Former India batter Aakash Chopra has named Axar Patel as the Delhi Capitals (DC) player with the greatest opportunity in IPL 2025 as well. He shared that the spin-bowling all-rounder has a chance to showcase his leadership skills, especially since he was also named Team India’s T20I vice-captain recently as well. However, DC retained Axar for ₹16.50 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 auction and named him captain for the IPL 2025.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “The first opportunity is for Axar Patel, an untested captain but a captain who has the ability, who pulls his weight into the side with a lot of performance. The guy is sorted and extremely calm, and can take the team forward properly. That’s what we feel. He is coming with domestic experience. However, it will be worth watching how he manages an IPL team. He has also been made the Indian team’s vice-captain in the T20 format. So it is a huge, huge, huge opportunity.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also chose KL Rahul as another Delhi Capitals player with a great opportunity this season as long as he gets a suitable batting position as well.

“KL Rahul – again another opportunity. He should ideally open, but shouldn’t go below No. 3 at all. I really hope that he gets his place to bat, or would he be moved up and down the order. That’s the problem with the name Rahul, whether it’s Rahul Dravid or KL Rahul. You are always shuffled based on the team’s need. The same is the case with Karun Nair. He might get a chance since Harry Brook is not there. Opportunity for Ashutosh Sharma. Can he repeat the success? So these are a few opportunities for this team’s players,” Aakash Chopra concluded.