IPL 2025: 5 Unsung Heroes of Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League Ongoing Edition
The Royal Challengers Bangalore has completed their IPL journey after winning trophy for the first time and the moment became special as Iconic Virat Kohli 18 number Jersey lifted his maiden title for franchise.
Royal Challengers Bangalore brought laurels to their entire fans where Virat Kohli and ex players including the likes of- Chris Gayle and Ab De Villiers and many more and current lot have contributed together to make IPL 2025 even more memorable contest.
Here in this article we will reveal, Top 5 RCB Players who are unsung heroes of marquee event so far to be shared in the below format:
5. Josh Hazelwood:
Josh Hazelwood comes at 5th Spot in terms of Unsung Players who have contributed a lot to make Royal Challengers Bangalore win this title.
Hazelwood left the tournament mid way, due to injury but came back with the bang and delivered big in Qualifier 1 and Final where he picked 6 wickets in both occasion and made sure RCB cross the line.
Josh Hazelwood, or any Australian players imbibe brilliant mindset where they give their best performance once it comes to Playoffs and bigger stages.
Hazelwood ability to deceive batters and clinch wickets at regular intervals makes him one of the most iconic bowlers ever in IPL.
Josh Hazelwood Wickets in IPL: 22 wickets
Purple Cap Contention: In top 5 of the tournament.
4. Rajat Patidar:
Rajat Patidar is another player for RCB who will remain unsung hero for them in this ongoing IPL 2025 edition, he became captain for the franchise for the first and successfully guided them towards winning IPL title.
Rajat Patidar is cool and calm under pressure where he certainly have an art of delivering on consistent basis and making his team cross the line.
The way he maturely handled his bowler and experience lineup is second to none and deserve praise for it.
Rajat Patidar Total Runs in IPL 2025: 312
Orange Cap Contention: He is certainly not in front runners list but he scored in important games for the franchise.
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is another unsung player for RCB in IPL 2025, he simply came and delivered when it mattered the most.
His ability to pick wickets in all three phases of the game makes it even more dangerous to opposition batter.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar have already won IPL with Sun Risers Hyderabad and he successively lifted another title with RCB in 2025.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar ability to stop run rate and build pressure on opposition batter and complement Hazelwood from other end is second to none.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar wickets in IPL 2025: 17 wickets
Purple Cap Contention List: 10
2. Krunal Pandya:
Royal Challengers Bangalore should give him separate medal for the way he delivered with both bat and ball when it mattered the most as the ace all rounder scored runs in crunch situations and clinched wickets which makes him impact player for any side.
Krunal Pandya ability to clinch wickets against Punjab Kings in the final where he deceive batters and picked important breakthrough brought Royal Challengers Bangalore in the contention.
Krunal Panyda Runs in IPL 2025: 109 runs
Krunal Pandya Wickets in IPL 2025: 17 wickets
Purple Cap Contention list Position: 9
1. Phil Salt:
He deserve credit for the way he opened the innings for the franchise alongside, where he accelerated the run rate at the top of the order along with Virat Kohli.
Phil Salt Total Runs in IPL 2025: 413 runs
He perfectly complemented Virat Kohli on the other end and ensured that RCB have wonderful start in so many matches.
Phil Salt have been clutch Player in IPL where he has successively lifted IPL back to back in two IPL edition which include winning 2024 Winning title with Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2025.
Phil Salt, have been phenomenal when it comes to pacing the game, based on game dynamics and ensuring Royal Challengers Bangalore have an upper end over their respective opponents.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q-1: Who is part of current Coaching Staff for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025?
Answer: DInesh Karthik(Batting Coach)
Mo Mobat(Director of Cricket)
Andy Flower( Head Coach)
Q-2: Who have been the five unsung heroes mentioned in this article for RCB in IPL 2025?
Answer: Josh Hazelwood, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Q-3: Talk to us 5 Reasons why RCB Victory is extremely special?
Answer: Royal Challengers Bangalore victory is special for several reasons to be shared in the below format;
1. They came close to final 3 times before IPL 2025 and lost all of them and the interesting anecdote is they chase down in all those three past occasions but this time around they were defending total.
2. Rajat Patidar as leader relinquished long awaited Virat Kohli dream, who led this team for 10 years but couldn’t win final for them as they last came closer in IPL 2016 where they lost against Sun Risers Hyderabad.
3. For the First the biggest weakness which exist in Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling unit looks sorted including the likes of- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Deyal and Josh Hazelwood who didn’t gave ounce to Opposition batter to execute their plan.
4. The Coaching staff including the likes of- Dinesh Karthik(Batting Coach), Andy Flower(Head Coach) and Mo Mobat (Director of Cricket) they have stacked together and worked as collective think tank to ensure that we cross the line.
Due to these trio coming together things look sorted behind the scenes and all these three deserve huge credit for it.
5. Royal Challengers Bangalore players for the first time ever looked like complete squad its not because they won title but the role clarity for each and every player was upto the mark and they deserve credit for this wonderful amalgamation.
Royal Challengers Bangalore fans long term dream of lifting IPL title is complete now and credit should be given to all the players who stepped up when it mattered the most especially in those crunch moments which could change the phase of the game to great extent.
With another trophy in his cabinet Virat Kohli cricket career looks complete going forward from here.
He would certainly play till 2027 ODI World Cup where he would focus to win World Cup trophy one last time with this Men in Blue Brigade to be held in South Africa, Namibia and Zambia.
