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 It’s Season 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the superstar, the king also wears jersey no. 18 so this time can RCB lift the trophy and give the chance to there fans to say Ee Sala Cup Namdu Because ‘Ee sala cup namde?’ That’s how Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been promoting their campaign for years  But this time there is a difference New Captain, High Stakes and New team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have named Rajat Patidar as their new captain, replacing Faf du Plessis because he has been a consistent performer for RCB, accumulating 799 runs at a strike rate of 158.85 and it's a big responsibility for Rajat Patidar to handle the pressure of batting and captaincy of big franchise.    RCB IPL 2025 Squad Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd*, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell*, Phil Salt*, Jitesh Sharma, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Nuwa...

Winning a trophy that's what matters, both India and New Zealand team has done backbreaking work but the Champion will be one of them. In group stage match India won by 44 runs and now New Zealand has a chance to beat India and lift the Champions trophy in Dubai. The only problem for New Zealand is they are up against a very formidable Indian ODI outfit. In batting they have Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer all have the wisdom of experience and batting smarts to play according to different situations of the game with great depth they use AxarPatel as a floater at no 5 and Ravindra Jadeja at no 8, Rohit Sharma who will charge there bowlers in power play with the scoring intent. In bowling department, Mohammed Shami currently the second highest wicket-taker of the tournament. Hardik performance with the ball is obliging for Rohit Sharma,enviable variety in the spin is the key factor of Indian bowling line up Varun Chakravarthy mystery,Kuldeep Yadav...

 India is playing outstanding cricket and won every single match in group stage. But the big knockout games will decide fate of Indian cricket team it's semi final against new big rivals of India after Pakistan. The big semi-final will test the players’ character and the fire to become Champion.   Some Australian expert's are not happy because of Ind playing there all matches in Dubai and knowing the conditions better but Rohit Sharma said in an interview "THIS IS NOT OUR HOME, WE ARE NOT USED TO PLAY HERE. THIS IS DUBAI. WE DON'T PLAY MANY OF OUR GAMES HERE, THIS IS NEW FOR US TOO TBH." Head, a marauder of pace, has shown frailties against spin, often caught on the crease. Smith and Labuschagne are masters of the art but have yet to encounter a mystery spinner like Varun Chakravarthy. Playing him is fraught with risk, Varun is a match-winner, an “X-factor”, going by head coach Gautam Gambhir.  Australian bowling might be lacking a bit of experience in the absen...