One of India’s most charismatic players and part of the franchise with the largest fanbase, Virat Kohli has led the franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for years, although he could not manage to win the IPL title.
Former RCB star Moin Ali has now made a massive revelation on Kohli’s possible snub from the role of RCB Skipper in 2019, when they ended in the points table. However, Kohli remained the captain for the side until 2021.
Virat Kohli’s record as a batsman in the IPL is infallible, as he has surpassed his rivals by a huge margin and piled the record after the record in IPL history. Kohli is also one of the remaining players in the IPL to play all the seasons for the same franchise from the inauguration in 2008 to the final season of 2025.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore could have had many disappointing weather, but they have also seen many successful seasons, such as 2016 or even 2024 seasons, where they qualified for less than 5% of the qualification for playoffs.
Virat Kohli has always been called the architect of RCB’s success, because the batsman is also the backbone of the side even in good and poor seasons. Above all, his spirit and dedication to sports, as well as his team has inspired many modern-day cricketers.
Amidst all this, former English and RCB all -rounder Moin Ali has talked about the franchise’s thinking of changing Virat Kohli as captain in 2019. RCB ended in the IPL 2019 points table with only 5 wins.
He said that during that edition of the IPL team, former coach Gary Kirsten had called for a structural change in the team, and the franchise started considering wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel for a captaincy.
“In the final year, when Gary Kirsten was there – after the first year, I believe that he was in line to become a perpetrator captain. He had a brilliant cricketing brain. It was at that time. I don’t know what happened or why it did not happen, but I am sure he was considered seriously for the role,” Ellie said in an interview with Sports Ta.
Virat led RCB till IPL 2021
Despite the poor performance from RCB in 2019, Virat Kohli was not converted into the role of captaincy; Instead, Gary Kirsten was removed as a coach after the disappointment of IPL 2019.
New Zealand coach Mike Hessen was planted as director of cricket, and former KKR coach Simon Katich took over as head coach. Under the new coaching setup, RCB qualified for the playoffs in IPL 2020, and then in 2021 after Sanjay Bangar took over, he again made it in the playoffs.
Just before the playoffs in IPL 2021, Virat announced that it would mark his previous season as RCB captain. He also captained India’s T20I in 2021 after exiting the group stages of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in 2021.
He was replaced by FAF Do Plessis as RCB captain and Rohit Sharma as Indian captain in all three forms of the game.
RCB won its first IPL title in 2025 under Rajat Patidar
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first title in the IPL after a long wait for the 18 season. He played several finals under the captaincy of Anil Kumble and veteran Virat Kohli, but did not get his hand on the trophy.
After the FAF’s release, the youth of Madhya Pradesh, silver Patidar were surprisingly named RCB captain. Along with so many senior players, the Patidar looked a weak option by management; However, he proved him right as he led RCB to some great captain.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL title in 2025, although they have faced some trouble after this, as due to unwanted stampede during the victory ceremony, yet the Medon does not cut the joy of winning the IPL Trophy.
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