IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals entrust experienced Faf du Plessis with big responsibility, big news

Before the start of the upcoming season of IPL, the 2020 season’s finalist Delhi Capitals have entrusted a big responsibility to experienced South Africa player Faf du Plessis. Significantly, in the mega auction of IPL 2025, the franchise bought Faf at a base price of two crore rupees.

So at the same time, now for the 18th season of IPL starting from March 22, Delhi Capitals have made Faf du Plessis the new vice -captain of the team. Let me tell you that recently, Delhi Capitals Management had entrusted senior Indian all -rounder Akshar Patel the responsibility of captaining the team. So at the same time, now Faf du Plessis has been made his deputy to help Akshar Patel.

But the information about Faf being made vice -captain, the franchise has shared a video on its official social media handle. Royal Challengers have captained Bangalore in IPL before getting the responsibility of vice -captain in Delhi. Well, it will be worth seeing how he is going to perform for DC franchise in the coming season?

Watch this video shared by Delhi Capitals

Pick up your phones, it’s your Vice-Captain Calling 💙️ pic.twitter.com/w3akyo4qkz

– delhi capitals (@delhicapital) March 17, 2025

On the other hand, in the upcoming season of IPL, Delhi Capitals will start their winning campaign with the first match against Lucknow Super Giants on March 24. The match between the two teams will be played at the Wizag Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

Full squad of Delhi Capitals (DC) for IPL 2025

KL Rahul, Akshar Patel, Karun Nair, Jack Fraser McGark, Faf du Plessis, Triston Stabs, Abhishek Porel. Donaven Ferreira, KL Rahul, Akshar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalakande, Ajay Mandal, Vipraj Nigam, Manwant Kumar, Tripti Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chamera, Mitchell Stork, Mohit Sharma, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.