RCB won't get better skipper than Virat Kohli: Harbhajan Singh

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes Virat Kohli will take over as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2022 and stay for a few years. Harbhajan listed several captaincy candidates for the RCB, but said the franchise is unlikely to find anyone better than Kohli. Prior to the IPL 2022 auction, RCB kept up to three players. Virat Kohli was retained for Rs 15 crore, Glenn Maxwell was retained for Rs 11 crore, and Mohammed Siraj was retained for Rs 7 crore, but they did not name their captain for the new season.

RCB will enter the auction with a budget of Rs 57 crore, and while there are several captaincy candidates, Harbhajan believes Kohli is the right man for the job if he is willing to do it again. Kohli stepped down as RCB captain after the IPL 2021 season, ending an eight-year reign as captain without a title in the premier T20 competition. Kohli also stepped down as T20 captain, emphasising the importance of time management. He was also fired as India’s ODI captain, and in an unexpected move, he stepped down as Test captain in January of this year.

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Shreyas Iyer, one of the ten marquee players for the IPL 2022 auction, could be a good fit for RCB, according to Harbhajan Singh, but not as good as Kohli.

‘They need to find a captain’

“Despite having many big names, RCB is a team who is yet to lift the title. AB de Villiers won’t play this season and Kohli has stepped down from captaincy… so they need to find a captain now. Among Indians, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are the two names who can efficiently lead the team,” Harbhajan said while speaking on his YouTube channel.

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“Shreyas has already shown his captaincy prowess while leading the Delhi franchise. But I think Kohli will have to don the captaincy hat again. RCB won’t get a better leader than him. RCB is making a new team and they will search for a good leader. But does Kohli want to take up the role? It will be a big challenge but I won’t be surprised if he agrees to be the captain for the next 1-2 years,” he added.