Fact check axar patel retirement: On the one hand, RCB is celebrating to become an IPL champion for the first time. On the other hand, Delhi Capital captain Akshar Patel has retired. Patel says that he has decided to say goodbye to cricket. Yes, a video has created a sensation on social media just after the closing of IPL 2025. In this viral video, Akshar Patel is seen saying that his journey was only here.

In this video, Akshar Patel gave a retirement speech, saying, “Very important announcement. It is not easy for me to announce this. Cricket has given me everything, my identity and your love, but every journey has an end. Maybe my journey was from me and cricket.”

What is the truth?

Akshar Patel is one of the best all -rounders of India. When ABP Live examined the video, it was found that Akshar Patel has not retired from cricket because this video going viral is made from AI. Akshar Patel himself has neither given any statement on his retirement nor shared any post. At the same time, BCCI has also not confirmed any such confirmation. In IPL 2025, Akshar Patel was captaining Delhi Capitals. The Delhi team had to be satisfied with the fifth place in the points table. Patel is also the vice -captain of the Indian T20 team.

Remind that within the last one month, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have said goodbye to Test cricket. Both these senior players said goodbye to the T20 format last year. After Virat-Rohit’s T20 retiring, Akshar Patel is one of the most senior players in the T20 team.

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Why Axar Patel is not Playing Against Mumbai Indians: Delhi Capitals are in front of Mumbai Indians today in a do or die match. If Delhi loses today, then it will be out of the playoff race. Akshar Patel is not playing in this important match. He is replaced by Faf du Plessis, the captain of Delhi Capitals.

When Faf du Plessis replaced Akshar Patel to toss against Mumbai Indians, everyone was surprised. Everyone wants to know why Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel is not playing in such an important match. Well, here you will get the answer.

Faf du Plessis explained why Akshar Patel is not playing

After the toss, Faf du Plessis said, “It is unfortunate for him that he has been very ill for the last two days. He has a flu, so we wish him all the best. In this season he has done well for us and today we will definitely miss him. Akshar Patel is not playing today. Akshar is not playing today. Akshar is equal to two players and it is difficult to replace him.”

In this match Playing XI of Delhi Capitals

Faf du Plessis (captain), Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Truston Stabs, Dushmantha Chamera, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman and Mukesh Kumar.

Impact Player- KL Rahul, Sedikullah Atal, Karun Nair, Tripurana Vijay, Manwant Kumar L.

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Dc captain axar patel stats: Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel (DC Captain 2025) has registered his name in history with golden letters. Patel has become the first captain of Delhi Capitals in the history of IPL, whose under Delhi team has won all four matches before the season. In this case, he has destroyed the record of India’s veteran opener Virender Sehwag. Under the captaincy of Sehwag, Delhi won the first three matches of the IPL 2009 season. But under the captaincy of Akshar Patel, DC has registered 4 consecutive wins.

Akshar Patel is captaining a team for the first time in an entire IPL season. He has replaced Rishabh Pant as the captain of Delhi, who is now playing for LSG. In the first match of IPL 2025, Delhi defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 1 wicket in a thrilling style. After that Delhi crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Akshar Patel’s army followed by 25 runs to CSK and now he has defeated RCB by 6 wickets.

Akshar Patel was not going to be captain?

Before the start of the IPL 2025 season, there was a battle of captaincy between Akshar Patel and KL Rahul. But some media reports claimed that the management of Delhi Capitals wanted to hand over the captaincy to KL Rahul, but he had turned down the offer. In such a situation, Akshar Patel’s name came out for captaincy.

Delhi Capitals are currently in second place in the points table by winning 4 consecutive matches. Both Delhi and Gujarat have eight points, but the Gujarat team remains the table topper due to better net run-rate. In IPL 2025, Delhi is the only team that has not lost any match.

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