Axar Patel DC Captain: Axar Patel became the captain of Delhi Capitals, great news before IPL

Axar Patel DC Captain: The wait for IPL 2025 is about to end now. This exciting tournament will start from March 22, and all the teams are busy finalizing their strategies. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals have also announced their new captain. This time the command of the team has been handed over to all-rounder Axar Patel, who will take over the captaincy for the first time. Earlier Rishabh Pant was the captain of Delhi, but this season he is a part of Lucknow Super Giants.

Big challenge for Axar Patel

Axar Patel has won the trust of the team management on the basis of his excellent performance. Recently his performance in the Champions Trophy 2025 was excellent, which strengthened his claim. However, Axar has no prior captaincy experience, which will make it interesting to see how he plays this role.

Axar Patel's performance in IPL

Axar Patel has been associated with Delhi Capitals for the last seven years and is one of the most trusted all-rounders of the team. His IPL stats are as follows:

• Matches: 150
• Runs: 1653 (Strike Rate - 131)
• Wickets: 123 (Economy Rate - 7.28)

Although Akshar has not captained in the IPL so far, he has been given this responsibility considering his stability and consistent performance in the Delhi team.

Why did KL Rahul not become the captain of Delhi?

KL Rahul was the frontrunner in the race for the captaincy of Delhi. Rahul has experience of captaining Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, and has also been an important member of the Indian team. But according to media reports, he refused to accept this responsibility. After this, Delhi Capitals decided to hand over the captaincy to Akshar Patel.

Full squad of Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals has further strengthened its team for this season. This year the team includes many experienced and young players:

Batters: Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser McGurk, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Faf du Plessis

All-rounders: Axar Patel (captain), Ajay Mandal, Donovan Ferreira

Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Viparaj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurna Vijay, Manwant Kumar

Will Delhi be able to win the title for the first time?

Delhi Capitals have not won a single IPL title so far. The team reached the final in 2020 but lost to Mumbai Indians. Now under the captaincy of Axar Patel, will Delhi be able to end this drought? It will be a matter to be seen.

With the start of IPL 2025, it will be clear how strong Delhi Capitals proves to be under the captaincy of Axar Patel. Will this decision make Delhi the champion, or will the team have to end another season with disappointment? Fans will start getting the answer from March 22.