Delhi Capitals: Before the IPL 2025 starting from March 22, the Delhi Capitals team has announced the new captain in the form of Axar Patel. He has been given this responsibility after performing brilliantly for Team India in the Champions Trophy. 31-year-old Axar Patel, who joined Delhi Capitals in 2019 and has been a part of the team for 6 seasons so far, as soon as the captaincy comes in his hands, the fortunes of two young players are going to shine, who can get a chance in IPL this time.

Axar Patel: The most experienced player after Pant

After Rishabh Pant, if there is any experienced player in the team, then it is Axar Patel who has played 82 matches for Delhi Capitals in which he has 967 runs and 62 wickets to his name. Last year, Axar Patel scored 235 runs at an average of 30 and also took 11 wickets. At present, apart from Axar Patel, Delhi Capitals also includes players like KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis and these players have also led other IPL teams in the past.

Luck shines for two young players

Delhi has selected Ashutosh Sharma as an impact player with Rs 3.8 crore, who batted brilliantly in the lower order for Punjab Kings last season. Looking at his strike rate, it seems that this time Delhi (Delhi Capitals) has got a great player.

At the same time, Sameer Rizvi, who could not do anything special while playing for Chennai Super Kings last season, is also a part of the Delhi team this time, who has got this opportunity on the basis of his domestic cricket performance, who would not want to let go of the opportunity given by the team this time.

Will play first match on 24 March

Delhi Capitals will start the tournament in IPL 2025 by playing against Lucknow Supergiants on 24 March. Let us tell you that after Rishabh Pant leaves the team, the biggest responsibility will be on Axar Patel that despite being less experienced, he should prove himself as a captain and win the title for Delhi Capitals, which has not won the IPL title even once so far.

Delhi Capitals' probable playing 11 for IPL 2025

Jack Fraser McGurk, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.

Disclaimer - This is the personal opinion of the author. Delhi Capitals' playing 11 for IPL 2015 has not been announced yet.