Who will lead Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025? There are three choices | Cricket Information – The Instances of India

Delhi Capitals (DC) will enter the 2025 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a brand new captain, however who will it’s? Former India opener Aakash Chopra weighed in on the choices the franchise has.
Speaking about it on his YouTube channel, Chopra mentioned there are three contenders for the function within the new squad that DC put collectively on the mega public sale final November after deciding to not retain Rishabh Pant, who has moved to Lucknow Tremendous Giants.
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Chopra named Axar Patel, KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis because the three gamers who can lead Delhi within the IPL this 12 months, starting in March.
“I really feel Delhi have three choices. They’ve Axar Patel and KL Rahul, and so they have Faf du Plessis as properly. They retained Axar Patel. Bapu’s stature is rising. He has been excellent of late. He’s the Indian T20I workforce’s vice-captain,” Chopra mentioned.
The Delhi franchise demonstrated their confidence in Axar by retaining him for Rs 16.50 crore earlier than the mega public sale. Subsequently, they acquired Rahul for Rs 14 crore and Faf du Plessis for Rs 2 crore in the course of the public sale in Jeddah.
In IPL 2024, Axar delivered sturdy performances, claiming 11 wickets with an economic system price of seven.65 and scoring 235 runs at a strike price of 131.28 throughout 12 innings.
“He’ll play the Champions Trophy as properly and has been given a vital function within the Indian ODI workforce. He’s mature. He’s sensible. He understands the heartbeat of the sport. He places the workforce forward of himself. So he might be a terrific alternative.”
Chopra added that KL Rahul’s expertise as captain beforehand, main Lucknow and Punjab earlier than shifting to DC, will work in his favour.
“I really feel they received him (Rahul) low-cost. It was a steal. He has received some captaincy credentials. He has captained India, the Punjab Kings and the Lucknow Tremendous Giants for 3 years, and so they certified (for the playoffs) for 2 years as properly. So he might be the captain,” mentioned Chopra.
He mentioned South Africa veteran du Plessis stays within the combine for the management function, however is third within the pecking order.
“I believe it’ll be an in depth race. One (Axar) has been retained and the opposite (Rahul) has been purchased. So one between the 2, or else in the event that they wish to assume completely left-field, then Faf du Plessis, who shouldn’t be getting outdated in any respect. Nonetheless, I’ve a sense that it might be Axar,” he concluded.