Delhi Capitals name Axar Patel as skipper for IPL 2025
Before the start of the IPL season 2025, Delhi Capitals has announced its captain. This season, all-rounder Axar Patel will captain Delhi Capitals. Earlier, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant captained Delhi Capitals for a long time, but before the IPL mega auction, Delhi Capitals released their captain. After this, Rishabh Pant became a part of the mega auction. In the IPL mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants added Rishabh Pant to their team.
In the IPL mega auction, Delhi Capitals bought KL Rahul for Rs 14 crore. It was speculated that KL Rahul could be the captain of Delhi Capitals. Media reports claimed that KL Rahul turned down the offer of captaincy of Delhi Capitals. Now all-rounder Axar Patel has been appointed as the captain by Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals has shared a video of about 2 minutes from its social media handle. It has been told through this video that Axar Patel will be seen captaining the team.
This has been Axar Patel’s IPL career
Apart from Delhi Capitals, Akshar Patel has been a part of Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians in IPL. As a batsman, Akshar Patel has scored 1653 runs at a strike rate of 130.88 and an average of 21.47 in 150 IPL matches. Apart from this, Akshar Patel has taken 123 wickets as a bowler at an economy of 7.28 and a strike rate of 25.2. Akshar Patel’s best bowling figure in this tournament is 4 wickets for 21 runs.
