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Aakash Chopra comments on Delhi Capitals need to choose between KL Rahul and Axar patel as captain for IPL 2025
By SMCS - Jan 22, 2025 10:00 am
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Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the Delhi Capitals (DC) might have to choose between Axar Patel and KL Rahul as their captain for IPL 2025. While saying that the spin-bowling all-rounder has been recently appointed India’s T20I vice-captain, he added that the KL brings multiple attributes, including brand value, with him as well. Notably, DC retained Axar for ₹16.50 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 auction as well. After they failed to reacquire Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant at the auction, they bought Rahul for ₹14 crore as well.

kl rahul
KL Rahul

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Three captains have not yet been announced and I am wondering what is going to happen there. You might be thinking who will be Delhi’s captain. Since we get all sources-led news these days, a lot of reports say that Axar Patel, who has become the Indian team’s vice-captain recently, could be the captain there.”

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“That is a possibility. He is ready. I too advocated that you are taking KL Rahul but it’s not mandatory to make him the captain. You have another Indian option available to you. However, it will be interesting to see what the team thinks. KL Rahul brings a lot of things. He also brings brand value with him, and sometimes franchises think like that also, as to what is better for their setup,” Chopra further added.

Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh might be the captaincy options for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as well.

“What will happen in Kolkata? Again that’s a big one as to who would become the captain. Shreyas Iyer is not there now. Could it be Venkatesh Iyer because he was the most expensive, or else Rinku Singh, who was retained? Could it be Ajinkya Rahane? Absolutely out of the box as he was bought at the end, but he has a proven track record as a captain. Then of course, who will become the captain for RCB, which we are talking about, but I feel Virat Kohli has already become the captain. No one else will become the captain there,” Aakash Chopra concluded.