Rishabh Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024.
Before the mega auction and retention of IPL 2025, many types of news related to Delhi Capitals have come to light. Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, there is news that Delhi Capitals can retain Rishabh Pant at the highest price, but can snatch the captaincy from him. Rishabh Pant was the captain of the team in IPL 2024, but in the next season someone else can be the captain of the Delhi team.
Delhi Capitals has two owners and both run the team for two years each. In such a situation, some decisions often remain hanging in the balance. This time also something similar is visible. It is quite possible that Rishabh Pant may not captain Delhi in the upcoming season. Rishabh Pant can be retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 18 crore, but the responsibility of captaincy can be handed over to Akshar Patel.
Delhi Capitals franchise may snatch captaincy from Rishabh Pant
According to the report of Times of India, Delhi Capitals can bet on Akshar Patel or can add any captaincy material player from the IPL 2025 mega auction and make him the new captain.
The source said, “Yes, Delhi Capitals is looking for a new captain. There is a possibility that Akshar Patel may take over the responsibility of the new captain or the franchise may see who is a good captain player in the IPL auction. Pant is the top retention for Delhi, but the leadership group believes that he will play well without the pressure of captaincy.
Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant’s tenure as captain has not been good with Delhi Capitals. The Delhi team has played the IPL final only once so far, which was in the year 2021. Shreyas Iyer was the captain at that time. Next year, Iyer got injured and then Pant was given the captaincy of Delhi. Even when Shreyas Iyer was available for the second phase, Pant remained the captain of the team.