Delhi Capitals declared captain, ignored KL Rahul and handed over command to this foreign player.

IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals has been in the news since the IPL 2025 mega auction. One reason for this is that he included top players in his team for a very low amount. Delhi bought many big players in the mega auction and now they have more than one captaincy contender. Although till now there were speculations that KL Rahul can captain Delhi in (IPL 2025), but a media report has revealed that the command of the team will be given to a foreign player.

This foreign player became the captain of Delhi Capitals!

Actually the foreign player we are talking about. He is none other than former RCB captain Faf du Plessis. Let us tell you, in the mega auction, this South African player was bought by Delhi Capitals at the base price of only Rs 2 crore. Faf captained Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2022 to 2024 and took the team to the playoffs twice. In such a situation, it is believed that in IPL 2025, star player Faf du Plessis can be seen taking charge of Delhi Capitals.

Excellent record in captaincy

Talking about the captaincy of the South African cricketer, he has captained RCB in IPL for almost 3 years. During this period, he has also taken the team to the playoffs twice. Let us tell you, Faf has captained in about 42 matches so far, in which he has won 21 and lost 21. Apart from this, he plays in franchise leagues around the world. Faf captained the St. Lucia Kings in the Caribbean Premier League 2024 and led his team to the title. This was Saint Lucia's first SEAPL trophy.

South African cricketer Faf Duplessis has been playing IPL since 2012. So far in this tournament, he has scored 4571 runs in 145 matches at a strike rate of 136.37 and an average of 35.99, which also includes 37 half-centuries.