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In a significant development, Delhi Capitals, on Thursday, March 13, took to Twitter to reveal the date of their captain announcement. The Capitals, who are the only team left in the IPL to not have announced a captain, will unveil their new leader on March 14 at 9:30 am IST.
There was a lot of speculation over Delhi's new captain, and the one-time runners-up took a unique route to announce the reveal date. Earlier in the day, Mufadal Vohra and Johns had reported that the Capitals would reveal their captain on March 13.
DC's CID Style Video To Introduce New Captain For IPL 2025
However, things took an interesting note as it was all part of the set-up as the video featured CID fame Aditya Shrivastav investigating Johns and Mufadal Vohra for spreading fake news. While, the trio were having fun, they also announced that the captain would be announced on March 14 at 9:30 am. Watch the announcement video here.
Axar Patel Or Faf Du Plessis? Who Will Captain DC For IPL 2025?
It has been a long wait for Delhi Capitals fans as they are the only side to not have named a captain. Further, there is toss up between Axar Patel and Faf du Plessis.
Earlier, Axar and KL Rahul were in the race to lead the Capitals, but later the reports suggest that Rahul pulled out of that race to play just as a batter. Now, Faf du Plessis has too joined the race alongside Axar Patel to lead Delhi as he too holds vast experience in leading a franchise.
Notably, Faf led RCB from 2022-24, where he helped the Challengers qualify for the finals two times.