By Kaif - Feb 28, 2025 02:36 PM
Who will be the captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to start from March 22. The names of the captains of almost all the teams have been finalized for the upcoming season. However, there are still some teams who have not revealed the name of their captain. Delhi Capital (DC) is also one of these teams whose captain's name has been revealed so far. After releasing Rishabh Pant, DC now needs a new captain. They have two experienced batsmen in the form of KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis who have a lot of captaincy experience. Let us try to understand with the help of statistics who among these two can be a better captain for DC.
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Faf du Plessis has captained Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. In total, while captaining in 41 IPL matches, he has led his team to victory in 21 matches. His winning percentage as captain in the IPL has been 51.22. Plessis was very successful in captaining RCB and took the team to the playoffs in two out of three seasons.
On the other hand, talking about KL Rahul, he has so far captained Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. He was not very successful as the captain of Punjab. However, he took LSG to the playoffs in two out of three seasons. In total, after captaining 64 IPL matches, he has led his team to victory in 32. His winning percentage has been 50.
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As a captain, Du Plessis has batted very well and has scored 1473 runs with an average of around 37. During this time, 13 half-centuries have also come off his bat. His strike-rate has also been close to 146.
KL Rahul has batted even better as a captain. He has scored 2691 runs with an average of around 49. During this time, 21 half-centuries and three centuries have come off his bat. However, his strike rate has been less than 135.
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