Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, de Villiers
The tag for which the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had been fighting since the year 2008, finally got it. The IPL champion has been added to his name. In the final match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, he defeated Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy team PBKS by 6 runs. With this victory, Virat Kohli’s dream was also fulfilled, which he had brought up for 18 years. Apart from the World Test Championship (WTC), this was the only trophy that was not in Kohli’s bag.
Ever since IPL was born, Kohli is with RCB. Till this season, there was always an army of star players in RCB. Every player in the franchise was who created a panic in the cricket world with his performance. Veterans like Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Dale Stan, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Kevin Peterson, Glenn Maxwell are included in this list, but even while living, RCB could never become champions.
Who has two new fledges?
Taking lessons from the old mistakes, RCB, this time, insisted more on the balance of the team than making an army of star players in the team. The responsibility of the captain to the mentor was given to the new fledged. This includes Dinesh Karthik, known as Rajat Patidar and DK. Both of them are already associated with RCB, but they were given a new responsibility in this season.
When RCB made Rajat Patidar captain for this season, most people were surprised. The team that has always depended on the veterans, whose captain Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Fof du Plessis, Daniel Vetori and Shane Watson played this time under the leadership of a very less experienced silver.
Patidar met his boss’s trust. He not only captained well but also played good innings on many occasions. When the team stuck in crisis, they showed their bat and removed it from there. If the Patidar was able to do this, he had Kohli.
The Kohli who was born in RCB in the IPL. The Kohli who has a complete book of experience. The Kohli who has a run of runs. Those Kohli who have expertise in reading the minds of opponents. Patidar’s confidence was high in the team while being such a legendary player. He passed in every exam. As captain, he achieved the position that is the dream of every player.
Patidars are associated with RCB since 2021
Silver Patidar has now made his name with his work. He has been associated with RCB since 2021. In the 2022 season, he created a panic against LSG by scoring 112 runs. Indian cricket got a new star with this innings. A year later, Rajat Patidar’s entry was in Team India. At the age of 30, he made his debut against South Africa. Shortly after this, he was also included in the Test team. He failed to leave the impression. He was able to score only 63 runs in 6 innings. He sidelined the failures and captained Madhya Pradesh to the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the year 2024-2025, and now by performing a strong performance in IPL 2025, he told the world to tell the world.
Rajat Patidar played 42 matches for RCB. He has scored 1111 runs in 38 innings. 112 His best score has been. His average has been around 31. Rajat has a century and 9 half -centuries.
Dinesh Karthik played an important role
Now come to RCB’s other new new ones. This is Dinesh Karthik. Who will not be aware of this legend. From time to time, this player showed the power of his bat. Do not know how many matches did Team India win. The performance in the IPL was also amazing. Through many teams, he joined RCB in their last stop of the game. The batsman was a hit. Many explosive innings played. The defeated matches were put in the team’s bag.
Karthik is known as fighter. In view of his spirit, RCB made him a mentor in 2025. This was a big responsibility for him. Karthik performed it well. He would attend the dug out with a diary and PAN. During the IPL 2025 auction, he played a big role in helping the think tank gather the team.