New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru chose Mayank Agarwal to replace the injured Devdutt Padikkal, while Delhi Capitals agreed a deal with Afghanistan’s Sediqullah Atal to take the place of England star Harry Brook for the remainder of the 2025 Indian Premier League.

Padikkal scored 247 runs in 10 matches, including two fifties, but has sustained a right hamstring injury that has ruled him out of the ongoing tournament.

Agarwal went unsold in the auctions in November of last year and has scored 2661 runs in 127 matches in the premier domestic franchise T20 tournament.

RCB are currently second on the points table with 16 points from 11 games and are on the brink of qualification for the play-offs. They are yet to win the tournament but have played as a unit under their new captain Rajat Patidar.

Delhi Capitals are another team who are yet to win the IPL but this year they too have been in impressive form and are in the race to advance to the last four stage.

The appointed Axar Patel as skipper before the start of the campaign and have 13 points from 11 games, to be placed in the standings.

They picked Afghan batter Atal to replace Brook, who the Board of Control for Cricket in India banned for pulling out of the tournament even after getting sold at the auction.

The 23-year-old Atal, who graabed headlines with a superb 85-run knock against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year. He played in 49 T20s across various competitions, scoring 1,507 runs at an average of 34.25, including 13 fifties.

He came into the limelight at the 2023 Kabul Premier League, blasting 48 runs in a single over while remaining unbeaten on 118 off 56 balls, hitting seven fours and ten sixes.

He scored another hundred in the tournament’s final, hitting 103 off only 42 deliveries. He was the top scorer with 368 runs in five matches to help Afghanistan win the 2024 ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup.He scored another hundred in the tournament’s final, hitting 103 off only 42 deliveries. He was the top scorer with 368 runs in five matches to help Afghanistan win the 2024 ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup.