the Delhi Capitals (DC) announced Afghanistan prodigy, Sediqullah Atal as 's replacement for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The announcement came at a stage where DC are fighting for a place in the top four in the IPL 2025 standings.

It is worth noting that the England white-ball captain pulled out of the ongoing edition for the second consecutive year prior to the start of the season. Taking to social media, Brook in a post wrote, 'I have made the very difficult decision to pull out of the upcoming IPL. I apologise unreservedly to the Delhi Capitals and their supporters.'

DC rope in 23-year-old Sediqullah Atal as Harry Brook's replacement in IPL 2025

However, the England international cited personal reasons to pull off from the tournament, but the Delhi-based franchise has signed young Afghan cricketer. 'Sediqullah Atal from Afghanistan has scored 1507 T20 runs in 49 matches. The left-handed batter made his T20I Debut in 2023 and has represented Afghanistan in all three formats,' the statement from IPL read.

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With the franchise roping him for a sum of INR 1.25 Crore, DC head coach Hemang Badani also expressed excitement on the addition. 'We are excited to welcome Atal to the Delhi Capitals. He is an exciting, young talent who has impressed everyone with his performances for both the Afghanistan youth and senior teams. Going into this important phase of the tournament, his presence will certainly add depth to our batting lineup,' Badani said.

Delhi Capitals' IPL 2025 squad

Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Faf du Plessis, Dushmantha Chameera, Vipraj Nigam, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Sediqullah Atal.