Virat Kohli's Return as Captain of RCB Again: Who will be the next captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore? This is a big question. Because the African experienced batsman Faf du Plessis, who has led the team for the last three seasons, has turned 40. The franchise will hardly bet on him this time. Because during the auction, it will select the players keeping in mind the next three years. By the last season, Du Plessis will be 43 years old. In such a situation, there is very less possibility that the franchise will include him in its fleet this time.

There is a constant stir regarding the retention of players for the IPL 2025 season, but amidst all this, the most surprising and pleasing news is coming for the Royal Challengers Bangalore fans. Virat Kohli, who was the captain of Bangalore in IPL till three seasons ago, can be seen leading the team once again.

According to the news media Times of India, Kohli has discussed with Bangalore about taking the leadership in the next season. He is going to be the captain of the franchise again after 2021.

Apart from this claim has been made about Virat Kohli's captaincy in a video of ESPN-Cricinfo, where talks were being held on IPL retention. In this video, it is told that Virat Kohli has expressed his heart in front of the RCB management and has expressed his desire to captain the team once again.

Faf du Plessis led Bangalore from 2022 to 2024. As the former South African captain has crossed the age of 40, the franchise feels that a new leader is needed on the field. In this case, Kohli is the best solution for them.

Virat Kohli has led Bangalore in 9 consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2021. Under his leadership, the team also played in the final in 2016, although they had to leave the field in disappointment after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kohli also captained three editions of the Indian national team in addition to Bengaluru for the next four years from 2017. After the 2021 T20 World Cup, he also voluntarily relinquished the responsibility of Bengaluru after giving up the leadership of this edition.

Bengaluru have played a total of 143 matches under Kohli's leadership, which is the third most after Mahendra Singh Dhoni (226) and Rohit Sharma (158). Under his captaincy, Bengaluru won 66 matches and lost 70. Apart from this, three ties and four matches did not result.