCB for 9 seasons, but he left the captaincy in 2021. After this, in 2022, Faf du Plessis took charge of the team for the last three seasons. The chances of 40-year-old Du Plessis’s retention for the next season are said to be low.

Last date of retention 31 October The last date for players retention for IPL Mega Auction-2024 is Thursday, October 31. Before 5 pm tomorrow, all the franchises will send the names of their retained players to the IPL organizing committee. With this list it will be decided which player will play with which franchise.

Kohli was the captain of RCB for 9 years Virat Kohli was the captain of RCB from 2013 to 2021. Under his captaincy, RCB reached the finals in 2016, in which they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Overall, Kohli captained in 143 matches, out of which he won 66 and lost 70. In the last three seasons, under the captaincy of Faf Du Plessis, the team made it to the playoffs in 2022 and 2024, although it missed the playoffs in 2023.

Kohli has been with RCB since 2008 Kohli was signed by RCB as an uncapped player before IPL 2008. Since then he has been a continuous part of the team. RCB has never released Kohli in 17 years. He also has the most runs in his name in IPL.

IPL’s new retention rule Now franchise teams can retain 6 players before the IPL mega auction. In which maximum 5 international and 2 uncapped players can be included. International player can be from any country, but uncapped player must be from India only.

Suppose, Mumbai Indians retained 5 international players, then the team will now be able to retain only an uncapped player as the sixth player. Whereas if the team retains 4 international players, then they will have the option to retain 2 uncapped players.