Delhi: The name of the new captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025 has not been decided yet, but after the departure of Rishabh Pant, the team is looking for a new captain. Delhi Capitals has retained some of its important players, which include Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. Apart from this, in the mega auction of IPL 2025, the team included experienced players like KL Rahul and Faf Du Plessis in their team.
Akshar Patel likely to get captaincy
According to ANI, sources in the top management of Delhi Capitals have told that this year only Axar Patel will be made the captain of Delhi Capitals. Akshar Patel has been a part of the Delhi team since 2019 and has captained the team many times in the absence of Rishabh Pant.
Role of Rahul and Duplessis in the team
Akshar Patel becoming the captain will mean that KL Rahul will be kept in the team only as a wicketkeeper batsman. At the same time, it remains to be seen whether Faf Du Plessis, who was the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore last season, gets a place in the playing eleven.
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Axar Patel is all set to lead Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. (V Kashyap/ANI)
What a growth for Bapu, first he got the T20I’s vice-captaincy and now the captaincy in IPL. pic.twitter.com/tqoDGz2Qgy
– Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) January 16, 2025
Parth Jindal’s statement
Delhi Capitals owner Parth Jindal had also hinted about this. He told ESPN Cricinfo, “It is too early to talk about captaincy. Akshar Patel has been a part of our franchise for a long time and he was the vice-captain last season, so we don’t know yet who will become the captain.
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