Faf du Plessis has been named because the vice-captain of Delhi Capitals (DC) for the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League. This comes after Axar Patel was lately declared because the franchise’s captain on Friday, March 14.
Delhi Capitals unveiled du Plessis’ function with a slightly inventive publish on social media. The clip concerned du Plessis pretending to converse over a cellphone name, calling the Arun Jaitley Stadium as his “dwelling’, thereby saying his capability along with his newest franchise.
Watch the video under:
Choose up your telephones, it’s your vice-captain calling 💙❤️
01:44 PM · Mar 17, 2025
Du Plessis was acquired by DC for INR 2 crore. This can be his fourth franchise within the marquee T20 league. After spending three years with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, he was launched by the franchise forward of the mega public sale in November 2024. DC bought the previous South African skipper in a bid to bolster their top-order batting.
Having introduced worldwide retirement in 2021, du Plessis’ sole focus has been taking part in in home franchise tournaments within the time that adopted. He was lately concerned with Joburg Tremendous Kings within the lately concluded version of the SA20. The 40-year-old led his facet to the Eliminator of the competitors. He scored 286 runs in 10 innings.
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IPL 2025 is scheduled to start on Saturday, March 22. DC is ready to start its marketing campaign with a conflict in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Monday, March 24, on the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The franchise’s first couple of video games can be performed at this venue. It can solely be later within the match that DC will get to play in entrance of the Delhi crowd on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. They completed in sixth place the earlier yr, ending up with seven wins and as many losses in 14 video games.
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