New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Ever since Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar were retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL), a debate has emerged over who will take up the captaincy, especially after the franchise released Faf du Plessis. Speculation grew stronger when RCB didn't aggressively pursue any captaincy options during the IPL 2025 auction, despite KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer being available.

Three months later, the baton was finally passed on when RCB announced Madhya Pradesh batter Rajat Patidar as their new skipper at an event in Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon. But what went wrong with former captain Virat Kohli, who was always involved in the discussions for the new captain for th...