Akshar Patel has been an important part of the team of Delhi Capitals for the last few years.
Delhi Capitals have announced the new captain for IPL 2025. Akshar Patel has been made the captain of Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals gave information about this by releasing a special video on their social media account. KL Rahul was also in the race along with Akshar Patel for the captaincy of Delhi this year.
When KL was bought by Delhi in the auction, everyone believed that he would be made the captain of Delhi. But the team management has shown confidence in Akshar Patel for this season. Let us know that in the last season, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant took command of Delhi Capitals. But this season Rishabh Pant will be seen captaining Lucknow Super Giants.
Record of Akshar Patel as captain
Akshar Patel does not have much experience of captaincy. He was made the vice -captain of Team India for T20 in January this year. The 31 -year -old Akshar has captained 23 matches, including all the formats for their state team Gujarat. Recently he was the captain of his team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Akshar Patel Captured 17 matches in T20. In which he has won 10 and in 7 he has suffered defeat. He has scored 364 runs in 14 innings as captain. During this time his average has been 36.40. He has also scored two half -centuries as captain.
On receiving the captaincy of Delhi Capitals, Akshar said that, it is a great respect for me. I am thankful to the team owners and support staff that they showed so much confidence in me. This all -rounder said that I have developed as a cricketer and human being while living in capitals. Now I am ready to captain this team.
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