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With the 18th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) set to commence in just 10 days’ time, Delhi Capitals (DC) is the only franchise which is yet to name their skipper. However, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) earlier named Rajat Patidar as their captain for the upcoming season, Lucknow Super Giants also appointed Rishabh Pant as their captain after acquiring his services for INR 27 Crore.
DC, who will aim to get their hands on their maiden IPL title, haven't yet named their captain. But a day prior, after sources close to the development confirmed that wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul rejected the offer of leading the franchise, Axar Patel is all set to be named the skipper of the side. Sources close to SportsTiger have also confirmed that Patel, who previously led the franchise in Rishabh Pant’s absence, will take over the helm.
Axar Patel to lead DC in IPL 2025: Sources
A source told IANS, “Yes, Axar Patel is likely to be named as Delhi Capitals for IPL 2025. The franchise had asked for KL Rahul to be the team’s captain, but he very much wishes to contribute for the side as a player in the upcoming tournament.” The Gujarat all-rounder Axar Patel has been with DC since 2019, and was retained for a whopping INR 18 Crore ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. In his IPL career of 150 games, Axar has scored 1,653 runs at a strike rate of 130.88 while picking 123 wickets with his left-arm spin bowling at an economy rate of 7.28.
Delhi Capitals' IPL 2025 squad
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Faf du Plessis, Dushmantha Chameera, Vipraj Nigam, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
