Delhi Capitals snatched captaincy from Rishabh Pant, now this veteran is becoming the new captain of DC.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-10-2024

Rishabh Pant: Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, news of Rishabh Pant's separation from Delhi Capitals was coming out which surprised everyone. But now if the news is to be believed, Rishabh Pant is not going anywhere but he will remain in the Delhi team. However, he may face a big setback before this season. The management of Delhi Capitals can snatch away big responsibilities from him.

Let us tell you that according to the news, the management of Delhi Capitals can snatch the captaincy from Rishabh Pant but he will definitely be retained. Delhi Capitals are still searching for their first title in the IPL.

Let us tell you that the franchise had made Rishabh Pant its captain in IPL 2021. Actually, due to Shreyas's injury, the franchise had handed over the captaincy to Rishabh. Since then Rishabh is holding the command of the team. Rishabh had missed IPL 2023 due to the accident.

Captaincy may be snatched from Rishabh Pant

Delhi Capitals snatched captaincy from Rishabh Pant, now this veteran is becoming the new captain of DC 1

He has captained the team in 3 seasons of IPL, but he has failed to end the title drought. In such a situation, now the franchise may want to look beyond Pant, but they have not taken a decision on who to make the captain after Rishabh. Rishabh has performed well with the bat as captain but he has failed to win the trophy for his team. Because of which his captaincy can be lost.

Pant's captaincy record has been average

Talking about Pant's captaincy, so far he has commanded the team in 43 matches, out of which he has won 23 matches while facing defeat in 19 matches. While 1 match is tied. If we talk about winning percentage under Pant's captaincy, his winning percentage was 54.65. Under the captaincy of Pant, Delhi team has been able to qualify for the playoffs only once.

If we talk about Rishabh's batting, then Rishabh has scored 3284 runs in 110 innings of 111 matches of IPL at an average of 35.31 and strike rate of around 149. During this period he has scored 18 half-centuries and 1 century.

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