KL rahul rejects delhi Capitals captaincy in IPL 2025..!?

In the 2025 IPL series, the captaincy of the delhi Capitals team was to be given to KL Rahul. But he refused it. Due to this, the question has arisen, who will become the captain of the team now? On the other hand, various information has also been released about why KL rahul refused the captaincy. In the 2024 IPL series, rishabh pant acted as the captain of the delhi Capitals team. Under his leadership, the team performed averagely. Meanwhile, rishabh pant was released from the team before the 2025 IPL auction. He participated in the auction again. In the 2025 IPL mega auction, rishabh pant was bought for a very high amount. lucknow Super Giants bought him for Rs 27 crore. After he left delhi Capitals, the question arose as to who to appoint as the next captain.
In that auction, delhi Capitals had bought KL Rahul. Therefore, there was an expectation that he would be the captain of the delhi team. Also, delhi team already has Axar Patel. He also has experience in international matches. Axar patel was also a key player in the team that won the 2024 t20 World Cup. Apart from these two, there is former South African captain Faf du Plessis. He is more experienced. Despite his age, his experience is very deep. There was a discussion in the delhi Capitals team management about who among these three should be made the captain.
KL rahul was the first choice of captain of the team. But it is said that he has refused the offer given to him. He has clearly stated that he wants to play only as a player. Before this, KL rahul has played for many teams. KL rahul also served as the captain of the lucknow Super Giants team for three years. But due to this, various criticisms were raised against him. Therefore, he left that team and is now in the delhi Capitals team.

It is said that KL rahul is in a state of mind that he does not want the captaincy anymore. He has decided to focus only on his individual game. Because even though KL rahul has been playing well, he has been denied a place in the indian t20 team. Similarly, there are occasional criticisms that he should be removed from the Test team and the One-Day team. KL rahul is the best player in the indian team after rohit sharma and Virat Kohli. However, criticism continues to be raised against him.

In this situation, KL rahul has realized that he needs to prove himself as a batsman. The captaincy is a burden and it brings unnecessary criticism. He also feels that it has a huge impact on his personal cricket life. That is why he has refused the captaincy of the delhi Capitals team. Following this, there is a high chance that Axar patel will be appointed as the captain of the delhi Capitals team. He has not led any IPL team before. However, it is noteworthy that he was recently appointed as the vice-captain of the indian t20 team. Therefore, since he is gaining importance at the international level, it is said that he will be appointed as the captain of the delhi team.

Hemang Pathani has been appointed as the new head coach of the delhi team. Therefore, the newly appointed captain should be someone who will cooperate with him and lead the team.
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Sowmiya Sriram

12/03/2025 01:01 PM