2022 Delhi Capitals season

Delhi Capitals
2022 season
CoachRicky Ponting
CaptainRishabh Pant[1]
Ground(s)Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Most runsDavid Warner (432)
Most wicketsKuldeep Yadav (21)
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Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team will compete in the 2022 edition. Founded in 2008 as the Delhi Daredevils, the franchise is owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, located in New Delhi. They will be the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.[2][3]

Background

Delhi Capitals retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.[4]

Retained Players
Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje
Released
Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings
Acquired at the auction
David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal.

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Squad strength: 24 (17 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
  • Ages correct as of 27 March 2022.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Captain
17 Rishabh Pant  India (1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 24) Left-handed 2016 ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million)
Batters
18 Mandeep Singh  India (1991-12-18)December 18, 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000)
100 Prithvi Shaw  India (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹7.5 crore (US$880,000)
31 David Warner  Australia (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 35) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 ₹6.25 crore (US$730,000) Overseas
Yash Dhull  India (2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 ₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
28 Ripal Patel  India (1995-09-28)28 September 1995 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm Medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
52 Rovman Powell  West Indies (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2022 ₹2.8 crore (US$330,000) Overseas
All-Rounders
20 Axar Patel  India (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 28) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 ₹9 crore (US$1.1 million)
Ashwin Hebbar  India (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
8 Mitchell Marsh  Australia (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 ₹6 crore (US$700,000) Overseas
16 Lalit Yadav  India (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹65 lakh (US$76,000)
54 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-pace 2022 ₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)
97 Sarfaraz Khan  India (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 24) Right-handed leg break 2022 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
Wicket-Keeper Batsmen
15 K. S. Bharat  India (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed – 2022
43 Tim Seifert  New Zealand (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 27) Right-handed 2022 ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) Overseas
Pace Bowlers
2 Anrich Nortje  South Africa (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 ₹6.5 crore (US$760,000) Overseas
5 Kamlesh Nagarkoti  India (1998-05-04)4 May 1998 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 ₹1 crore (US$120,000)
90 Mustafizur Rahman  Bangladesh (1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 26) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022 ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Overseas
Lungi Ngidi  South Africa (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm Fast-medium 2022 ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) Overseas
71 Khaleel Ahmed  India (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 24) Right-handed Left-arm Fast-Medium 2022 ₹5.25 crore (US$610,000)
55 Chetan Sakariya  India (1998-02-28)28 February 1998 (aged 24) Left-handed Left arm Medium-fast 2022 ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)
Spin Bowler
46 Praveen Dubey  India (1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed leg break googly 2020 ₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
23 Kuldeep Yadav  India (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 27) Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist spin 2022 ₹2 crore (US$230,000)
Vicky Ostwal  India (2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 19) Right-Handed Left-arm orthodox 2022 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
Source:DC squad

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Team manager Siddharth Bhasin
Head coach Ricky Ponting
Assistant coach Ajit Agarkar, Shane Watson
Batting coach Pravin Amre
Bowling coach James Hopes
Fielding coach Biju George
Source:DC Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 B Gujarat Titans (C) 14 10 4 0 20 0.316 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 A Rajasthan Royals (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.298
3 A Lucknow Super Giants (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.251 Advanced to Eliminator
4 B Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.253
5 A Delhi Capitals 14 7 7 0 14 0.204
6 B Punjab Kings 14 7 7 0 14 0.126
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12 0.146
8 B Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 −0.379
9 B Chennai Super Kings 14 4 10 0 8 −0.203
10 A Mumbai Indians 14 4 10 0 8 −0.506
Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.


Group fixtures

Match 2
27 March 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
177/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
179/6 (18.2 overs)
Ishan Kishan 81* (48)
Kuldeep Yadav 3/18 (4 overs)
Lalit Yadav 48* (38)
Basil Thampi 3/35 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10
2 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
171/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
157/9 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 84 (46)
Mustafizur Rahman 3/23 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 43 (29)
Lockie Ferguson 4/28 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 14 runs
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Lockie Ferguson (Gujarat Titans)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 15
7 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
149/3 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
155/4 (19.4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 61 (34)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/22 (4 overs)
Quinton de Kock 80 (52)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/31 (3.4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lukhnow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 19
10 April 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
215/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
171 (19.4 overs)
David Warner 61 (45)
Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 54 (33)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/35 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Match 27
16 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Delhi Capitals
173/7 (20 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 66* (34)
Shardul Thakur 1/27 (4 overs)
David Warner 66 (38)
Josh Hazlewood 3/28 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 16 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 32
20 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
115 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
119/1 (10.3 overs)
Jitesh Sharma 32 (23)
Axar Patel 2/10 (4 overs)
David Warner 60* (30)
Rahul Chahar 1/21 (2.3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 9 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was originally scheduled to take place at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, but it was relocated to the Brabourne Stadium after a number of COVID-19 cases in the Delhi camp.[5]
Match 34
22 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
222/2 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
207/8 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 116 (65)
Mustafizur Rahman 1/43 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 44 (24)
Prasidh Krishna 3/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was originally scheduled to take place at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, but it was relocated to the Wankhede Stadium after a number of COVID-19 cases in the Delhi camp.[6]
  • Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) became the second player to score consecutive hundreds in the IPL, after Shikhar Dhawan. Buttler also became the second player after Virat Kohli to score three or more centuries in a single IPL season.[7]
Match 41
28 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
146/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
150/6 (19 overs)
Nitish Rana 57 (34)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/14 (3 overs)
David Warner 42 (26)
Umesh Yadav 3/24 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Harshit Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
Match 45
1 May 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
195/3 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
189/7 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 77 (51)
Shardul Thakur 3/40 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 44 (30)
Mohsin Khan 4/16 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 50
5 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
207/3 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
186/8 (20 overs)
David Warner 92* (58)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/25 (4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 62 (34)
Khaleel Ahmed 3/30 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 21 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: David Warner (Delhi Capitals)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
Match 55
8 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
208/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
117 (17.4 overs)
Devon Conway 87 (49)
Anrich Nortje 3/42 (4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 25 (20)
Moeen Ali 3/13 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 91 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 58
11 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
160/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
161/2 (18.1 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (38)
Chetan Sakariya 2/23 (4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 89 (62)
Trent Boult 1/32 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 64
16 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
159/7 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
142/9 (20 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 63 (48)
Liam Livingstone 3/27 (4 overs)
Jitesh Sharma 44 (34)
Shardul Thakur 4/36 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 17 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Delhi Capitals)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 69
21 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
159/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
160/5 (19.1 overs)
Rovman Powell 43 (34)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/25 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 48 (35)
Shardul Thakur 2/32 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs and Delhi Capitals were eliminated as a result of this match.[8]

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