Will Axar Patel be the new captain of Delhi Capitals?
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, delhi Capitals had retained a total of four players. The names of these 4 players are Axar patel, Tristan Stubbs, abhishek Porel and kuldeep Yadav. The auction date is approaching and after the release of rishabh pant, the biggest question is which player can the delhi franchise make their captain. Now a media report has surdata-faced, claiming that Axar patel has been made the captain of Delhi.
According to media reports, Axar patel can take over the captaincy of delhi Capitals in the upcoming season. Recall that in IPL 2024, when rishabh pant was suspended from the match against RCB thrice due to slow over-rate, Axar patel captained delhi in place of Pant. Axar patel has been retained for the upcoming season for Rs 16.5 crore. Therefore, he is also the most expensive player retained by Delhi. This is also an indication that the delhi franchise is ready to show confidence in Akshar.
Axar patel has become the star of Delhi
Axar patel has been playing for delhi Capitals since 2019. He has played a total of 82 matches representing the DC franchise, in which he has 967 runs and 62 wickets to his name. He has got the most success in IPL while playing for Delhi. Earlier, he had scored 686 runs in 68 matches for punjab Kings and also took 61 wickets.
If Akshar patel gets the captaincy of delhi Capitals, then he will be the first all-rounder player from india to captain the delhi team in IPL. james Hopes and JP Duminy are two such all-rounder players who have captained delhi but no indian all-rounder has done so till now. Batsmen like Virender Sehwag, gautam gambhir and legendary bowler like zaheer khan have also taken command of DC. But Akshar, being an all-rounder, can create history by taking charge of the captaincy.