Fof du Plessis and Akshar Patel
Delhi capitals captain ipl 2025: IPL is the world’s most viewed cricket league and many star players have made a career by playing here. Now the IPL 2025 starts from March 22 and only 9 days are left to start and so far Delhi Capitals have not announced their new captain. Last season was Captain Rishabh Pant of Delhi, who has now become the captain of Lucknow Super Giants. Delhi’s team will play their first match on 24 March at Lucknow ground. Now before this, Delhi will have to announce its captain. He has three such players who are the captain’s big contender. These include Akshar Patel, KL Rahul and Fof du Plessis.
1. Akshar Patel
Akshar Patel was the vice -captain of Delhi Capitals last season. He also took charge of Delhi Capitals in a match in the absence of Rishabh Pant. He has been part of the Delhi team since 2019 and has experience. The letters are adept at batting down on the lower order. Apart from this, it is not easy to escape the magic of his spin and he also proves to be quite economical. He has so far taken 123 wickets in 150 matches of IPL and has also scored 1653 runs.
2. Fof du Plessis
Fof du Plessis was bought by Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Earlier, he captained three seasons RCB. He captained 42 IPL matches for RCB, out of which won 21 and lost 21. He has immense experience of captaincy. He has also been the captain of South Africa. He makes a brilliant change in bowling. A total of 4571 runs in 145 matches of IPL are recorded in his name.
3. KL Rahul
KL Rahul was bought by a team of Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Prior to this he was the captain of Lucknow Super Giants. Under his captaincy, the Lucknow team traveled to the playoffs. He has also been the captain of Punjab Kings. Rahul is a very strong batsman technically. Once he stays at the crease, it is difficult to dismiss him. He has scored 4683 runs in the IPL so far.
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