Delhi had to land in the field without captain Akshar Patel, Faf du Plessy became captain and made many records
FAF du PLESSIS Created Records: Mumbai Indians (Mi) in IPL 2025 and Delhi Capitals (DC) Delhi had to face defeat in an important match played between. This match for Delhi was challenging from the beginning. The team had to land without its regular captain Akshar Patel as he was hit by viral flu. He was replaced by veteran South African batsman Faf du Plessi took over the team and made several records as soon as he landed on the field.
For Delhi Capitals, this match was like a do or die, but before the match, the team suffered a major setback. Captain Akshar Patel could not be a part of the playing XI due to being ill. At the time of the toss, Faf du Plessi himself said that the letter has high fever and has been very ill for the last two days. In such a situation, the responsibility of captaincy was entrusted to Faf.
Faf du Plessi created history as soon as Delhi captained. He has become the oldest player to captain Delhi Capitals in the IPL. His age was 40 years and 312 days on this match. In IPL history, only MS Dhoni, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist have captained the team at an older age.
The oldest player to captain IPL:
- MS Dhoni – 43 years 317 days
- Shane Warne – 41 years 249 days
- Adam Gilchrist – 41 years 185 days
- Faf du Plessi – 40 years 312 days
- Rahul Dravid – 40 years 133 days
Not only this, Faf has now also joined the list of selected foreign players who have captained two different IPL teams. Prior to this, he has captained Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is only the second player to captain both Delhi and RCB, before him, this feat was done by Kevin Pietersen, who is now a mentor of Delhi.
So far these foreign players have captained two or more teams in the IPL:
- Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers and Punjab)
- Brendon McCullum (Kolkata and Gujarat Lions)
- David Warner (Sunrisers and Delhi)
- Kevin Peterson (Delhi and RCB)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan, Punjab and SRH)
- Mahela Jayawardene (Delhi, Kochi and Punjab)
- Shane Watson (Rajasthan and RCB)
- Steve Smith (Pune, Rajasthan and Rising Pune)
- Cameron White (Sunrisers and Deccan)
- Faf du Plessy (RCB and now Delhi)
Talking about the match, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi by 59 runs after Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant 73 -run innings and Naman Dhir’s batting of 24 runs in 8 balls. Santner and Bumrah took 6 wickets together. With the victory, Mumbai made it to the playoffs. At the same time, it was a do or die match for Delhi, in which after the defeat, it can now reach a maximum of 15 points.
