Rajat Patidar has been appointed as RCB's eighth captain. Virat Kohli has led the team the most times in IPL (143 matches). He is followed by Faf du Plessis (42), Anil Kumble (26), Daniel Vettori (22), Rahul Dravid (14), Kevin Pietersen (6) and Shane Watson (3). Dravid was RCB's first captain. Du Plessis led RCB to 21 victories.