Before IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals announced the captain’s name, KL Rahul is not …

There is almost a week left in the beginning of the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Now a big news has come out before IPL 2025. Delhi Capitals (DC) has announced its captain’s name. All -rounder Akshar Patel will captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025.

KL Rahul lags behind in the race

Earlier it was being speculated that KL Rahul would become the captain of Delhi Capitals. Rahul was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore in the IPL 2025 auction, but the franchise paid attention to Akshar Patel on him. Akshar has led Baroda in 16 T20 matches in T20 cricket, in which the team has won 10.

Akshar Patel also captained Delhi Capitals in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the last IPL season. Delhi then had to face defeat by 47 runs. As a T20 captain Akshar has scored 364 runs at an average of 36.40. During this time his best score has been 57 runs, which he made against RCB last year. As captain Akshar has taken 13 wickets in T20 cricket at an average of 29.07.

After becoming captain, Akshar Patel said, ‘It is a great respect for me to captain Delhi Capitals. I am very grateful to team honor and colleague staff to express confidence in me. I have developed as a cricketer and a human being during my tenure in Delhi Capitals. I feel ready and confident to lead this team.

Full squad of Delhi Capitals: Akshar Patel (Captain), Kuldeep Yadav, Triston Stabs, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-Macgark, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf dua Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalakande, Vipraj Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chamera, Dononi Farera, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.

Full schedule of IPL 2025
1. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, March 22, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
2. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, March 23, 3:30 pm, Hyderabad
3. Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, March 23, 7:30 pm, Chennai
4. Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants, March 24, 7:30 pm, Visakhapatnam
5. Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, March 25, 7:30 pm, Ahmedabad
6. Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, March 26, 7:30 pm, Guwahati
7. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants, March 27, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
8. Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, March 28, 7:30 pm, Chennai
9. Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, March 29, 7:30 pm, Ahmedabad
10. Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, March 30, 3:30 pm, Visakhapatnam
11. Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, March 30, 7:30 pm, Guwahati
12. Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, March 31, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
13. Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings, April 1, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
14. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans, April 2, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
15. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, April 3, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
16. Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, April 4, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
17. Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, April 5, 3:30 pm, Chennai
18. Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, April 5, 7:30 pm, New Chandigarh
19. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, April 6, 3:30 pm, Kolkata
20. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans, April 6, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
21. Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, April 7, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
22. Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings, April 8, 7:30 pm, New Chandigarh
23. Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals, April 9, 7:30 pm, Ahmedabad
24. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals, April 10, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
25. Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, April 11, 7:30 pm, Chennai
26. Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans, April 12, 3:30 pm, Lucknow
27. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings, April 12, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
28. Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, April 13, 3:30 pm, Jaipur
29. Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, April 13, 7:30 pm, Delhi
30. Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings, April 14, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
31. Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, April 15, 7:30 pm, New Chandigarh
32. Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals, April 16, 7:30 pm, Delhi
33. Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, April 17, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
34. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings, April 18, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
35. Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals, April 19, 3:30 pm, Ahmedabad
36. Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, April 19, 7:30 pm, Jaipur
37. Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, April 20, 3:30 pm, New Chandigarh
38. Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, April 20, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
39. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans, April 21, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
40. Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, April 22, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
41. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians, April 23, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
42. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, April 24, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
43. Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, April 25, 7:30 pm, Chennai
44. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, April 26, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
45. Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants, April 27, 3:30 pm, Mumbai
46. ​​Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, April 27, 7:30 pm, Delhi
47. Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans, April 28, 7:30 pm, Jaipur
48. Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, April 29, 7:30 pm, Delhi
49. Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings, April 30, 7:30 pm, Chennai
50. Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, May 1, 7:30 pm, Jaipur
51. Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, May 2, 7:30 pm, Ahmedabad
52. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, May 3, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
53. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, May 4, 3:30 pm, Kolkata
54. Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants, May 4, 7:30 pm, Dharamshala
55. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, May 5, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
56. Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans, May 6, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
57. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, May 7, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
58. Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, May 8, 7:30 pm, Dharamshala
59. Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, May 9, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
60. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, May 10, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
61. Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, May 11, 3:30 pm, Dharamshala
62. Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans, May 11, 7:30 pm, Delhi
63. Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, May 12, 7:30 pm, Chennai
64. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, May 13, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
65. Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants, May 14, 7:30 pm, Ahmedabad
66. Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, May 15, 7:30 pm, Mumbai
67. Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, May 16, 7:30 pm, Jaipur
68. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, May 17, 7:30 pm, Bangalore
69. Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, May 18, 3:30 pm, Ahmedabad
70. Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, May 18, 7:30 pm, Lucknow
71. Qualifier 1, May 20, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
72. Eliminator, May 21, 7:30 pm, Hyderabad
73. Qualifier 2, 23 May, 7:30 pm, Kolkata
74. Final, May 25, 7:30 pm, Kolkata