DC Team 2025 Players List: DC bought Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc as a firepower in their bowling unit in the IPL 2025 mega auction with 11.75 crore of money to make his bowling core strong in IPL 2025, with all-rounder Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, and wicketkeeper-batters Triston Stubbs for Rs 10 crore and steal a good buy as KL Rahul for Rs 14.50 crore.
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DC IPL Auction 2025
Delhi Capitals entered the IPL mega auction 2025 with a huge amount of 76.25 crore. Delhi Capitals stole a god buy in the form of KL Rahul, as they bought at just 14 crore. They also stole a diamond as they bought Mitchell Starc for just 11.75 crore to add in their squad to make firepower in their bowling unit.
Faf du Plesis, who was impressive in the previous season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and also was the captain of his team, RCB released him ahead of the IPL mega auction 2025, and DC bought him at the price of his base price. Their all-rounder core looks a little bit weak as they have only 2 proper all-rounders in the form of Axar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma in DC Squad 2025.
In the DC 2025 squad, their bowling unit looks like one of the strongest bowling lineups for IPL 2025. They bought Australian firepower Mitchell Starc and Sri Lankan pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera in their suqad for IPL 2025 with Mohit Sharma, T Natrajan, and Mukesh Kumar. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will lead DC’s spin department in IPL season 18.
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DC Retained Players 2025
In the DC team 2025 players list, BCCI allowed only six retentions for IPL 2025, but DC retained only four players ahead of IPL season 18 and entered the IPL auction with the 75.25 crore amount of money. They retained Axar Patel (16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 crore), Triston Stubbs (10 crore), and Abhishek Porel for 4 crore. Here is the DC squad 2025 with price.
DC Team 2025 Players List |
DC Team 2025 Players List: Here are the DC 2025 squad with price, team and player details of Delhi Capitals Squad 2025 and DC Team for IPL 2025.
Batters |
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KL RAHUL WK-Batter |
JAKE FRASER-MCGURKBatter |
KARUN NAIRBatter |
FAF DU PLESIS Batter |
ABHISHEK POREL WK- Batter |
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TRISTAN STUBBS WK- Batter |
HARRY BROOK Batter |
DONOVAN FERREIRA Batter |
All Rounders |
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SAMEER RIZVI All-Rounder |
ASHUTOSH SHARMA All-Rounder |
DARSHAN NALKANDE All-Rounder |
AJAY MANDAL All-Rounder |
MADHAV TIWARI All-Rounder |
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AXAR PATEL All-Rounder |
VIPRAJ NIGAM All-Rounder |
TRIPURANA VIJAY All-Rounder |
MANVANTH KUMAR L All-Rounder |
Bowlers |
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MITCHELL STARC Bowler |
T NATRAJAN Bowler |
MOHIT SHARMA Bowler |
KULDEEP YADAV Bowler |
DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA Bowler |
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MUKESH KUMAR Bowler |
Also read: Know the DC Squad 2025 with price and Delhi Capitals Players List in IPL Auction 2025
Strengths of MI in IPL 2025 |
- Strong Batting Core: With experienced players like KL Rahul and Faf du Plesis, DC’s top order is massively solid. Harry Brook and Tristan Stubbs add power in the middle-order batting.
- All-rounder: DC has built a decent All-rounder core for IPL 2025, with all-rounders like his old player Axar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma, with Sameer Rizvi giving Delhi Capitals flexibility in their playing XI.
- Pacers: In IPL season 18, the Delhi Capitals bought Australian gun bowler Mitchell Starc and Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera for the leaders of the pace attack, along with Mukesh Kumar and T Natrajan.
- Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will play as the spinners for the Mumbai Indians in IPL season 18 along with Darshan Nalkande.
DC Jersey For IPL 2025 | DC Logo For IPL 2025 |
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DC Captain For IPL 2025
Delhi Capitals played all their matches under the leadership of Rishabh Pant in the last IPL season, but DC released his captain ahead of the IPL mega auction, and they bought KL Rahul and Faf du Plesis for the DC team ahead of IPL 2025. DC management wants some other plan and will change their captain for upcoming IPL season 18. Let’s see what happened and fingercross and move on toward the upcoming IPL season 18.
FAQ :
Ques-1: When will the IPL 2025 start?
Ans-1 : The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Sunday that The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will begin on March 23.
Ques-2: Which IPL team has the biggest fanbase?
There are 10 teams in the IPL, and all teams have so much fanbase according to their performance and trophy but Royal Challengers Bengaluru have the greatest fanbase ever in IPL history.
Ques-3: Who is the next captain of DC?
For the DC team, KL Rahul or Axar Patel are looking for two main contenders to lead the DC team in IPL season 18 but DC has not decided their captain till now.
Ques-4: Who is the 2025 RCB captain?
The Indian Premier League has to start within five weeks, and RCB announced Rajat Patidar as their new captain for IPL 2025. The expectation that Virat Kohli will be captain again when RCB did retain his captain ahead of mega auction 2024, but the plan of RCB was something different from this.
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