RCB Had Alternate Player for Captaincy During IPL 2025, Not Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore players and support staff have returned safely to Bengaluru amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. At a time when the air strikes between the two countries are making headlines, RCB released a statement thanking the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for its prompt action on Saturday.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore team, which had reached Lucknow to play a match against LSG, returned to Bangalore on Saturday. The franchise itself shared the video of RCB reaching Bangalore. Something was seen in this video, and afterward, everyone was surprised. Actually, in this video, every player was sharing the performance of the team and their experience before the IPL was suspended.

Jitesh Sharma was going to captain the match against LSG.

Meanwhile, the team’s wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma revealed he would captain the team against Lucknow Super Giants. Captain Rajat Patidar was injured in his last match against Chennai Super Kings; he was not ready to play against Lucknow. In such a situation, the team’s command would be given to Jitesh Sharma, not Virat Kohli.

However, Kohli led the team when Patidar was injured against CSK. Jitesh Sharma is seen saying in the video,

“𝑰 π’‚π’Ž π’—π’†π’“π’š π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’•π’†π’‡π’–π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‘π’‘π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’. π‘»π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‘π’‘π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’‚π’‘π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ 𝑹π‘ͺ𝑩, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’š π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’š.”

He added,

“𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’„π’π’Žπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒕 [π‘·π’‚π’…π’Šπ’Œπ’Œπ’‚π’] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’–π’π’‚π’—π’‚π’Šπ’π’‚π’ƒπ’π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’• π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒂 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆ π’“π’†π’”π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’„π’„π’π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’”π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ π’˜π’† π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’Šπ’ π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’•π’” 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’˜π’π’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’†. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’˜π’‚π’” π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏 π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’š π’Žπ’Šπ’π’… 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 2-3 π’…π’‚π’šπ’”, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’†π’†π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’†π’“π’”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, π’…π’Šπ’”π’„π’–π’”π’”π’Šπ’π’π’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’π’˜π’π’†π’“π’”. 𝑰 π’†π’π’‹π’π’šπ’†π’… π’Šπ’• 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕.”

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