More Trouble For Delhi Capitals: After Harry Brook's Withdrawal, Now This Superstar May Miss 1st 2 Games Of IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals player KL Rahul might miss the first two matches of the side in Indian Premier League 2025. The 18th edition of IPL is set to kick off on March 22 with a match between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. DC start their campaign on March 24 with a match against Lucknow Super Giants in Visakhapatnam. The Axar Patel-led side faces Sunrisers Hyderabad next on March 30. Rahul might not be available for both the games as he is set to welcome his first child with wife Athiya Shetty, hinted Australia women's captain Alyssa Healy.

Healy, who is also the wife of DC player Mitchell Starc, made the revelation on LiSTNR Sport YouTube channel.

"No Harry Brook, (so) it will be interesting to see who the replacement player will be. They have KL Rahul, who will probably not play the first couple of games I think... they are awaiting the birth of (their) child, but that dynamic, is really cool," she said.

Rahul was bought by DC for INR 12 crore at IPL 2025 auction held in November last year.

Earlier this year, DC appointed India all-rounder Axar Patel their captain of Delhi Capitals for upcoming IPL.

Currently team's longest serving player, having played six seasons for Delhi since 2019, the 31-year-old was DC's top retention for INR 16.50 crore ahead of the mega auction last November. In 82 games for Delhi, he has scored 967 runs and picked up 62 wickets at a fantastic economy rate of shade over 7.

While his IPL captaincy experience is limited, Axar led Gujarat in domestic cricket including the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2024-25.

He also served as India's T20I vice-captain earlier this year and in their recent triumph in Champions Trophy Axar