IPL 2025: Rating Teams based on their final squads

4. Delhi Capitals - 8/10

Delhi Capitals have built a very strong unit. They used the RTM card to get back Jake Fraser-McGurk in the auction and bought KL Rahul for INR 14 crore. The duo is very likely to open the innings, with Harry Brook at number three, Tristan Stubbs at four and Abishek Porel at number five. This looks like a very strong unit and the has good backups in Faf du Plessis and Sameer Rizvi.

Ashutosh Sharma was excellent for Punjab Kings in the last edition, and he will have the role of the finisher alongside Axar Patel. Their bowling unit meanwhile looks extremely strong. The duo of Mitchell Starc and T Natarajan can wreak havoc and Kuldeep Yadav will take care of the spin department. Mukesh Kumar or Mohit Sharma will be their number XI, which makes it a deadly bowling unit.

They however lack a bit of experience in the middle. It won’t be surprising if Faf du Plessis is preferred ahead of Harry Brook, who doesn’t have a very good record in the IPL. In that case, Faf can open with Jake and Rahul can play at number three. This is one area that the management needs to fix. How the backroom staff works will play a big part in how the franchise plays next season.

Check the full squad below: