New Dark Horse for RCB Captaincy Race Revealed by Robin Uthappa Right Before IPL 2025 Mega Auction

With IPL Mega Auction approaching, franchises will be focused on developing ir franchises and making most of ir respective budgets. Royal Challengers Bengaluru will receive much attention this year due to ir large purse. franchise would need to find a new skipper after losing Faf du Plessis during retentions. Former India star Robin Uthappa has proposed an unexpected candidate for captaincy race.

Robin Uthappa Puts Forth A Surprising Name For RCB Captaincy Role

During an appearance on JioCinema, Robin Uthappa spoke out on who could le Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and he puts in Rajat Patidar as a possible contender for team's skipper. Despite having likes of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and more, former India star wants RCB management to try ir hands on Patidar and build a skipper this time.

"I think y should look at Rajat Patidar to take over that role because it seems like you need a new leer after two years. So, you might as well do it now to get ahe of curve and build a captain for next three to five years. Rajat is one of those players who can actually play that role for m," Robin Uthappa said.

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This year, RCB have a loed purse ahe of mega auction after y kept just three players in ir core. Virat Kohli , Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal were among ones who were retained by side and have maintained a purse of ₹83 crore this year. Royal Challengers Bengaluru would aim for an overhaul to build ir squ and make it to a title-winning side. While ir decision to let go of ir top stars like Mohammed Siraj, Will Jacks and more could be a matter of dispute among fans, franchise has RTM card which y could make use of and bring back some of ir released cricketers. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are yet to win an IPL title, and y need to strategize well to develop side.

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