It's a bit premature to talk about the captaincy. Axar Patel has been with the franchise for a very long time and he was the vice-captain for the last cycle, so we don't know whether it's going to be Axar or whether it's going be somebody else.

The IPL 2025 auction will indeed test whether franchises still see Faf du Plessis as a valuable asset or whether theyll shift focus to younger players. For now, du Plessis is doing what he does best i.

Du Plessis, who guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to the playoffs last season, had entered the auction with a base price of ₹2 crore and was included in the second set of capped batters.