Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) announced Kevin Pietersen as their mentor for the upcoming season of the tournament which is scheduled to start from March 22. Defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will feature in the tournament's opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). DC will start their campaign against Lucknow Super Giants on March 24.
The Delhi-based franchise has yet to announce their captain for the upcoming edition of the tournament as they part ways with Rishabh Pant before the mega auction. The franchise roped in KL Rahul who is one of their top contenders to be the captain in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The team are among those who will eye to win their maiden IPL title.
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DC's IPL 2025 schedule
DC vs LSG, March 24 - Vishakhapatnam
DC vs SRH, March 30 - Vishakhapatnam
CSK vs DC, April 5 - Chennai
RCB vs DC, April 10 - Bengaluru
DC vs MI, April 13 - Delhi
DC vs RR, April 16 - Delhi
GT vs DC, April 19 - Ahmedabad
LSG vs DC, April 22 - Lucknow
DC vs RCB, April 27 - Delhi
DC vs KKR, April 29 - Delhi
SRH vs DC, May 5 - Hyderabad
PBKS vs DC, May 8 - Dharamsala
DC vs GT, May 11 - Delhi
MI vs DC, May 15 - Mumbai
DC Squad
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.