Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn picked a former Royal Challengers Bangalore player to take over captaincy charge of the franchise from Virat Kohli in the next Indian Premier League.

A few days back, Kohli announced he will quit RCB’s captaincy next after leading the team for almost nine years.

RCB have only managed to enter the final of the IPL in 2016 but failed to win it under Kohli’s captaincy as their wait for the maiden trophy continues.

Weighing in on who could be the next potential candidate to take over the reins, Steyn said KL Rahul could be the next captain of RCB in the 15th edition of IPL.

"If RCB are going to look at a long-term contender as captain, they should be looking within their own borders. The name I've got is an ex-Bangalore player. It's KL Rahul. I just have a feeling he is going to return back to Bangalore in next year's auction," Steyn told ESPNCricinfo.

Rahul, who is currently leading Punjab Kings in IPL, was a part of the RCB set-up in the 2016 IPL and had a pretty good record at the top of the order with Kohli.

An unfortunate injury ruled him out of the entire 2017 IPL and he was surprisingly released by the franchise ahead of 2018.

In that auction, Punjab Kings picked him for ₹11 crore. Rahul was appointed as the PBKs skipper in 2020 when the Punjab franchise decided to trade Ashwin. There is a mega auction set to take place with two new teams entering the competition. BCCI has not made any formal announcements but if reports are to be believed, the eight existing franchises won't be allowed to retain more than two players.

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