IPL 2025: 5 Players Delhi Capitals May Retain Ahead of Auction: In IPL 2024, Delhi Capitals could not make it into playoffs even after a respectable season. They won 7 out of 14 matches but weren’t able to make it into the playoffs because their net run rate was lower than that of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
As the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for 2025 approaches, teams are busy devising strategies for retention. Based on their performance during IPL 2024, it’s likely that the Delhi Capitals will retain these five players:
5. Jake Fraser-McGurk
IPL 2024: 9 matches, 330 runs, Avg 36.67, SR 234.04
Young Jake Fraser-McGurk’s debut IPL 2024 performance may lead to his retention by Delhi Capitals (DC). His batting was explosive, as he scored an 84 off as many as 27 balls against the Mumbai Indians and outplayed Bumrah, who is ranked among the best bowlers in the world. In IPL 2024, Fraser-McGurk was able to accomplish three half centuries, thus indicating how capable he is in making fast starts, hitting huge sixes and scoring large amounts of runs for Delhi Capitals.
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4. Tristan Stubbs
IPL 2024: 378 runs, Avg 54.00, SR 190.91
Overall IPL stats: 405 runs, Avg 36.82, SR 173.82
Tristan Stubbs is enjoying great form right now, highlighting his batting style that relies so much on aggression while scoring fast runs. Additionally, he continues scoring consistently, creating good starts for his team. Everyone was thrilled with how he batted in his maiden season for DC during IPL 2024!
3. Kuldeep Yadav
IPL 2024: 16 wickets, econ. 8.70
Overall IPL stats: 87 wickets, econ. 8.22
Kuldeep possesses the ability to take wickets, which makes him extremely necessary for his retention. He is someone who can turn the game upside down using his unique bowling skills; you will always find him as a match-turner when it comes to bowling.
2. Axar Patel
IPL 2024: 11 wickets, econ. 7.66, 235 runs at an average of 29.38 and strike rate of 131.28
Overall IPL stats: 123 wickets, econ. 7.28, 1653 runs, avg. 21.47, strike rate 130.88
Axar is extremely valuable in terms of being consistent with the ball as well as being useful with the bat. He is a capable bowler in terms of containment and picking up wickets plus providing depth to the batting order—all these are additional benefits that add up to his worth, including being in form now where, if retained, he comes as a dependable all-rounder for the Delhi Capitals.
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1. Rishabh Pant
IPL 2024: 446 runs, avg. 40.55, SR 155.44
Overall IPL stats: 3824 runs, avg. 35.31, SR 148.93
We saw his return to the IPL after all this time during the 2024 IPL season. One man who knows how much he means for the Delhi Capitals is Rishabh Pant. He is in great form in the ongoing DPL, a game-changer with the bat, capable of turning matches around with his aggressive style. Pant’s wicket-keeping skills are excellent, making him a valuable asset behind the stumps.
