KL Rahul or Axar Patel to lead Delhi Capitals? See what co-owner says

After picking Team India batsman KL Rahul in the IPL 2025 mega auction Delhi Capitals DC coowner Parth Jindal spoke about the franchises captaincy slot between Rahul and Axar PatelAhead of the IPL 2025 Rahul and Axar Patel will have a big role to play They need to bat long following which other players can express themselves freelyIn the concluded IPL 2025 mega auction Delhi Capitals acquired the services of KL Rahul for Rs 14 crores After a bidding war between Kolkata Knight Riders KKR and Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB DC entered the fray and got an opener captain and wicketkeeperbatter option in RahulAxar Patel on the other hand was retained by the franchise for his consistency since 2019Its a bit premature to talk about the captaincy Axar Patel has been with the franchise for a very long time and he was the vicecaptain for the last cycle so we dont know whether its going to be Axar or whether its going be somebody else A lot has to happen I spoke to KL but havent met him yet I know him very well personally I will understand from him what he thinks and it will boil down to what the coaching group and finally what Kiran Grandhi the coowner and I want to do Theres a lot of time for that Parth Jindal said as quoted by ESPNcricinfoAlso ReadKing Kohli reclaims his throneFurther the Delhibased franchise coowner said that Rahul was very excited to be along with the DC teamHes very happy very excited to be part of Delhi He has known me for a long time Hes a Bangalore Bengaluru boy I own Bengaluru FC in the Indian Super League so hes watched a few games with me I know his wife Athiya Shetty well Shes been a close family friend growing up in Mumbai So he Rahul was like I just want to play cricket I just want to get the love and support from the franchise I just want to get the respect and I know Parth from you I will get that and just cant be more excited to play for a friend and lets make Delhi win I have never won IPL Delhi has never won Lets do it togetherIn a video posted by DCs official social media handle KL Rahyul said that his journey with Delhi Capitals has begun and he is super excitedHey guys I am super happy to be joining the Delhi Capitals A new journey begins for me with the Delhi Capitals and I am super excited The squad looks really good Cant wait for the season to begin and come to Delhi and play at the Kotla and entertain all of you So see you guys there KL Rahul said in a video shared on DCs social media handleKL x DC era begins pictwittercomL1hpxxuUfqmdash Delhi Capitals DelhiCapitals November 27 2024A versatile batter for India across all formats He can open bat in the middle order anchor and accelerate A highly capable wicketkeeperbatter as well He is Indias fourthhighest rungetter in T20Is scoring 2265 runs in 72 matches at an average of 3775 striking at almost 140 with two centuries and 22 fifties to his nameIn 132 IPL matches since his debut in 2013 KL has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bengaluru Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants even going on to captain the latter two teams In 132 matches he has scored 4683 runs at an average of 4547 and a strike rate of 13461 with four centuries and 37 fiftiesFor LSG since 2022 he has scored 1410 runs at an average of 4147 with a strike rate of 13068 two centuries and 10 fifties He has never won an IPL titleDelhi Capitals squad FOR IPL 2025Batters Jake FraserMcGurk RTM Harry Brook Tristan Stubbs retained Faf du Plessis Karun NairWicketkeepers KL Rahul Abishek Porel retained Donovan FerreriaAllrounders Axar Patel spin retained Ashutosh Sharma spin Sameer Rizvi spin Darshan Nalkande pace Vipraj Nigam spin Ajay Mandal spin Manvanth Kumar pace Tripurana Vijay spin Madhav Tiwari paceSpinners Kuldeep Yadav retainedFast bowlers Mitchell Starc Mukesh Kumar T Natarajan Mohit Sharma Dushmantha ChameeraWith ANI Inputs