Rishabh Pant’s demand was not fulfilled, now will Delhi Capitals make KKR’s big star the captain?

Shreyas Iyer Return Delhi Capitals IPL 2025: Recently, the news of rift between Rishabh Pant and the management of Delhi Capitals had caught everyone’s attention. According to media reports, Delhi has kept Rishabh Pant out of its retention list. The team has decided to retain Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel, but this list has not been confirmed yet. Meanwhile, a new update has come out that Delhi can target Shreyas Iyer, who has captained this team earlier also.

According to Times of India, Rishabh Pant not only demanded captaincy from the DC management but also wanted to contribute in the selection process of the coaching staff. But the management of Delhi team is not happy with Pant’s performance and his captaincy. Therefore the team has decided not to retain Pant. It was also told that the decision to release Pant was not taken overnight, this rift was going on for a long time.

Who will become the captain of Delhi?

Due to the absence of Rishabh Pant in the Delhi Capitals team, the captain’s place will become vacant. The team has the option of Akshar Patel as captain, but the management is also showing interest in Shreyas Iyer, under whose captaincy KKR became the champion of IPL 2024. The source said, “Akshar Patel can captain the team, but Delhi will definitely look for other captaincy options in the mega auction. DC will definitely target Shreyas Iyer because he had a lot of success with Delhi and he will help in the team’s set-up. Understand very well. Efforts will be made to build a strong team around these names.”

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