Sports Desk: The Indian Premier League is scheduled to begin from 22 March. In this T20 league, 10 teams will take on each other for a title. Where the fans are going to enjoy a lot. Meanwhile, now Delhi Capitals have also finally announced their new captain. The franchise has handed over the command of its team to Akshar Patel in IPL 2025. Who played last season as the vice-captain of the team.

Actually, the command of Delhi Capitals was still in the lips of Rishabh Pant, but in the auction, he was made captain by Lucknow Super Giants in his team. After which the place of Delhi's captaincy was vacant. In such a situation, the team has now expressed confidence in Akshar Patel and has given them the command of the team.

Akshar Patel became the new captain of DC

KL turned down captaincy

By the way, former LSG captain KL Rahul was considered to be at the forefront of the captaincy race. But in some media reports recently revealed, it was found that KL Rahul has clearly refused to captain. According to reports, when he was talked about giving captaincy, he flatly refused the franchise. After which Akshar Patel has been given this big responsibility.

Who was in the captaincy race?

However, apart from KL Rahul and Akshar Patel, Rayar Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis was also in the race for Delhi Capitals. But Delhi expressed confidence in Akshar and has given them captaincy. In such a situation, the name of the captain of all the teams of IPL 2025 has now come out.

Harry Brooke out of IPL

For information, let us know that before the start of the IPL, Delhi Capitals have suffered a big setback. Team player Harry Brook has withdrawn his name from the IPL. He was bought by Delhi for 6.25 crores, but Brooke refused to play a few days before the IPL season began, after which the BCCI has banned him from IPL for two years.

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Delhi Capitals squad in IPL 2025

KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-Macgark, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stabs, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nalrara, Dushmanta Farera, Dononova Farera, Ajay Mandi, Manavanavan Kumar, Ajay Mandi, Tripura, Madhvadh, Tripura, Tiwari.