Virat Kohli backs Rajat Patidar as RCB captain

“Patidar is an amazing talent," Kohli said at RCB Unbox, an event to unveil the team's 2025 roster in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: India’s cricketing great, Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, said that RCB captain Rajat Patidar would lead the guys for a long time.

“Patidar is an amazing talent,” Kohli said at RCB Unbox, an event to unveil the team’s 2025 roster in Bengaluru. “He is a great player, we all know that, but he has got a great head on his shoulders, and he will do a great job for this amazing franchise and take the team forward. He has got everything that’s required.”

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Patidar, led Madhya Pradesh to the final of the last season’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T-20 cricket championship and virtually led from the front scoring 428 runs at a strike rate of 186.08 including 27 sixes, the second most in the tournament.