The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are achieved with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 public sale, shopping for some prime gamers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Phil Salt, Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma and so on. Nevertheless, what the franchise did not get within the public sale is a captaincy candidate. Whereas rumours of Virat Kohli being eager to take up the management function himself have been circulating earlier than the beginning of the public sale, RCB icon AB de Villiers has now confirmed the identical, saying the India star will take up the function subsequent season.
De Villiers stays one of many greats of the sport, in addition to the IPL. He arguably loved essentially the most prolific IPL stint with RCB and nonetheless stays somebody who is usually uncovered to the within talks on the franchise. Being considered one of Kohli’s finest buddies, De Villiers is conscious of the intricate particulars of his life, as a rule.
In a video on his YouTube channel, De Villiers confirmed that Kohli will take up RCB captaincy even supposing no official announcement has been made on the subject but.
“Virat Kohli, I do not assume it has been confirmed but however he can be captain trying on the squad,” mentioned the South Africa nice.
De Villiers additionally mirrored his views on RCB’s squad, saying he’s delighted to see the franchise signing the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jos Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and some others.
“We received Bhuvneshwar Kumar, pleased with Josh Hazlewood. We did miss out on a pair right here and there. Rabada was shut, however no less than we received Lungi Ngidi. He is received an exquisite slower ball, if he’s in type and match, he’s a pressure to be reckoned with,” mentioned the previous Proteas captain.
The Proteas nice was additionally mentioned to see RCB miss out on R Ashwin. He additionally feels that the dearth of a spinner who can flip the ball each methods is an issue for the staff.
“We missed out on Ravichandran Ashwin. CSK received him, however very glad to see him within the yellow jersey once more. However all in all, I am pretty glad. It is a well-balanced squad, we’re lacking a match-winning spinner however hopefully we’re in a position to steadiness the squad in such a way that we make Chinnaswamy a fortress. This squad ought to work at Chinnaswamy.”
“On the street, I really feel we’d miss out on somebody who turns each methods. We’d like it, and I really feel we’re missing it slightly bit. It jogs my memory a contact concerning the switch window a while sooner or later. I want the IPL and the BCCI will convey out a switch window, the place half-way via the event, we may make transfers. You may probably get an additional spinner into the squad, a wrist spinner, maybe, or you can return to the unsold listing. It is one thing to consider,” mentioned the South African nice.
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