captain of delhi capitals Akshar Patel It has been said that star batsman KL Rahul will open the batting for Capitals in the 2026 IPL season.
Signed as the marquee batsman of Delhi Capitals in the 2025 Mega Auction, KL Rahul batted in the middle-order for Delhi Capitals, predominantly at No. 4, scoring 539 runs in 13 innings, which included a brilliant century and three half-centuries.
Akshar Patel has said that the reason for Rahul playing in the middle order was the team combination. Last season, DC had two openers in Faf du Plessis and Jake Fraser-McGurk, which meant Rahul's services were required in the middle order to counter the spinners. Rahul later returned to the top after the Australian youngster was not included in the playing eleven.
“Last year, he was playing in the middle order because of our team combination. The players we had had two overseas players who could play in the top order, and, if you play overseas players in the middle order, teams use spin more,” Akshar said in the pre-season press conference.
The captain further said that Rahul's best performance comes in the opening slot, where he has scored a lot of runs. He stressed that Rahul can give him the needed start at the top of the order.
He said, “Because of this, we used KL Rahul in the middle order last year. He has always been good, he has scored a lot of runs in the opening slot. And if you get good starts in T20 cricket, it becomes easier for the backs. So, I think as of now, we will keep him as an opener.”
Remarkably, A male name With 4,418 runs in 103 matches, he is ranked seventh in the all-time run-scorer list in IPL. He is one of only eight players to score more than 4,000 career runs in the history of the prestigious T20 tournament.
Talking about IPL 2026, Axar Patel's team will start their campaign against Lucknow Super Giants on April 1 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. They finished fifth last season but will aim to achieve glory in 2026.
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