IPL 2023 Update: Delhi Capitals announced David Warner as the new captain, Axar Patel get vice-captain.: The buzz of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, T20 league in the cricket world, is getting louder. As the days of this year’s season are coming closer, the preparations of all the teams are also getting faster.
In which all the franchisees are leaving no stone unturned, meanwhile, the franchise of Delhi Capitals has announced its new captain on Thursday, who has appointed David Warner as the new captain in the absence of Rishabh Pant. Along with this, Axar Patel has been given the responsibility of deputy.
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Delhi Capitals made David Warner the new captain
For the 16th season of the IPL starting on March 31, the captains of all the teams were already fixed except for a few teams, out of which the new captain was due to stay away from this entire season after the car accident of Rishabh Pant, the regular captain of Delhi Capitals.
Was looking for Fans were excited to know the name of the new captain of Delhi Capitals for a long time, finally their wait is over and now fans will see their team taking the field under the leadership of David Warner.
In the absence of Rishabh Pant, Warner will take command, then Axar Patel will be the vice-captain.
For the past several days, speculation was rife about the appointment of veteran Australian player Delhi Capitals as the new captain. But there was no official confirmation regarding this.
Finally, on Thursday morning, Delhi Capitals made David Warner the new captain for this season on their official Twitter account, while India’s star all-rounder Axar Patel, who is running in great rhythm, has been made the vice-captain.
Rishabh Pant is away from the field after the car accident
Past several days, the speculation about making veteran Australian player Warner the new captain of Delhi Capitals was hot. But there was no official confirmation about this.
Finally, on Thursday morning, Delhi Capitals made David Warner the new captain for this season on their official Twitter account, while India’s star all-rounder Axar Patel, who is running in great rhythm, has been made the vice-captain.
Delhi Capitals’ star cricketer Rishabh Pant was captaining this team for the last few seasons, but on December 30 last year, this star wicket-keeper batsman was badly injured in a car accident, after which he has been away from the field continuously.
It is believed that it will take about 12 months for Pant to recover completely, in such a situation, Warner, who made Sunrisers Hyderabad the champion in 2016, has been chosen as the captain.
Warner has captained 67 matches in the IPL, winning 35 matches, while also facing 30 defeats under his captaincy, as well as tying 2 matches. Talking about Warner’s record, he has so far scored 5881 runs in 162 matches in the IPL at an average of 42.01 and a strike rate of around 141.