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It has been 18 seasons and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are still searching for their elusive IPL title . With their motto #PlayBold the onus is on the team to play that way in the middle . RCB have announced a new skipper in Rajat Patidar thus the pre- tournament rumours of Superstar Virat Kohli returning as skipper were clearly laid to rest. Rajat takes over from South African Faf Du Plessis.
Well, the RCB looks a all- round team on paper . Onus on them is to click as a unit and not rely on one or two players to power them to glory. The batting line- up is pretty strong with Superstar Virat Kohli, Skipper Patidar, English duo of Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone , Krunal Pandya, Tim David . There is Devdutt Padikkal
The bowling line up consists of Aussie seamer Josh Hazlewood ( returning after injury that ruled him out of Champions Trophy 2025) Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi. The spin department looks tad weak
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team :
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara .
Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell
Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Yash Dayal
Retained Players – Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
