Axar Patel Bane Dilli Capitals Ke Naye Captain!
Champions Trophy 2025 mein apne kamaal ke performance ke baad, Axar Patel ko Dilli Capitals ka naya captain chuna gaya hai. Friday ko hui announcement ne sabko hairan kar diya, kyunki KL Rahul bhi race mein the. Axar, jo team ke saath 2019 se jude hain, Dilli ke liye 82 matches mein 967 runs bana chuke hain aur 62 wickets bhi le chuke hain, woh bhi 7 se kam economy rate ke saath!
KL Rahul Ne Di Badhai
KL Rahul ne Axar ko captain banne par badhai di hai. Delhi Capitals ke Instagram post par unhone likha, “Congrats Bapu. Wishing you the best in this journey and always with you.”
Axar Ke Kandhon Par Nayi Zimmedari
Axar ke paas IPL captaincy ka zyada experience toh nahi hai, lekin unhone Gujarat ko domestic cricket mein lead kiya hai, jismein Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy aur Vijay Hazare Trophy bhi shaamil hai. Is saal ki shuruat mein woh India ke T20I vice-captain bhi reh chuke hain. Champions Trophy mein bhi Axar ne kamaal kiya tha, 5 wickets liye the 4.35 ke economy rate se, aur batting mein bhi 109 runs banaye the.
Axar Patel Ke Jazbaat
Axar ne kaha, “Dilli Capitals ka captain banna mere liye bada maan ki baat hai. Main team owners aur support staff ka shukrguzar hun ki unhone mujh par bharosa dikhaya.” Axar, Rishabh Pant ki jagah captain bane hain, jo ab Lucknow Super Giants ke liye khelenge.
Dilli Capitals Ki Nayi Umeed
Team mein KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Faf du Plessis aur Mitchell Starc jaise bade khiladi hain. Ab dekhna ye hai ki Axar in sabko kaise lead karte hain aur Dilli Capitals ko aage le jaate hain. Axar ne kaha, “Capitals ke saath maine ek cricketer aur ek insaan ke roop mein bahut kuch sikha hai. Main team ko lead karne ke liye taiyar hun.”
Dilli Capitals Ka Safar
Dilli Capitals IPL ki teen original teams mein se ek hai, jinhone ab tak title nahi jeeta hai. Pichle season mein team chhate number par rahi thi. IPL 2025 ke liye team ka coaching setup bhi badal gaya hai. GMR ne 2025 aur 2026 season ke liye management control le liya hai.
Coaching Staff Mein Bade Naam
Team ke coaching staff mein Kevin Pietersen, head coach Hemang Badani, director of cricket Venugopal Rao, assistant coach Matthew Mott aur bowling coach Munaf Patel shaamil hain. Venugopal Rao ke bhai Gnaneshwar Rao bhi coaching setup ka hissa hain. Axar ne kaha, “Hamare coaches aur scouts ne mega auction mein kamaal ka kaam kiya hai. Team mein kaafi potential hai.” Pichle season mein Axar ne 235 runs banaye the aur 11 wickets liye the.
Axar Ka IPL Career
Axar ne ab tak 150 IPL matches khele hain, jismein unhone 1653 runs banaye hain aur 123 wickets liye hain. 2016 mein Punjab ke liye khelte hue unhone ek hat-trick bhi li thi, jismein unhone 5 balls mein 4 wickets liye the.
