Another blockbuster season of Indian Premier League is just around the corner and less than a few weeks away when defending champions Mumbai Indians begin their campaign against the modern day chase master team of Royal challengers Bangalore. One more time eight franchises with eight different teams feature in the double round robin format around 60 matches in the tournament.
In the auction earlier, many teams have brought interesting players into their camp to have more depth into the respective division. While just before the season started, the news from Delhi Capitals camp might not be good for their fans as their current captain Shreyas Iyer has injured himself during the on-going series against England.
The injury has badly affected the batsman and is likely to take around 8 weeks to get settled which means Shreyas Iyer will be going to miss the first half of season without a doubt or probably full season too. So if Shreyas Iyer services Delhi capitals will miss who will be next captain for Delhi Capitals, let's try to figure out with some interesting players in the race to captain in IPL 2021
Steve Smith
When you have a player like Steve Smith, any team just doesn't need to experiment with their batting options too much. This man Steve Smith has proved it many times that why he is an exceptional captain first and batsman later under any circumstances. Steve Smith has played for various franchises in his IPL career so far.
Talking about Rising Pune supergiant, Steve Smith has won 10 games out of 15 games and took them close to title and ended with runner ups. While for the Rajasthan Royals the right handed batsman has won 15 games out of 27 games. With such great numbers, the name of Steve Smith is the first one who is set to replace Shreyas Iyer as a captain.
Ravichandran Ashwin
The second name who is highly possible to lead Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season is definitely R.Ashwin with experience factor and better captaincy record in his IPL career so far.
As a captain Ashwin has led Kings XI Punjab on 28 occasions and emerged victorious 12 times which is far better from others who are in the battle to be the captain for Delhi capitals. Not just the bowling Ashwin can bat as well which even higher the possibilities of him to captain Delhi capitals.
Rishabh Pant
It's tough to pick the third choice who can be the captain for Delhi Capitals but a player like Rishabh Pant is likely to lead the team if the opportunity is given to him in the season. Talking about his batting and wicket-keeping talent there is no doubt in that for which he has received the ovations many times.
Maybe young he is right now but time is there to test pant captaincy abilities for the team. Under the guidance of young Shreyas Iyer last year, Delhi Capitals has entered the finals which even many experienced players won't make possible.
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