Big news of IPL 2025! Faf du Plessis becomes the new vice-captain of Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals (DC) has appointed Faf du Plessis as the vice-captain. The franchise bought him for Rs 2 crore in the mega auction for the 2025 season. DC announced this on Monday by posting a video on its Twitter handle. IPL-2025 is scheduled to start from March 22. 40-year-old Du Plessis captained RCB in the 2022 to 2024 season, but the franchise did not retain him for 2025.
Faf Du Plessis scored 4571 runs in 145 IPL matches
Faf du Plessis has played 404 T20 matches so far for his country and franchises around the world. He has scored 11,236 runs in 383 innings with six centuries and 78 half-centuries at an average of 32.66. Faf du Plessis has scored 4,571 runs in 145 IPL matches at a strike rate of over 136. This includes 37 half-centuries. During this, his best score is 96 runs.
Axar Patel will be the captain of Delhi
All-rounder Axar Patel will be the captain of the Delhi Capitals team for IPL-2025. Axar has been a part of Delhi Capitals since 2019. He is Delhi’s most experienced player. He has played 82 matches for the team in the last 6 seasons. At the same time, along with scoring 235 runs at an average of 30, he has also taken 11 wickets at an economy of 7.65. At the same time, Axar has captained due to Rishabh Pant being banned for slow overs in a match. However, he had to face defeat in this match.
IPL’s first match will be between Bengaluru-Kolkata on March 22
The opening match of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Kolkata on March 22. This time 74 matches will be played in 65 days. There will be 70 matches of the league stage till May 18, in which there are 12 double headers. That is, 2 matches will be played in 1 day 12 times. The final will be held in Kolkata on May 25.