{"id":41698,"date":"2025-03-15T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstimers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/kl-rahul-rejected-the-offer-to-become-captain-of-delhi-capitals-now-it-can-become-the-captain-of-dc\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T06:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:50:00","slug":"kl-rahul-rejected-the-offer-to-become-captain-of-delhi-capitals-now-it-can-become-the-captain-of-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstimers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/kl-rahul-rejected-the-offer-to-become-captain-of-delhi-capitals-now-it-can-become-the-captain-of-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"KL Rahul rejected the offer to become captain of Delhi Capitals, now it can become the captain of DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong><br \/>There are only a few days left in the beginning of the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). 10 teams have started preparing for this. Except for Delhi Capitals, everyone has also announced the names of their captains. KL Rahul was seen as the next captain of Delhi, but this player has refused to captain. The captaincy of Delhi was still in the hands of Rishabh Pant. But this time Delhi could not retain him even after a lot of efforts. Pant was again bought by Lucknow Super Giants, whose captain was still Rahul. That is, Pant and Rahul got swap in Delhi and Lucknow in a way. Rahul was being considered as a contender for the captaincy, but it seems that he will no longer be seen to be fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No this player will be captain now<\/strong><br \/> After rejecting Rahul&#8217;s captaincy, the question is that now Delhi&#8217;s captaincy will come? Akshar Patel&#8217;s name is at the forefront of this race or it is certain to say. The report quoted sources as saying, &#8220;Yes, Akshar Patel may be the next captain of Delhi Capitals for IPL-2025. The franchise had asked KL Rahul about becoming captain, but he has asked to contribute to the team as a player. \u201d Akshar Patel has been with Delhi since 2019. He was bought by Delhi by paying a price of 18 crores. He recently showed a strong game in the Champions Trophy. Akshar contributed significantly to the team&#8217;s success with both bat and ball. He was also the vice-captain of India in the T20 series played against England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waiting for the first title<\/strong><br \/>Delhi is waiting for its first title. This team has played the finals only once, but could not win it. In 2020, Delhi played the IPL final under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, but lost to Mumbai Indians. Delhi has changed a lot this season. He changed his entire coaching staff. Ricky Ponting has been made Hemung Badani as the coach of the team. Munaf Patel has been appointed as the bowling coach of the team. Former India batsman Venugopal Rao has been made IPL Director of Cricket. 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