Delhi Capitals bought KL Rahul on the first day of the IPL 2025 mega auction. The Delhi team paid 14 crore rupees for him then. In such a situation, there was every possibility that Rahul would become the captain of Delhi. Rahul has previously captained Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Now, on the second day of the auction, Delhi has bought Faf du Plessis, the captain of the RCB team. He has received 2 crore rupees. Now with the arrival of Du Plessis, Rahul’s chances of becoming the captain seem to be fading.
Captained the RCB team
Faf du Plessis captained the RCB team for three seasons, during which the team reached the playoffs twice. He has a lot of captaincy experience and makes good bowling changes. So far he has captained 42 IPL matches out of which the RCB team has won 21 and lost 21. It means that he has captained as many matches. Won in half of them. Apart from IPL, he has also captained South Africa in 37 T20 international matches.
Du Plessis scored 4571 runs in IPL
Apart from captaincy, Faf du Plessis can also open for Delhi Capitals. Once he settles on the crease, he becomes difficult to stop. He is counted among the best batsmen of IPL. He has scored 4571 runs in IPL so far out of which 94 runs is his best score.
Delhi is yet to win the title
Delhi Capitals team has not won the IPL title even once. The team made it to the finals of the year 2020, but then the team faced defeat. This time, Delhi bought veteran players like Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma and Karun Nair in the auction.
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