After the release of the retention list for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), more than half of the players of almost all the teams have been confirmed. The auction process for the remaining slots will take place on December 16. Before this, captains of 8 out of 10 teams have been confirmed, know everyone’s record and their price.

Who is the captain of RCB?

Rajat Patidar is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Who took command of this team for the first time in the last edition and did what had not happened in 18 years. Under his captaincy, RCB won its first IPL title, this time too Rajat will take charge of RCB.

32-year-old Rajat Patidar, resident of Indore, made his IPL debut in 2021 while playing for RCB. Since then he is a part of this franchise. He has scored a total of 1111 runs in 42 IPL matches, which includes 9 half-centuries and 1 century. RCB had retained Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore for the last edition, this time too he has been retained.

Who is the captain of CSK?

The captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 is Ruturaj Gaikwad. With Sanju Samson joining this camp, some people thought that he would be the captain but in the coming season only Ruturaj will be the captain. In the last edition, Ruturaj was out of the tournament midway due to injury, after which Dhoni had to take over the captaincy again.

Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2020, since then he has been a part of this franchise. Ruturaj Gaikwad was retained by CSK for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. Ruturaj has played a total of 71 matches in IPL, in which he scored 2502 runs. He has 2 centuries and 20 half-centuries in his name in IPL.

Who is the captain of MI?

The captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 is Hardik Pandya, who became the captain of this franchise by replacing Rohit Sharma. He has made Gujarat Titans champion under his captaincy in 2022. Although he made his IPL debut in 2015 while playing for MI.

Hardik Pandya played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has 2749 runs in his name. Pandya has 10 half-centuries to his name. He was retained by Mumbai Indians for Rs 16.35 crore for the last edition.

Who is the captain of KKR?

Ajinkya Rahane, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders in the last edition, has been retained by the franchise for the upcoming season as well. Although they have not yet announced the name of their captain.

Who is the captain of PBKS?

The captain of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 is Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by the franchise in the auction last year for a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore. Under his captaincy the team also reached the finals.

Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s IPL records, he has played a total of 133 matches for 3 franchises (DC, KKR and PBKS), in which he has 3731 runs in his name. He has scored 27 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of GT?

The captain of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 is Shubman Gill. Gill is also the captain of India’s Test and ODI team. Gill was retained by Gujarat in the last edition for Rs 16.5 crore. He has played a total of 118 matches in IPL, in which he has 3866 runs in his name. Gill has scored 4 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of LSG?

The captain of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 will be Rishabh Pant, who has been retained by the franchise this year and was bought last year by making the highest bid in IPL history. LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crore. Pant was earlier the captain of Delhi Capitals, he made his IPL debut for Delhi in 2016.

Talking about his IPL career, Rishabh Pant has scored 3553 runs in 125 matches, in which there are 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries.

Who is the captain of DC?

The captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 is Axar Patel, who is one of the most experienced players in the team. Patel was retained by the franchise in the last edition for Rs 16.50 crore, while Pant was released.

Akshar Patel started the IPL by playing for Punjab Kings in 2014, he came to Delhi in 2019 and has been a part of this franchise since then. Patel has played a total of 162 matches in IPL, in which he has 1916 runs and 128 wickets in his name.

Who is the captain of RR?

Who will be the captain of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026? There is still doubt on this because the team has handed over its captain to CSK through trade. However, through this trade, he has included an experienced player like Ravindra Jadeja in his team.

There is a possibility that Jadeja can become the captain. However, there is nothing official on this yet. Rajasthan has included Jadeja in its team for Rs 14 crore, whereas his price in CSK was Rs 18 crore.

Who is the captain of SRH?

Pat Cummins will be the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. He is the only foreigner among all the confirmed captains, while the other 7 are Indians. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Hyderabad reached the final in 2024, where KKR defeated them by 8 wickets. The team’s performance last season was poor, yet Cummins will be the captain in the coming season.

Pat Cummins was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. He has played a total of 72 matches for 3 teams (KKR, DC and SRH) in IPL, in which he has taken 79 wickets.

Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s wait for 18 years ended this year, when the team won the trophy by defeating Punjab Kings in the final under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. In its happiness, the next day i.e. on June 4, the program was organized at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but due to a large crowd, there was a stampede and many people lost their lives. RCB then expressed grief on social media and then no post was posted from his social media. About 3 months later today, on August 28, RCB posted the first and made a announcement.

On June 4, RCB shared a post while paying homage to those killed in a stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After that, all the players including Virat Kohli also did this. But since then the social media of the franchise was not active. Now after 3 months, posting today, the franchise has announced the RCB Cares relief story.

Royal Challengers Bangalore returned with RCB cares

The post shared by RCB said, “Dear 12th Man Army, this letter is for you. It is going to be 3 months when we posted our last post here. This silence was not our absence but it was mourning.”

The letter further wrote, “This place was first filled with energy, memories and moments that you enjoyed the most. But June 4 changed everything. That day broke all of us. Since then the same silence has taken this place. We are mourning in that silence. We are mourning.

Further in the RCB note wrote, “In this way RCB Cares has come into existence, it is made up of the need to honor, apply ointment and stand with its fans. Our community and fans are a platform of meaningful action coined by fans. We are coming back to this place today, not to celebrate, but not to celebrate with you. To remain proud. “

Dear 12th Man Army, this is our heartfelt letter to you!

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The Silence wasn’t absence. It was grief.

This space was on filled with energy, memories and motes that you… pic.twitter.com/g0loxauybd

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) August 28, 2025

The accident occurred due to poor management

From the first season of IPL, Virat Kohli is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, but before that the franchise had never won the IPL Trophy. After 18 years, the dream of Virat Kohli and RCB fans was fulfilled, its happiness was celebrated across the country. But the very next day this happiness turned into mourning, when many people lost their lives in a stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The major reason behind this was to organize the program in a hurry, in which the management was bad.

RCB captain jitesh sharma: In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore is not captained by Rajat Patidar but Jitesh Sharma. The match is being played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow and when the time of the toss came, the wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma came out from RCB. Actually RCB’s regular captains are struggling with hand injury, so they have not come to fielding in the match against SRH.

Silver Patidar will play Rajat Patidar, not a captain

RCB regular captain Rajat Patidar suffered a finger injury in the match against Chennai Super Kings. The Patidars have not fully recovered from that injury, so they are not fielding in the match with SRH. Jitesh Sharma, who is captaining the team in the match, told during the toss that Patidar will come to bat as an impact player.

There has been no information on this subject whether the captain of RCB has changed for only one match or the silver Patidar will play as an impact player in the next matches as well. If the IPL 2025 tournament had not been suspended for a week due to Indo-Pak tension, the silver Patidar was going to miss the match against Lucknow Super Giants on 13 May and the weight of captaincy was to come on Jitesh Sharma’s shoulders in place.

The IPL 2025 figures are enough to prove that silver Patidar has been a good captain for RCB. Before the match against SRH, Bangalore has registered 8 wins in 12 matches under the captaincy of Patidar and his team has already qualified for the playoffs. Now RCB is fighting to stay in Top-2.

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Virat Kohli Angry Reaction Rajat Patidar: In IPL 2025, RCB received a crushing defeat at its own home ground last Thursday. Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. Bangalore’s team had come to defend the target of 164 runs, in response it also had a good start as Delhi’s 3 wickets had fallen to the score of 30. But KL Rahul’s unbeaten 93 -run innings was heavy on the RCB team. After this defeat, a video has surfaced, in which Virat Kohli is being seen talking to Dinesh Karthik in an angry manner. Rumors have started flying that everything is not good within the RCB team.

Angry Virat Kohli

This video is of the 16th over of the innings of Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul started putting shots in a fiery manner, when Virat Kohli was seen talking to RCB batting coach Dinesh Karthik in anger. This video has given rise to speculation that Kohli is not happy with Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar. During the Hindi commentary, former India cricketers Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag said that if Virat is unhappy with any decision, then they should talk to captain Patidar.

A fan claimed on social media and said that Virat Kohli spoke not only to Dinesh Karthik but also to Bhuvneshwar Kumar due to some decisions taken on the field. Even Virat was not associated with the team during the second strategic time-out. But what causes Virat appeared in anger, it is still not clear.

KL Rahul became the hero of the victory of Delhi Capitals. He played a brilliant innings of 93 runs in 53 balls, during which he also hit 7 fours and 6 sixes. Rahul has scored 195 runs in 3 matches so far.

Virat Kohli Fumes at Rajat Patidar Over Captaincy Blunders
Discusses Patidar’s Bowling Changes with Dinesh Karthik #Viratangry #RCB #RCBVSDC #DCVSRCB #Viratkohli #Rajatpatidar #klrahul
(VIDEO: Willow TV/Cricbuzz) pic.twitter.com/spxqm9Q7RP

– Harinder Singh Brar (@harry7081) April 10, 2025

True. He Had a long discussion with dk … then he spoke with bhuvi .. He Didnys Join the Group While The Last Strategic Time OUT.
He was not happy with something for sure.

Video credit: @Jiohotstar pic.twitter.com/0paxudwp0w

– KC (@chakrimsrk) April 10, 2025

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RCB Captain Rajat Patidar fifty: Rajat Patidar is playing the role of a great captain in IPL 2025. There are some players who deviate from rhythm under the pressure of captaincy, but it seems as if the personal performance of the Patidar has come out after getting the captaincy. He scored 51 runs in 32 balls in the match against Chennai Super Kings. Chepock ground is the stronghold of CSK, where spinners speak. Crossing all these difficulties, captain Patidar proved to be the top scorer for RCB.

First fifty as captain

Rajat Patidar is captaining a team in IPL for the first time. Patidar played a stormy innings of 34 runs in 16 balls against his first match of IPL 2025 ie KKR. But in the match against Chennai Super Kings, he has put the first fifty as RCB captain. Patidar hit 4 fours and 3 sixes during this half -century innings.

Virat Kohli’s trust won

The RCB franchise had an unbox event done before the start of the IPL 2025 tournament. In that event, Virat Kohli praised the silver Patidar. Virat had said that Patidar has everything that can make him a great captain of Royal Challengers and he will definitely take the team forward. Bangalore has won the first match of IPL 2025 under the captaincy of Patidar and now he has also influenced the fans with his personal performance by putting his first fifty.

Rajat Patidar has so far scored 884 runs in his IPL career and as soon as he scored 116 runs, he will join the list of players who scored one thousand runs in Indian Premier history. He has also scored a century and 8 fifty in his career.

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