{"id":37287,"date":"2025-03-17T15:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/?p=37287"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:19:21","slug":"faf-du-plessis-appointed-as-the-new-vice-captain-of-delhi-capitals-ahead-of-the-ipl-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/faf-du-plessis-appointed-as-the-new-vice-captain-of-delhi-capitals-ahead-of-the-ipl-2025-season-37287\/","title":{"rendered":"Faf du Plessis appointed as the new vice captain of Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 season."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Delhi Capitals just said that <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/faf-du-plessis-ipl-2025-team-price-career-stats-records-15926\/\">Faf du Plessis<\/a> from South Africa will be their vice-captain for the 2025 IPL. Before DC picked him up, the 40-year-old Du Plessis was the captain for <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-rcb-team-players-list-with-price-full-squad-16471\/\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/a> for three seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DC got the former <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-csk-team-players-list-with-prices-16335\/\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> opener for his base price of Rs 2 crore. He&#8217;s going to be helping out Axar Patel, who&#8217;s now the main captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pick up your phones, it\u2019s your vice-captain calling \ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3AkYO4QKZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/W3AkYO4QKZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelhiCapitals\/status\/1901547692079374435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Du Plessis has been around the <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/\">IPL<\/a>, playing for CSK, RCB, and Rising Pune Supergiants. In 145 IPL games, he&#8217;s got 4571 runs with a strike-rate of 136.36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DC needed a new captain after letting Rishabh Pant go in 2024. They didn&#8217;t get him back at the auction because <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-lsg-team-players-list-with-price-full-squad-16529\/\">Lucknow Super Giant<\/a> paid a huge Rs 27 crore to sign him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cf2d2d12\"><strong>Read Also:- <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/royal-challengers-bengaluru-rcb-strongest-playing-xi-for-ipl-2025-36126\/\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru Strongest Playing XI for IPL 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axar is staying with DC for Rs 16.5 crore. He has played 82 games for them, scoring 967 runs and taking 62 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI feel like I&#8217;ve become a better player and person while playing for the Capitals, and I\u2019m ready to lead the team. The coaches and scouts did great work at the auction, getting a squad that has a lot of ability. I&#8217;m looking forward to joining the team, Axar said when he was announced as captain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axar has a total of 1653 runs and 123 wickets in 150 IPL matches. He even got a hat-trick for Punjab Kings in 2016, taking four wickets in five balls against Gujarat Lions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Capitals just said that Faf du Plessis from South Africa will be their vice-captain for the 2025 IPL. Before DC picked him up, the 40-year-old Du Plessis was the captain for Royal Challengers Bengaluru for three seasons. DC got the former Chennai Super Kings opener for his base price of Rs 2 crore. 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