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Delhi Capitals Player Retention Update: Check out the full list of retained players announced by DC ahead of the IPL 2025 auction.
Rishabh Pant, who has been associated with Delhi Capitals for eight years, has been released. (BCCI Photo)
Inconsistency, injuries and unavailability: factors that plagued DC last season in the IPL. While there were flashes of brilliance from the batters, lack of consistency and firing as a complete unit came to bite them back. And now, they aim to go all out, as the franchise sets off on a whole rebuild.
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DC retained only four players – Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and the uncapped Indian batter Abhishek Porel — and opted to let go of skipper Rishabh Pant for whom a bidding war can be expected in the upcoming IPL Mega Auction.
With a new coach and a new director of cricket in place in Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao, respectively with GMR set to control the operations as part of the co-ownership deal with JSW, the Capitals are signalling a major rebuild in the upcoming season.
DC Retention List
Axar Patel – INR 16.5 Crore
Kuldeep Yadav – INR 13.25 Crore
Trsitan Stubbs – INR 10 Crore
Abhishek Porel – INR 4 Crore
Amount DC Spent On Retaining 5 Players
All four players were retained for a combined fee of INR 43.75 Crore.
DC’s Costliest Player in Retention List: Axar Patel
Axar Patel has consistently proved his worth as a wily all-rounder, and will also now be looked at as a potential option to be the next skipper, in the case that Pant departs after the mega auction.
In the 2024 IPL season, Axar Patel showcased impressive all-round stats, claiming 11 wickets in 14 games and scoring 235 runs in 12 innings. He became the second player to score over 50 in his captaincy debut for DC, following Shreyas Iyer.
DC’s Released Players List
Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Harry Brook, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Gulbadin Naib, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kahleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Jhye Richardson, Lizard Williams, Mukesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar
DC’s Remaining Purse For IPL Mega Auction
Delhi Capitals (DC) have INR 76 Crore left for the Mega Auction.
Where DC Finished In IPL 2024
A season that started on a sour note, DC did have their moments but failed to sustain the momentum and injury to Mitchell Marsh and the unavailability of Harry Brook put a spanner in their works. By the time the business end of the Tournament neared, DC once again faltered in key matches to let go of the opportunity to make the IPL 2024 Playoffs.
DC in IPL 2024 – Played: 14; Won: 7; Lost: 7; Standing: 6th After League Stage
