Recently, IPL 2025 held a mega auction in Jeddah. Delhi Capitals have a total of 23 players in their squad. He included many big-name players in the auction. Delhi Capitals did not even retain former captain Rishabh Pant this time around. So this time they are looking for a new captain. Meanwhile, one player played a brilliant innings in domestic cricket. Delhi Capitals can also make the player their new captain for IPL 2025. The player in question is none other than Akshar Patel.
Amazing work of Akshar Patel
Akshar Patel played a brilliant innings during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Akshar Patel had a strong performance in the match between Gujarat and Karnataka. In this match, Karnataka won the toss and asked Gujarat to bat. Batting first, Gujarat scored 251 runs in 20 overs and lost 5 wickets. During this period, Akshar Patel scored just 56 runs with a strike rate of 280 off just 20 balls. During this period, he also hit 2 fours and 6 sixes.
Akshar Patel performed brilliantly throughout the tournament. During the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024, he scored a total of 134 runs in 7 games with a strike rate of 171.79. During this period, he averaged 67. Akshar plays the role of finisher in his team. Under his leadership, the Gujarat team has won 6 out of 7 matches so far. His performance as captain was amazing.
Delhi capital retained
He was hired by Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Delhi retained him for Rs 1,650 crore. Akshar Patel is leading the race to become Delhi Capitals captain. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo about Delhi Capitals captaincy, Jindal said that Axar Patel has been with the team for a long time and he served as the vice-captain last season, so we don’t know if the role will go to Aksar Sa is in charge. or anyone else.
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