IPL 2025: Captain of Virat Kohli’s team was captain, now the warlord of Akshar Patel in Delhi

Last updated:March 17, 2025, 18:34 IST

Delhi Capitals have appointed Faf Duplesi as vice -captain for IPL 2023. Akshar Patel will be the captain. Delhi’s first match will be against Lucknow Super Giants on 24 March.

Faf Duplessis was made the vice -captain of Delhi Capitals

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals appointed South African veteran Faf Duplesi on Monday as vice -captain for the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on March 22. The Delhi team had earlier appointed Indian all -rounder Akshar Patel as captain on Friday.

In the video released by Faf Duplesey here, I am very excited. Delhi’s team is fantastic and the players are very good. Surely I am happy and ready.

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The 40 -year -old player was the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last three seasons of IPL. The Bangalore team did not retain them in their team before the mega auction last year. The Delhi team bought Duplesi for two crore rupees in the auction.

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First match on 24 March
Delhi Capitals will play their first match of the 18th season against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on 24 March. Delhi will be looking for its title. Along with Delhi Capitals, franchisees like Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have not won a single title till date.

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