Captain of Delhi Capitals: There is now some time left for the start of IPL 2025. All teams have already announced the names of their captains. Delhi Capitals have given the command of the team to star all -rounder Akshar Patel. While experienced players like Fof du Plessis and KL Rahul were also present in the team. In the previous season, Akshar held responsibility for the vice -captain of Delhi. His performance has also been excellent. Now Rahul’s reaction has come to light as soon as he becomes a captain.
KL Rahul wrote on the social media platform, ‘Congratulations Bapu, best wishes for the journey ahead. I am always with you. ‘ Rahul was part of the Lucknow Super Giants team in IPL 2024 but he was not retained by the Lucknow team. After this, Delhi bought him at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Akshar retained over Rs 16 crore
On the other hand, Akshar Patel is a part of Delhi Capitals since 2019 and has been performing strongly. He specializes in batting powerful and bowling brilliantly in lower order. Due to this, the Delhi team has retained him for Rs 16 crore 50 lakh. Akshar has limited captaincy experience in IPL but has captained Gujarat in domestic cricket.
Has played 150 matches in the IPL.
On becoming the captain of Delhi Capitals, Akshar Patel said, “It is a great respect for me to become the captain of Delhi.” I have made a lot of progress as a cricketer and I think I am ready to lead the team. Akshar has scored a total of 1653 runs in 150 IPL matches so far. Apart from this, he also took 123 wickets.
The team of Delhi Capitals has not been able to win the title yet.
Now Akshar Patel will have the responsibility of getting the first title to Delhi Capitals. The Delhi team has not won the IPL Trophy even once. The team made it to the finals of IPL 2020, but then Mumbai broke the dream of winning its title.
