RCB Discard Possibilities Of Virat Kohli Returning As Captain, Confuse Fans With Retention Puzzle

IPL Retentions 2025: Ahead of the IPL retention deadline on 31st October, 2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have possibly confirmed their retentions for upcoming season in quirky post on Social Media. 

A day prior to the retention deadline, rumours generated pace that Virat Kohli was set to return as the captain of RCB from the next edition of IPL . But as it turns out, the franchise has potentially ruled that possibility out on their social media. 

RCB discards possibility of Kohli returning as captain

Given Faf du Plessis' age, reports suggested that the franchise were not keen on retaining their skipper ahead of IPL mega auction and this notion gathered pace when it was reported that 'King Kohli' would return to the role he relinquished back in IPL 2022.

However, RCB took to X to share a puzzle in which they urged fans to find the franchise's retention list. The puzzle featured the name of both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis and if Faf is being retained by RCB then that means, Kohli won't be returning as the captain of RCB. 

However, fans noted something interesting, there are a total of seven players in the puzzle listed by RCB. The list of players included - Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. 

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This post has confused fans even more on whether Virat Kohli will remain as captain or not. A maximum of five players are allowed to be retained by franchises, but the list features 8 players. Hence, the final retention list of RCB is expected to feature players from this list. 

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The IPL retentions will be made official on Thursday, and RCB fans will have to spend one more night's sleep before knowing whether Kohli returns as their skipper or not.