Star KKR player appointed as skipper of North Delhi Strikers for Delhi Premier League 2025

In a significant update prior to the second season of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), Harshit Rana has been named the new Captain of the North Delhi Strikers, an Indian pacer who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League, who is taking over from Pranshu Vijayran who captained them in the first season.

Rana's promotion to captaincy comes after the DPL 2025 auction yesterday on July 6. It is considered a part of the franchise's move to provide a more aggressive, experienced leadership for the group. Since he was retained before the auction, Rana was still considered the team's plans heading into next season.

The 22-year-old fast bowler has made good strides in the past couple of years. He burst onto the scene in the IPL 2024 season with 19 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 20.15 and helped KKR grab their third IPL trophy. He did serve a one-match suspension for a Code of Conduct breach during the season, but he definitely had a number of people talk about him with respect to his competitive nature.

Rana’s Rise Continues as He Takes Charge of North Delhi Strikers

After winning over fans of the IPL, Rana received his national call-up and played two Test matches on the tour of Australia, taking four wickets. He did, however, miss out on selection in the series against England where India instead called up Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, and Prasidh Krishna.

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In T20 cricket, Rana has featured in 39 matches and taken 46 wickets averaging 24.84 with an economy of 9.36. Given his aggressive bowling and ability to take wickets, Rana is clearly an exciting prospect for North Delhi as a captain.

The DPL 2025 season, set to begin in the first week of August, will feature eight teams, two more than last season. All matches will be played at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. North Delhi Strikers, who made it to the semi-finals last year, will be hoping that Rana’s appointment can take them one step further this time around.