KKR-DC announced its captain, after Shreyas Iyer and Pant, these 2 legends got the responsibility of the team.

Shreyas Iyer: All the teams have released their retention list for IPL 2025. In a big blast on Thursday, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders released their captains Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. The franchises will announce new captains in their place. However, meanwhile, there is a lot of discussion going on about the names of two players.

These players will become captain

Everyone is surprised to see Rishabh Pant's name not in the retention list of Delhi Capitals. It is being told that Pant himself decided to part ways with the franchise. In such a situation, DC has retained Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel.

It is believed that Akshar Patel can now be the new captain of Delhi. He was the vice-captain of the team in IPL 2024 and also took command in a match in the absence of Rishabh Pant.

Their captain Shreyas Iyer has also been dropped from the camp of Kolkata Knight Riders. Shreyas, who made the franchise champion in IPL 2024, has also reportedly decided to part ways. In such a situation, the purple jersey team can appoint the dreaded all-rounder Andre Russell as its new captain in IPL 2025. Apart from Andre Russell, KKR has retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh before the auction.

Will KKR be able to save the title?

Kolkata Knight Riders showed excellent performance in IPL 2024 and were crowned champions for the third time under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer. But with a different captain and almost a different team, it will not be easy for them to save the title. Apart from this, Delhi Capitals will also try to win the title for the first time. However, it will be very difficult for them to achieve this feat with the new coaching staff.