'Captain Kohli' will return in IPL 2025! Virat wants to become the captain of RCB again.

There is a constant stir regarding the retention of players for the IPL 2025 season, but amidst all this, the most surprising and pleasing news is coming for the Royal Challengers Bangalore fans. Virat Kohli, who was the captain of Bangalore in the IPL till three seasons ago, can be seen leading the team once again. This big claim has come before the deadline for IPL retention, according to which Kohli has made up his mind to captain Bangalore again. Now whether this will happen or not, it will be revealed only after the mega auction to be held in November.

Kohli expressed his intentions – report.

This claim has been made about Virat Kohli's captaincy in a video of ESPN-Cricinfo, where talks were being held about IPL retention. In this video, it is told that Virat Kohli has spoken his heart out in front of the RCB management and has expressed his desire to captain the team once again. Kohli was the captain of RCB for 9 consecutive seasons but due to lack of title success, he resigned after the 2021 season. Since then, Faf du Plessis has taken charge of the team for 3 consecutive seasons.

RCB is looking for a captain

The chances of Bangalore retaining Du Plessis for the next season seem very low. In such a situation, it is being claimed that RCB is considering buying one of KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant or Shreyas Iyer through the mega auction and making him the captain of the team. In this too, Rahul's name is at the forefront, he also spent a few seasons in Bangalore at the beginning of his career. But now with this latest report, all the claims seem to be proved wrong. If Kohli has expressed his desire for captaincy, then it is unlikely that RCB will refuse him because, despite his record of captaincy, Kohli has been the identity of the franchise.

Could not win the title in 9 years

If we talk about Virat's captaincy record in IPL, he took over the responsibility of captaincy completely in the 2013 season but he could not win the title for the team even once. Under his captaincy, the franchise played the final only once in 2016, where it lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kohli captained a total of 143 matches, out of which the team won only 66 while losing 70. As far as the last 3 seasons are concerned, under the captaincy of Du Plessis, the team reached the playoffs in 2022 and 2024 but missed it in 2023.