Delhi Capitals Squad Rating For IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals will be the most disappointed franchise after the end of the group stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. They can divide the campaign into two parts in terms of success in the first half of the edition and failure in the second half of the tournament.

When the management shouldered the responsibility on the left-arm spin all-rounder, Axar Patel, many addressed it as the wrong decision, especially in the presence of the Indian wicket-keeper batter, KL Rahul. Jake Fraser-McGurk was excellent last season in the opening position.

Delhi made some incredible buys in the mega auction of the event. Few of them worked out. Faf du Plessis missed a huge part of the campaign due to his injury, while Axar’s batting and bowling contributions were not enough during this season.

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Delhi Capitals finished the tournament in the fourth position of the points table, shouldering seven victories in 14 games at a net run rate of +0.011. They earned five victories in the first six group-stage encounters, while during the next eight fixtures, they collected only three wins.

Delhi Capitals' Squad for IPL 2025

Jake Fraser-McGurkm Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Donovan Ferreria, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Triparna Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav.

Delhi Capitals’ positives for the IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals’ new inclusion in the franchise for the IPL 2025, KL Rahul, contributed immensely in many slots of the batting order. The right-handed batter finishes as the seventh leading run-getter of the tournament with 539 runs in 13 innings at an average of 53.90 and a strike rate of 149.72, thanks to three half-centuries and one century at the best score of unbeaten 112 runs.

In the top 20, Rahul was the only leading run-getter from the Delhi side in this season. The next best is Abhishek Porel, the left-handed wicket-keeper batter, who collected 301 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 146.82, celebrating one fifty.

Tristan Stubbs has been fantastic in the lower order, with vital contributions with the bat. The Proteas batter drilled 300 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 150.75, thanks to the best score of an unbeaten 41 runs.

In the bowling department, Kuldeep Yadav is the leading run-getter with 15 scalps in 13 innings at an economy rate of just over seven.

Delhi Capitals' negatives of the IPL 2025

In the case of the negatives for the Delhi Capitals, their death bowling didn’t work. Mohit Sharma came into the season with a lot of expectation of applying the slow balls to fox the batters, but nothing worked for the side.

The right-arm pacer ended the season with a couple of wickets in eight innings at an average of 128.50 and an economy rate of 10.28. Faf and Jake Fraser McGurk couldn’t provide them with a stable opening partnership.

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JFM notched up 55 runs this year in six innings at an average of 9.16 and a strike rate of 105.76, with the best score of 38 runs. Axar Patel picked up only five wickets in 11 innings at an economy rate of 8.47.

Delhi Capitals’ IPL 2025 squad ratings

Looking at the balance of the squad, Delhi Capitals get an 8/10 rating. However, they didn’t pick early replacements this season, which eventually backfired on them towards the end of the campaign.

A few players returned home, and they had to complete the season with three overseas players in the playing eleven.