While the form of players like Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel during the recently concluded India-England series across formats will keep the Delhi Capitals franchise in good stead ahead of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), they were landed a body blow before the start of the season as their skipper and one of the main batsmen in the line-up, Shreyas Iyer is on the verge of getting ruled out from the entirety of the lucrative tournament.
So, now part from finalising the first XI, the last year’s runners-up have a major decision to take as to who will step in Iyer‘s shoes, after all, Iyer became the first captain in the history of the league to take a Delhi team to the final. A captaincy change in the middle of the 2018 season and the then 23-year old was handed the reigns of the perennial underperformers of the league.
A change in the name, branding and the colours of the side as they became Capitals from…
