Aftet Rishabh Pant's exit, Delhi Capitals face a major decision to make on the captaincy front as the franchises ushers into a new era in the 2025 season with Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao taking charge as the new head coach and director of cricket respectively.

It's a bit premature to talk about the captaincy. Axar Patel has been with the franchise for a very long time and he was the vice-captain for the last cycle, so we don't know whether it's going to be Axar or whether it's going be somebody else.

The IPL 2025 auction will indeed test whether franchises still see Faf du Plessis as a valuable asset or whether theyll shift focus to younger players. For now, du Plessis is doing what he does best i.