IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals can make history in the Indian Premier League (IPL). DC management can pick an Indian all-rounder as their full time captain. It is very rare to see an Indian all-rounder leading an IPL team.
Axar Patel Delhi Capitals Captain?
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 due to slow over-rate three times, Axar Patel captained Delhi in place of Pant. Axar Patel has been retained for Rs 16.5 crore for the upcoming season. Therefore, he is also the most expensive player retained by Delhi. It is also an indication that the Delhi franchise is ready to trust Akshar.
Axar Patel’s performance ac DC player
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. In the IPL, he has found the most success while playing for Delhi. Earlier, he scored 686 runs in 68 matches for Punjab Kings and also took 61 wickets.
If Axar Patel gets the captaincy of Delhi Capitals, then he will be the first all-rounder player from India to captain the Delhi team in the IPL. James Hopes and JP Duminy have been the two all-rounder players who have captained Delhi but no Indian all-rounder has done so so far. Batsmen like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and a legendary bowler like Zaheer Khan have also taken charge of DC. But Axar can create history by being an all-rounder player and taking over the captaincy.
Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, Delhi Capitals had retained a total of four players. The names of these 4 players are Akshar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel and Kuldeep Yadav.