India batter Karun Nair is currently in the form of his life. He recently featured in Ranji Trophy 2024-24 where he helped Vidarbha win their second Ranji title. Nair scored 863 runs in his nine outings with a strike rate of 49.60. Nair said that he wants to replicate that success in the upcoming Indian Premier League 2025.
The star batter was signed by Delhi Capitals (DC) for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. Delhi Capitals (DC) will start their IPL campaign against Lucknow Super Giants, which will take place on March 24.
"I am really happy to back at the Delhi Capitals, I am excited to join the side and to play with everyone. I will treat the game as important as the last one. I didn't change much at all, I just trusted the process and kept it going throughout the tournament and that's what was planned for this season," Nair said during an interaction with media.
"I will find my process, my rhythm as soon as I can and I will like to start well early and will try to get better as the tournament goes on. The only thing that I have done is playing according to the situation, added a few shots and built the confidence to execute them when needed. I also now try to stay relaxed," he added.
DC have released their last edition's captain Risbhabh Pant and appointed Axar Patel as their new skipper for the upcoming season. Kair lauds the star all-rounder and believes that Axar knows all the facets of the game.
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"Axar has been around for a long time now and he is going to be a great captain. He is someone who knows all the facets of the game and understands everyone's situation and roles. He will be versatile like he is always, looking forward to meet him and know a lot of things," he said.
Karnataka batter Karun Nair will again team up with his former teammate KL Rahul in the upcoming edition of the tournament.
"It is exciting to be back with KL (Rahul). We have played together since the very first day. He has done well in the IPL for the last few seasons and very happy to be back with him," he said.
"The plan will be to replicate the past success we had domestically here for the Delhi Capitals and hope that Delhi can win its first title." Ending runners-up in 2020 is DC's best result in the League thus far.
DC IPL 2025 schedule
|
Match |
Date |
Venue |
|
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's IPL 2025 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.