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The Delhi Capitals (DC) have been handed a massive setback as they will miss the services of Australia’s top-order batter, Jake Fraser-McGurk. This comes just days ahead of resumption of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, after the tournament was suspended for a week, following heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
With the Axar Patel-led side fighting for a place in the playoffs of IPL 2025, the decision from Jake Fraser-McGurk comes after Cricket Australia backed its players’ decision to travel to India for the remaining fixtures of skip it. “Cricket Australia will support players in their individual decisions whether to return to India or not. Team management will work through the preparation implications for the World Test Championship final for those players who choose to play in the remaining IPL matches. We are maintaining communication with the Australian Government and BCCI around security arrangements and safety,” CA stated.
DC sign Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman for remainder of IPL 2025
With McGurk out of the IPL 2025, citing personal reasons, the Capitals have signed Mustafizur Rahman for the remainder of the season. The left-arm pacer will join the Axar Patel-led franchise for a sum of INR 6 Crore. It is to be noted that Mustafizur Rahman has so far played 57 IPL matches and has 61 wickets against his name.
Speaking of DC, the Delhi-based franchise is currently placed fifth on the IPL 2025 points table with six wins and four defeats in 11 games. With three more matches remaining for them, they will be hoping to get six crucial points under their name and confirm their berth in the IPL 2025 playoffs.
Delhi Capitals' updated squad for IPL 2025
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Mustafizur Rahman, T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Faf du Plessis, Dushmantha Chameera, Vipraj Nigam, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
