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Rishabh Pant vs Axar Patel: ipl 2026 The 5th match will be played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. This match will be played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, Rishabh Pant will be seen captaining Lucknow Super Giants. At the same time, the command of Delhi Capitals will be in the hands of star all-rounder Axar Patel, who was given this responsibility last year. Earlier, Rishabh Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals, but the franchise released him before IPL 2025. After this, in the mega auction, LSG included Pant in their squad by making a huge bid of Rs 27 crore. Although Lucknow Super Giants did not perform well under Pant’s captaincy last season, this time Pant will take the field with the intention of winning the title for his team. At the same time, under the captaincy of Axar Patel, Delhi Capitals performed brilliantly in the beginning last year, but later started losing matches. Due to this, Delhi Capitals could not reach the playoffs. Now these two captains will be face to face with each other. In such a situation, let us know the record of both the captains in IPL…

Who is next in captaincy?

Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant Has taken over the captaincy of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. Till now Pant has captained a total of 57 matches in IPL. Out of these, his team has won 29 matches, while it has faced defeat in 27 matches. Rishabh Pant’s win percentage as captain in IPL is 50.87. Talking about Axar Patel, till now he has captained Delhi Capitals in only 13 matches. During this time Axar Patel The team has won 5 times, while had to face defeat 6 times. Apart from this, 1 match remained inconclusive. Axar Patel’s winning percentage as captain is 38.46. According to statistics, Rishabh Pant is far ahead of Axar Patel in terms of captaincy.

Pant vs Axar Patel IPL Career

Talking about IPL career, Rishabh Pant has played a total of 125 matches in IPL. During this period, Pant has scored 3,553 runs in 123 innings at a strike rate of 147.6, which includes 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries. He has also made 24 dismissals from behind the wicket. Whereas, if we talk about Axar Patel, he has played a total of 162 matches in IPL. During this period, Axar Patel has scored 1,916 runs at a strike rate of 134.0 while batting in 124 innings. During this period, only 3 half-centuries have come from his bat. Apart from this, in bowling, Axar Patel has taken 128 wickets in 159 innings. His economy was only 7.35.

The competition will be held on 1st April

On April 1, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant will face each other in the Ekana ground. On one hand, Rishabh Pant would like to give his team a good start by winning the first match. On the other hand, Axar Patel’s team would like to dominate Lucknow Super Giants like last season.