Rajat Patidar Recalls Being Handed RCB's Captaincy Plaque By Virat Kohli: 'I Was...'

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 10:06 IST

Rajat Patidar, caller RCB skipper, has shared however Virat Kohli's encouraging words calmed him during the Unbox event.

Rajat Patidar is starring Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful IPL 2025 (Picture credit: AP)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar has admitted that portion handing implicit the franchise’s captaincy plaque to him during the Unbox event, Virat Kohli told him that helium deserved the position, words which calmed him down aft being ‘blank’ for astir of the time.

Kohli has earlier led Bengaluru for the longest time, aft the likes of Daniel Vettori, Shane Watson, Anil Kumble and erstwhile India caput manager Rahul Dravid.

Patidar, who has been awesome implicit the past fewer years, was connected the captaincy radar, and erstwhile Faf du Plessis was released, a determination was taken by the squad management.

“I was blank erstwhile helium told maine to clasp the plaque. While giving it to me, helium said, ‘You merit it, you earned it.’ So I felt a small spot okay. I mean, erstwhile Virat said this to me, I became mean successful that situation," Patidar said portion speaking connected the RCB Podcast.

“So I deliberation that these 2 things are ever going to beryllium precise peculiar for me. Whenever helium (Kohli) bats successful the nets, I ticker his batting. I larn arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin from him. It is besides an accidental that I americium playing, and present I person the captaincy, and helium is with me," Patidar said.

“So I larn arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin from him (Kohli). Because of the magnitude of acquisition and ideas that helium has, nary 1 other has the same," Patidar added.

The prima batter stepped into a caller relation for the Indian Premier League arsenic the Bengaluru skipper, and nether his reign, the squad finds itself successful a bully presumption to propulsion for the apical 2 spots connected the points table, acknowledgment to immoderate superb performances.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru volition instrumentality connected the Kolkata Knight Riders connected Saturday, May 17 astatine home.

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