Name of new captain of Delhi Capitals finalized, KL Rahul sidelined! Vice captain of Indian team got responsibility in IPL

Before the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025, many players left their team and some left their captaincy. In such a situation, the veteran players captured in the auction, who were playing for their team for many years, have also entered the auction and joined the new team. This time, Rishabh Pant also participated in the auction after leaving the captaincy of Delhi Capitals.

Let us tell you, Rishabh Pant was playing for Delhi Capitals for the last 9 years. He made his debut in IPL on behalf of Delhi Capitals in the year 2016 and became the captain in Aabad, but after his departure, now many names are coming forward for the captaincy of Delhi who can make him the captain.

Name of new captain of Delhi Capitals finalized, KL sidelined

Reports are coming out for Delhi Capitals according to which Akshar Patel was the vice-captain of the team last season and this year he is being promoted and can become the captain. Akshar Patel was retained by Delhi Capitals at a huge price of Rs 16.50 crore. At that time the message was received that he can come in the race of captain but Delhi has included Lucknow captain KL Rahul and RCB captain Faf du Plessis in the team. included.

In such a situation, these players were also in the race for captaincy but now according to the report, veterans like KL Rahul, Faf Du Plessis are not getting the responsibility of captaincy and Akshar can fulfill the responsibility in this season.

Delhi captain will become the vice-captain of the Indian team.

The Indian team has recently announced a new vice-captain in the T20 series against England. And Akshar has been made the new vice-captain after snatching the car from Shubman Gill. Now he can become the new captain of Delhi Capitals. His IPL figures are amazing, he has played 150 matches in IPL in which he has scored 1653 runs at an average of 21.47. Apart from this, Akshar has taken 123 wickets. His economy rate is also 7.28 runs per over. Talking about the last season, Akshar had scored 235 runs at an average of 29.38 and he also managed to take 11 wickets.