Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has applauded Rajat Patidar for his captaincy in the RCB’s victorious IPL 2025 campaign. He also added that the RCB skipper didn’t have any ego, and he was willing to take advice from the senior players as well. Notably, RCB beat the Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six runs in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, June 3 as well.

During a discussion on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “His captaincy has been extremely impressive. At times, you have slight hesitation in your mind when you have so many superstar players in your team, as to whether you will be able to manage them. However, the way he has developed this team and gotten the support from the superstars, you come to know that he has leadership qualities.”

“His captaincy has been extremely impressive. At times, you have slight hesitation in your mind when you have so many superstar players in your team, as to whether you will be able to manage them. However, the way he has developed this team and gotten the support from the superstars, you come to know that he has leadership qualities,” he shared again.

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Meanwhile, Harbhajan Singh added that Rajat Patidar was in complete control and led RCB to their maiden IPL title in his first season as captain.

“Fantastic, what could have been better than this? In your first season, you won the trophy for a team that had waited for it for so many years. It’s important how the captain manages the team, and the way he managed the team, he was in total command,” he said.

“The same two captains were against each other in domestic cricket. Shreyas Iyer won in that final. God said he had made Shreyas win that day, so he had to make Patidar win today. I feel they should make Patidar the captain for the next five to seven years because he has won the trophy now. Nothing bigger than this had ever happened,” he concluded.