Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India
Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi , India. The team plays in the Indian Premier League and competed in the 2019 edition of the competition between March and May 2019. In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils.[ 1]
Background
Player retention and auction
In November 2018, the team retained 14 players from their 2018 squad: Shreyas Iyer , Rishabh Pant , Prithvi Shaw , Amit Mishra , Avesh Khan , Harshal Patel , Rahul Tewatia , Jayant Yadav , Manjot Kalra , Colin Munro , Chris Morris , Kagiso Rabada , Sandeep Lamichhane and Trent Boult . In addition they acquired Shikhar Dhawan in a trade from Sunrisers Hyderabad , trading Vijay Shankar , Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem for Dhawan.[ 2] [ 3]
In the 2019 player auction in December, they purchased 10 new players: Colin Ingram , Axar Patel , Hanuma Vihari , Sherfane Rutherford , Ishant Sharma , Keemo Paul , Jalaj Saxena , Ankush Bains , Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa .[ 4]
Transfers
Shikhar Dhawan was acquired from Sunrisers Hyderabad with Vijay Shankar , Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma moving from Delhi in return.[ 5]
Squad
The following players were retained:
The franchise then added the following players:
Coaching and support staff
Source:[ 6]
Season
League table
Results by match
Source:
Fixtures A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures
League stage
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Ashton Turner (Rajasthan Royals) became the first batsman to make five consecutive ducks in Twenty20 cricket.[ 11]
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[ 12]
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.
Playoffs
Eliminator
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
No.
Name
Matches
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave.
BF
SR
100s
50s
1
Shikhar Dhawan 16
16
1
521
97*
34.73
384
135.94
0
5
2
Rishabh Pant 16
15
3
488
78*
37.53
300
162.66
0
3
3
Shreyas Iyer 16
16
1
463
78*
30.86
386
119.94
0
3
4
Prithvi Shaw 16
15
0
353
99
22.06
264
133.71
0
2
5
Colin Ingram 12
12
2
184
47
18.40
154
119.41
0
0
Most wickets
No.
Name
Matches
Inns
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
BBI
Ave.
Econ.
SR
4W
5W
1
Kagiso Rabada 12
12
47.0
0
368
25
4/21
14.72
7.82
11.2
2
0
2
Chris Morris 9
9
33.0
0
306
13
3/22
23.53
9.27
15.2
0
0
3
Ishant Sharma 12
12
42.0
1
325
12
3/38
27.08
7.73
21.0
0
0
4
Amit Mishra 9
9
36.0
0
249
10
3/17
24.90
6.91
21.6
0
0
5
Axar Patel 12
12
47.0
0
332
9
3/22
36.88
7.06
31.3
0
0
Awards and achievements
The following players won player of the match awards during the season:
References
External links
Stages Teams General information
Formerly
Delhi Daredevils
Home grounds Captains Coaches Seasons See also † denotes a stand-in captain
