The Delhi Capitals team will play their first match in the Indian Premier League 2025 on Monday (April 24) against Lucknow Super Giants in Visakhapatnam. There is uncertainty over the availability of the team's star batsman KL Rahul in this match, although he has joined the team.

Delhi's new captain Axar Patel has confirmed that Rahul may or may not play the first match due to personal reasons. Delhi's new head coach Hemang Badani has also kept Rahul's batting position in "suspense" and said that people will have to "wait and see" till Monday.

Axar said about Rahul's availability, "Obviously, he has joined the team." "We don't know yet [whether he will play or not]. We don't know right now if he is available or not."

Let us tell you that the Delhi team bought him for Rs 14 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Earlier he was the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team. Rahul is an experienced player of the league and has scored a total of 4686 runs in 132 IPL matches, including four centuries and 37 half-centuries. Apart from this, he also has a lot of experience in captaincy.

Let us tell you that KL Rahul is going to become a father very soon. His wife and Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty is pregnant. Recently, some media reports said that Rahul may be unavailable for Delhi Capitals in some matches due to this.

Axar has taken over the captaincy of Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant this season. Pant is now the captain of the Lucknow team, the franchise bought him for Rs 27 crore in the auction.