RCB was about to drop Virat Kohli, ex-teammate disclosed surprising:

Delhi: Former England all -rounder Moin Ali has made a big disclosure. He told that there was a time when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was considering removing Virat Kohli from the captaincy. During that time, there was talk of making wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel a new captain in the team.

Virat became the captain of RCB in 2013

Virat Kohli took over the captaincy of Daniel Vettori in 2013 and led the team until 2021. He had taken RCB to the final in 2016, but he could not get the team the title. Many times the team’s performance was weak and the RCB point was below in the table. Questions were raised on Kohli’s captaincy, especially with his constant change in team combinations and strategies.

However, this year RCB won the IPL title for the first time. Rajat Patidar played an important role in the victory against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the final and Virat Kohli’s long -term waiting ended.

Moin Ali made a big disclosure

Meanwhile, Moin Ali, who was part of RCB from 2018 to 2020, told in a conversation with sports that there was a time in RCB when there was talk of handing over the captaincy to Parthiv Patel. This was the time when Gary Kirsten was the coach of the team.

Moin said, “Yes, I remember that there was talk of making Parthiv a captain. He keeps a great cricketing mind. I do not know what happened next, but he was a serious contender at that time.”

Parthiv Patel’s IPL career ended in 2019. He scored 2,848 runs in 139 matches and also won the title with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (Mi). After Gary Kirsten left, RCB made Simon Katich a coach in 2020, but his term did not last long. Later, the arrival of Andy Flower led to a change in the team and RCB created history by winning the title for the first time.

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