New Delhi . Did Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) want to become Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025 (IPL 2025) i.e. RCB captain (Captain of RCB)? Regarding this, the team's wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma believes that he did not want so. Prior to the IPL 2025 mega auction, RCB had released Faf Duplessis and did not bought them even in the auction. Even after the mega auction, no big name was with RCB, which should be made the captain. In such a situation, the team expressed confidence in the young batsman Rajat Patidar and handed him the captaincy, playing for the franchise since 2021.

In the Cricaeteca Podcast, Jitesh Sharma said that he was indicated that Rajat Patidar would be the captain of the team, but he came to know about it through social media posts. Jitesh Sharma said, “I came to know about Rajat Patidar becoming captain, but when you are associated with the game for some time, you do not want to captain the team.”

However, he immediately turned to his statement and said, “I don't know why he did not want to captain? I am not in the management; Jitesh further said, “Silver is entitled to the captaincy. He has given a lot of cricket to RCB for so many years.

Talking about wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma, RCB bought him at a huge price of Rs 11 crore. Jitesh was released by his previous franchise Punjab Kings before the 2025 mega auction and did not bought even in the auction. He used the Right to Match card, but RCB bought him as a replacement of Dinesh Karthik for Rs 11 crore.