Virat Kohli Set To Return as RCB Captain For IPL 2025: In a surprising and exciting breakthrough, it is reported that Virat Kohli will make a comeback as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025. He was the captain of the team during the years from 2013 to 2021. They had multiple playoff appearances but, parallel to that, still did not destroy the fever of an IPL trophy. Virat Kohli has been a key player for RCB ever since 2008, the year in which the IPL started.
In IPL 2024, Kohli donned the orange cap having amassed 741 runs, which was also the best for the season. Hence, in consideration of all such factors, the importance of Kohli as a captain was reinforced again.
Virat Kohli IPL stats
RCB fans who have not seen their team lift the IPL trophy in a long time feel optimism in the possibility. Judging from the numbers, Kohli was indeed the best player on the pitch and the captain leading the charge. Kohli in the IPL, with a staggering total of 7263 runs from 237 matches at an average of 37.25. He has a strike rate of 130.02 is the highest runs scorer in IPL. His 2016 season is especially memorable as he made 973 runs. It included 4 centuries and helped RCB make it to the finals.
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This return to captaincy comes at a strategic time as it allows Kohli to prepare a team that will finally lift the trophy for the franchise that has been longing for the IPL’s glory. Because Kohli has scaled down his T20 international responsibilities considerably.
There is no room for him to concentrate solely on the IPL re-engineering himself and his objectives around the changing team dynamics of RCB. With RCB heading to the 2025 mega auction, Kohli is likely tipped to take charge of a unit that is designed after his fiery and aggressive playing approach with the sole aim of winning the IPL title for RCB.
