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Kevin Pietersen reacts after being named Delhi Capitals mentor for IPL 2025, says he is excited to join the franchise

Former Delhi Capitals batter Kevin Pietersen expressed his excitement after he was named franchise’s mentor for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League 2025. The former swashbuckling English batter said he would look to play a key role in taking the Delhi Capitals to their first ever IPL title.

Pietersen will join Hemang Badani (head coach), Munaf Patel (bowling coach), Matthew Mott (assistant coach), and Venugopal Rao (director of cricket) in Delhi Capitals’ coaching staff.

Reacting to his appointment, Pietersen wrote on X, “I’m so excited to come home to Delhi! I have the fondest memories of my time with Delhi.”

“I love the city, I love the fans and I’ll do everything I can to support the franchise in our quest for the title in 2025!” he added.

Meanwhile, Pietersen played for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2012 and 2014 seasons. He was ruled out of the 2013 edition due to an injury. 

Pietersen also played two seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru) and one season for Rising Pune Supergiant in the lucrative tournament.

The South African-born scored 1001 runs in 36 IPL matches at an average of 35.75 and a strike rate of 134.73.

Meanwhile, either Axar Patel or KL Rahul are expected to lead Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025.

Delhi Capitals will begin their IPL 2025 campaign against Lucknow Super Giant at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on 24th March.

Delhi Capitals Full Squad for IPL 2025:

KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam

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