Rishabh Pant may not captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. Delhi franchise may drop Sourav Ganguly from IPL. No, it’s not us but media reports are claiming this. According to media reports, Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will not be the captain of Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season of IPL. At the same time, the Delhi franchise is also in a mood to remove director of cricket Sourav Ganguly. According to media reports, Delhi Capitals are looking for a new captain for IPL 2025. And, this is the reason why he is preparing to remove Rishabh Pant from that role. However, Pant’s removal does not mean that the franchise will not retain him. According to reports, Rishabh Pant is Delhi Capitals’ top priority on the retention list.
Rishabh Pant will not be the captain of Delhi Capitals
Now the question is if Rishabh Pant is not the captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025 then who can be his contender. According to reports, Akshar Patel’s name is leading the race as the new captain. Apart from this, the Delhi franchise will also be looking for a player in the auction who has the qualities to become a captain.
DC will also exclude Sourav Ganguly – Report
There is also news that Sourav Ganguly may also be removed from his post at Delhi Capitals. Ganguly was till now associated with the franchise in the role of cricket director. If reports are to be believed, Venugopal Rao might get Ganguly’s place. Reports also said that Sourav Ganguly will definitely not be present in the IPL, but will be seen playing his role for the franchise by being involved in the WPL T20 and SA20.
The reason behind Pant’s removal from the captaincy and Ganguly’s ouster!
The reason behind the decision to remove Rishabh Pant as captain and sack Sourav Ganguly is believed to be to split the Delhi Capitals franchise into two factions. Actually, Delhi Capitals is jointly run by two groups – JSW and GMR. Both these groups look after the work of Delhi Capital for 2 years each. Till now JSW Group was looking after Delhi Capital. But, now GMR Group will handle the franchise for the next 2 seasons from IPL 2025 onwards. And, according to reports, it is his decision that Rishabh Pant will not be the captain in IPL 2025 and neither will Sourav Ganguly be the director of cricket.
