Delhi Capitals' Faf du Plessis and Tristan Stubbs in action. (Sportzpics for IPL)Delhi Capitals have confirmed the availability of South Africans Faf du Plessis and middle-order batter Tristan Stubbs on Saturday for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
In a statement released by the franchise, it read, “JSW and GMR co-owned franchise Delhi Capitals on Saturday confirmed that Vice-captain Faf du Plessis and teammate Tristan Stubbs have rejoined the team ahead of the resumption of IPL 2025.”
There were also reports of Mitchell Starc missing out on the remainder of the IPL. DC have also confirmed the unavailability of Starc and South African all-rounder Donovan Ferreira.
“The franchise has also confirmed that Australian pacer Mitchell Starc and South African all-rounder Donovan Ferreira are currently unavailable. Delhi Capitals fully respects their decision, and extends its support and best wishes for their continued success,” the statement read further.
On Wednesday, Delhi have signed Bangladesh medium pacer Mustafizur Rahman as a replacement for Australian top-order batter Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Earlier, Starc’s wife and Australia captain Alyssa Healy had recently described the situation in Dharamsala last week as “terrifying”.
“There was a lot of anxiety around the Australian group because we didn’t have a whole heap of information as to what was going on,” Healy said on the Willow Talk podcast.
“That’s probably been the really interesting and probably the scariest part of this whole situation, the misinformation. Quite close to what’s being fought over, but we were assured everything was fine, ‘everything is OK, it’s miles away, the game will go ahead and everything will be fine’.”
With IPL 2025 set to resume on Saturday, Delhi Capitals will host Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
The Indian Premier League was put on hold for a week after the conflict between India and its neighbouring country, Pakistan, escalated. Many foreign players left the country, while a few of them stayed back.
Get latest updates on IPL 2025 from IPL Points Table to Teams, Schedule, Most Runs and Most Wickets along with live cricket score updates for all matches. Also get Sports news and more cricket updates.
2 min read
