IPL 2023: DC Made David The Captain And Axsar will be The Vice-Captain
IPL 2023: DC Made David The Captain And Axsar will be The Vice-Captain. Warner will lead Delhi Capitals in the upcoming IPL 2023 in place of injured Rishabh Pant.
Warner was chosen to lead the team in Pantβs absence:-
Pant had to face a horrific car accident in December 2022. The management and Ricky Ponting have chosen Australiaβs star batsman to lead the team in Pantβs absence. Whereas Akshar Patel will be the vice-captain of the team.
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Delhi has announced the name of someone to replace Pant as captain. Star Australian opener David Warner is set to lead the team in the upcoming edition of the league.
At the same time, Axsar Patel has been made the new vice-captain of the team. The 36-year-old, who joined the team in the mega auction last year.
Has prior experience of leading a team in IPL:-
He has prior experience in leading the team in IPL. He was the captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team that won the title in the 2016 season.
The Australian captained Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL and won the 2016 title with them.
He was the highest run-scorer for the team in IPL 2022 and will again open as an opener in 2023.
The left-handed batsman had an impressive season:-
He was bought by the franchise in the auction for βΉ6.25 crore. The left-handed batsman had an impressive season, scoring 432 runs in 12 matches at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 150.52 with five half-centuries.
He is the joint fifth most successful captain in IPL history in terms of matches won. David has captained a total of 69 matches so far and has won 35 of them. He lost 32 matches as captain and two matches were tied.
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Delhi will begin their campaign in IPL 2023 against Lucknow Super Giants at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday (April 1).