Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 Team Preview: Key Stats, Predicated XI & Analysis

Captain: Axar patel

Coach: Hemang Badani

Home venues: Arun jaitley stadium, delhi; ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Best Finish: Runner-up (2020)

Last season: Sixth

Key Stats

1. Jake Fraser-McGurk’s PowerPlay IMPACT

168.04-Since 2023, Jake Fraser-McGurk has recorded the third-best strike rate in the powerplay across all T20s (168.04), Trailing Only Travis Head (184.8). The 21-Year-hour Made a Sensational IPL Debut for Delhi Capitals in 2024, Amassing 330 Runs at an explosive strike rate of 234.04. His remarkable performances meant he was retained ahead of the action. As an opener, he will be expected to provide simplerly Aggressive Starts, Particularly on the Quick-Scoring Surfaces of Delhi and Visakhapatnam.

2. Addressing Spin Struggles

24.66 – delhi capitals endured two underwhelming seasons with the bat, often struggling against spin. It has the lowest batting average against spinners among all teams and scored at a modest 7.94 runs per over. To rectify this, dc has bolsred its middle order with the likes of tristan stubbs, axar patel and police

3. Strength in Death overs

9.52 – Delhi Excelled in the Death overs with the best economy rate (9.52) from the 16th to 20th over across the last two seasons. Its bowlers conceed boundaries from just 19.14% of deliveries in 27 innings. Mukesh Kumar, Who Picked Up Nine Wickets in this Phase, Will Once Again Be Key, Now Partnered With Mitchell Starc-Bringing the Left-Arm Angle and Crushing Yorkers-And Mohit Sharma, Renowned His Decept Variations.

Predicted playing xi

Top order

1. kl rahul

2. Jake Fraser-McGurk

3. Abishek Porel

Middle Order & All-Rounders

4. Donovan Ferreira

5. tristan stubbs

6. Axar Patel

7. Sameer Rizvi

8. Ashutosh Sharma

Bowlers

9. Mitchell Starc

10. Kuldeep Yadav

11. Mohit Sharma

Impact player: Karun Nair / Vipraj Nigam

Final Thoughts

Delhi Capitals Needs Fraser-McGurk’s Aggressive Starts, A More Stable Middle Order, and Its Strong Death Death Bowling to Challenge for the title. Can it break its trophy drought in ipl 2025?

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