Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement Highlights, IPL 2025: DC Name Axar Patel As Skipper
Delhi Capitals Captain IPL 2025: The Delhi-based franchise is set to announce a new captain for the upcoming IPL 2025 season today at 9:30 am IST.
Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 captain announcement Live updates: India all-rounder Axar Patel was appointed captain of the Delhi Capitals for IPL 2025, replacing Rishabh Pant, who exited the franchise before the mega auction.
Axar, 31, has been with DC since 2019 and was retained for INR 16.50 crore. While his IPL captaincy experience is limited, he led Gujarat in domestic cricket and served as India’s T20I vice-captain earlier this year.
Last season, Axar scored 235 runs at an average of nearly 30 and took 11 wickets at an economy of 7.65.
“It is my absolute honour to captain the Delhi Capitals,” stated Axar, on being appointed as the captain.
“I’ve grown as a cricketer, and I feel ready and confident to lead this side going forward.”
List of Delhi Capitals captains in IPL
- Virender Sehwag
- Gautam Gambhir
- Dinesh Karthik
- James Hopes
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Ross Taylor
- David Warner
- Kevin Pietersen
- JP Duminy
- Zaheer Khan
- Karun Nair
- Shreyas Iyer
- Rishabh Pant
- Axar Patel
Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 schedule
- March 24: Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants – Visakhapatnam
- March 30: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Visakhapatnam
- April 5: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Chennai
- April 10: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals – Bengaluru
- April 13: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – Delhi
- April 16: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals – Delhi
- April 19: Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals – Ahmedabad
- April 22: Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals – Lucknow
- April 27: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Delhi
- April 29: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Delhi
- May 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – Hyderabad
- May 8: Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Dharamshala
- May 11: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans – Delhi
- May 15: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals – Mumbai
Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2025
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: A fun announcement from DC's social media
A new era begins today ????❤️ pic.twitter.com/9Yc4bBMSvt
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 14, 2025
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: DC appoint Axar Patel as men's team skipper
The team’s longest-serving player will be shouldering the duties, having been with the franchise since 2019, appearing in 82 games.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: Meanwhile, some Holi celebrations in the DC Women's camp
Rangon ka tyohaar with our DC superstars ???? pic.twitter.com/gyvvo3vSJh
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 14, 2025
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: Where does Rahul fit into the team?
Rahul, who will turn 33 on April 18, has scored 4683 runs at a strike-rate of 134 plus, the runs coming while batting in the top three. He has struck four hundreds across 132 matches as well.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: Rahul, a proven captain
Rahul has been an IPL skipper for some years now and has led the Punjab Kings and Lucknow in the past. LSG reached two playoffs during his time with the team although in one of those, he was injured for the better part of the season.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: What are Axar Patel's credentials?
Into his seventh season with the Delhi Capitals, the 31-year-old Axar, who has played 150 IPL matches, scored 1653 runs at a strike rate of nearly 131 and took 123 wickets at an economy rate of 7.28, looks a more likely candidate to lead the team than Rahul, who will be donning the Delhi blues for the first time.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: KL Rahul's availability a question
With Rahul and wife Athiya Shetty expecting their first baby, the senior player could miss a match or two, depending on the due date, which is next month, as said by the latter’s father Suniel Shetty.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: What is the training schedule for the team?
Delhi Capitals will have a short training-cum-simulation camp in Delhi before flying to Visakhapatnam for their first two matches. DC play their first match against the Lucknow Super Giants, Rahul’s old team, which will now be led by Rishabh Pant, who was the DC skipper till last year.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: Why the delay in the announcement?
Delhi Capitals are the only franchise who haven’t announced their captain yet. According to a report in PTI, the franchise was waiting for the Champions Trophy to finish where both Axar and Rahul were in India’s playing XI.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE Updates: Who are the contenders?
Leading all-rounder Axar Patel and senior keeper-batter KL Rahul are the two contenders for Delhi Capitals leadership in IPL 2025, with the former having his nose ahead.
Delhi Capitals Captain Announcement LIVE: Hello and welcome!
Hello and welcome to the Delhi Capitals’ captain announcement live updates, where we will bring you all possibilities and chances, before the skipper for IPL 2025 is announced by the franchise.