New Delhi, May 16 -- The squad crisis at Delhi Capitals has gotten bigger after South African batsman Faf du Plessis became the latest foreign player to pull out of the Indian Premier League.

The veteran opening batsman joins the likes of Mitchell Starc, Donovan Ferreira, and Jake Fraser-McGurk in deciding against flying back for the IPL 2025 resumption.

With Du Plessis refusing to return for the remainder of the IPL, DC will be scrambling to find openers for their side.

Australian opener Jake Fraser-McGurk also opted out from returning to India after he was reportedly rattled by the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

This leaves DC to look toward Karun Nair, KL Rahul, and Abishek Porel to put their hands up to open the i...