Virat Kohli to Captain RCB Once Again in IPL 2025! Faf du Plessis to be Released & KL Rahul to be his Deputy- Reports

Virat Kohli might be again appointed as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for IPL 2025. Faf du Plessis to step down from his role and KL Rahul will take charge as vice-captain.

Before the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) mega auction, all the IPL franchises are trying to include each other’s star players in their team through the trade window. At the same time, many teams are waiting for the mega auction. During this, there was news about Team India’s star wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul that his franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) could remove him from the captaincy.

Virat Kohli to Captain RCB Once Again in IPL 2025! Faf du Plessis to be Released & KL Rahul to be his Deputy- Reports

Indian cricket team’s star batter Virat Kohli is a former player of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. A few years ago, this wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul used to be a part of this team. However, later he became a part of the Punjab Kings team and then joined the LSG team. Now the news is coming that KL Rahul may leave Lucknow Super Giants. In such a situation, RCB can once again include him in their team and give him the role of vice-captain.

Virat Kohli can take over captaincy

Former RCB captain Virat Kohli resigned from the captaincy of Team India’s T20 team and RCB in IPL due to excessive work pressure. However, later the captaincy of the ODI team was taken away from Kohli and after this Kohli also left the captaincy of the Test team. In such a situation, now Virat Kohli is not under the pressure of captaincy of Team India and he can be seen captaining RCB once again and KL Rahul can be appointed as his deputy.

Also Read: Hardik Pandya To Be Released From Mumbai Indians! Now This Player Will Be The New Captain In The IPL 2025

Faf du Plessis can be released

Virat Kohli to Captain RCB Once Again in IPL 2025! Faf du Plessis to be Released & KL Rahul to be his Deputy- Reports

The Royal Challengers Bangalore team can release their captain Faf du Plessis before the mega auction. Faf is currently 40 years old and will be close to 42 years old by the time the Indian Premier League starts next year. In such a situation, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team can release Faf du Plessis. However, due to the rule of retaining four players, Faf may have to be released and the team can bid for him again.

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