Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Rajat Patidar for his captaincy in the RCB’s title-winning run in IPL 2025 as well. He also added that RCB had shown a lot of faith in Patidar by giving him the leadership role and not looking for a captain in the mega auction as well. Notably, RCB beat the Punjab Kings by six runs in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to claim their maiden IPL trophy.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Captain Rajat Patidar once again flies under the radar. No one shows him, talks about him, or focuses on him that much. However, he is always there. He has made the right moves in the entire season. It was actually a massive investment of faith, belief, and hope, as they made a small kid their captain. He is not young in terms of age, but is short of experience. Teams generally go shopping for captains, or they might have looked towards Virat Kohli again.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also added that Rajat Patidar made an impressive start to IPL 2025 with the bat as well.

“They (RCB) said they were writing a new story and needed a new leader. The new leader did extremely well in the first four matches. He won two Player of the Match awards. He scored two half-centuries, one in Chennai as well. However, he wasn’t scoring runs later. At times, your decisions go weak when you aren’t scoring runs, but it didn’t happen with him. The way he maneuvered his bowlers, match after match, he was very, very good, and so he was in the final,” Aakash Chopra concluded.