Leave of 4 captains of IPL 2026 confirmed! (PC-PTI)
Neither the team is winning, nor his own bat is doing well and now a terrible side-effect is about to happen. Amidst IPL 2026, such a news is coming out which is enough to shake the ground from under the feet of 4 big captains. According to reports, 4 captains who are captaining in IPL 2026 can be removed. With the end of the current season, his captaincy will also go away. The names of these captains are Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant. The fourth name is also being considered of Hardik Pandya, under whose captaincy Mumbai Indians could not make it to the playoffs this season and he himself failed with bat and ball. KKR, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Supergiants also performed poorly and its impact will now be on their captains.
Talking about Delhi captain Akshar Patel, he has bowled only 36 overs in 12 matches and has taken 10 wickets at an economy rate of 8.08, but his role was also that of a batsman and in this he completely failed. According to the reports, it is being said that, 'Akshar has completely failed to prove his leadership and he mostly depends on Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao to take decisions, so if he is able to retain the captaincy next year, it will be a miracle.' Delhi's team management may also decide to ignore a brilliant batsman like Abhishek Porel and not use an all-rounder like Madhav Tiwari consistently.
Lucknow Supergiants have failed for the second consecutive year under the leadership of Rishabh Pant. This team is at the bottom in the points table and Pant himself has failed with the bat. This player has scored only 251 runs in 11 matches at an average of 27.88, now it remains to be seen whether Lucknow management will trust Pant's leadership next year? Questions also remain on the decision to make Arsheen Kulkarni open and give continuous opportunities to Himmat Singh.
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane is also sure to be removed from the next season. Rahane became the captain because KKR had no option. Ajinkya Rahane failed to perform well with the bat also. Rahane has scored only 237 runs this season at an average of 23.70.
There has been no news of Hardik Pandya leaving the captaincy in the reports, but looking at the latest events, it seems that this player may not remain in the team, leave alone the captaincy of Mumbai. There are reports that Pandya had unfollowed Mumbai Indians but after some time he followed the team again. Surely all is not well between the team and Pandya, now it remains to be seen who will captain Mumbai Indians next season.
