Delhi Capitals
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has made a big announcement before the start of 2025. The franchise has appointed former England captain and legendary player Kevin Pietersen as its mentor. Delhi Capitals gave this information on social media on Thursday, February 27. Let me tell you that Pietersen has also captained along with playing for the Delhi franchise in the IPL. Now for the first time, he will be seen in the role of a mentor of the same franchise in this tournament.
Kevin Peterson has captained Delhi
Delhi Capitals have appointed Hemang Badani as their head coach for IPL 2025. At the same time, former England white ball coach Matthew Mot has been made assistant coach. Apart from this, the franchise has entrusted the responsibility of bowling coach to India’s veteran fast bowler Munaf Patel. Meanwhile, 44 -year -old Kevin Pietersen has also been added to the coaching staff. Peterson has played as a player and captain in 2014 for the Delhi franchise. Delhi’s performance under his captaincy was very poor. Only Delhi’s team won only two matches in that season.
Who will be the captain of Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant was captaining Delhi Capitals by IPL 2024. But the franchise did not retain him for IPL 2025. This decision of Delhi Capitals surprised everyone. After being released by Delhi, Rishabh Pant Lucknow Super Giants bought for 27 crores in the mega auction. In the coming season, Rishabh Pant will captain Lucknow, but no information has been revealed about who will be the captain of Delhi. In the mega auction, Delhi Capitals included star players like KL Rahul, Harry Brook, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh in the team. It will be interesting to see who gets the command of Delhi.
Full squad of Delhi Capitals (DC) for IPL 2025
Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul, Triston Stabs, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-Macgark, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mohit Sharma, Faf Duplassi, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, V. Corporation, Dononi, Dononi, Donon Farera, Ajay Mandal, Manwant Kumar.
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