ipl 2024 faf du plessis become delhi capitals vice captain for 18th season

The Delhi Capitals franchise announced the name of the team captain a few days ago and was entrusted with Akshar Patel for this season. Now this franchise also announced the name of the vice -captain of the team. Delhi has made the team vice -captain 40 -year -old Fof Duplessis who was the captain of RCB before this season.

Faf duplessis was part of the RCB team for three years before joining Delhi Capitals, ie from 2022 to 2024, and was also the captain of this team. RCB released Duplessis before the IPL 2025 auction. After this, in the IPL 2025 auction, Delhi Capitals bought them from them for a base price i.e. 2 crores. In view of the captaincy experience of Plessis, Delhi entrusted him with the responsibility of vice -captain.

Duplessis not only has the experience to captain the IPL but he also has a lot of experience in playing in this league. He has been playing in the IPL since 2012 and during this time he has played 145 matches and has scored 4571 runs with a strike rate of 136.37. Which also includes 27 half -centuries. Plessis has so far hit 421 fours and 166 sixes in this league. His becoming vice -captain will help Akshar Patel a lot and he can take advantage of his experience. Akshar Patel is going to be seen in the IPL captaining Delhi for the first time.