India, June 1 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru's brilliant run to the IPL 2025 final has had many architects, but none more quietly influential than their new captain, Rajat Patidar. For a side that began the season amid uncertainty with no Faf du Plessis as captain, Patidar emerged not just as a calm tactician but a personality that has won over the dressing room. Dinesh Karthik, RCB's batting coach and mentor, didn't hold back while hailing the skipper's unchanging nature in the face of power.

"Rajat Patidar has been the biggest eye-opener for me in life," Karthik said during the second episode of RCB's Journey to the Finale, as quoted by News18.

"Because when people suddenly get a little bit of adulation, power, they tend to change. It...