Delhi Capitals is a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team plays in the Indian Premier League and competed in the 2020 edition between September and November 2020.
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. Delhi capitals Delhi Capitals qualified for the finals first time in IPL 2020 after twelve years of the start of this tournament, and qualified for the IPL playoffs in 2019 for the first time in seven years. But they lost to Mumbai Indians in the final by 5 wickets and finished as runners up.
Background Player retention and transfers
Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Keemo Paul.
Released players: Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa.
Traded In: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane
Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult and Rahul Tewatia
Replacement players: Praveen Dubey
Auction The Capitals went into the auction with a purse of 27.85 Cr INR. Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and bought 8 players in the IPL Auction 2020. Their best purchases were Shimron Hetmyer for INR 775L and Marcus Stoinis for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at their base price. In addition to that, Delhi Capitals got Alex Carey for 240L INR.
Players bought: Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Team analysis ESPNcricinfo wrote The team of Delhi Capitals wanted to buy Eoin Morgan, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Curran, Pat Cummins and Jaydev Unadkat in the auction, but this could not happen. In such a situation, the team had to turn to other options. The team used their limited resources to dominate the home ground. No batsman of the team could bowl. However, the franchise did a good job by buying Hetmyer and Alex Carey.
Indian Premier League On 20 September, the Delhi started with a win in the tournament, defeating Punjab's team in the super over. This thrilling match ended in a tie. Shreyas Iyer lost the toss and was put to bat. Delhi scored 157-run with the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Team had lost early wickets, but Marcus Stoinis brilliant inning helped the Delhi to build a 157-run target. In response to 158 runs, Punjab also scored 157-run in 20 overs on Mayank Agarwal's knock of 89 runs.
On 25 September, the Delhi Capitals enjoyed their second successive win, defeating Chennai Super Kings by 44-run. Shreyas Iyer lost the toss and was put to bat. Prithvi Shaw (64 off 43 balls) got the support from Shikhar Dhawan (35 off 27 balls) to build a 94-run partnership for first wicket and helped the Capitals finish the innings with 175/3 in their 20 overs. Chasing the target of 176, Super Kings got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers quickly, but Faf du Plessis (43 off 35 balls) and Kedar Jadhav stitched a partnership to keep Super Kings hopes, but their team managed only 131/7 in 20 overs.
On 14 October, during the 30th match of IPL against Rajasthan royals Anrich Nortje bowled the fastest ball (156.22 km/h)and he also bowled out Jos Buttler.
After winning 7 out of 9 games, Delhi were placed at the top of the table with 14 points. However, they lost 4 consecutive games after it which rendered them vulnerable to be knocked out of the tournament. A victory in their final league stage match against Royal Challengers Bangalore ensured them a place in the playoffs. They reached the Qualifier 1 where they lost to Mumbai Indians by 57 runs.Then they won the Qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad with Marcus Stoinis taking 3 wickets and scored 38 runs.Delhi reached their first final and played against Mumbai Indians.Mumbai Indians won comfortably by 5 wickets to win their fifth title.At the end of the season, Rabada was awarded the Purple Cap for taking 30 wickets.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold'. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen41 Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Captain100 Prithvi Shaw Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 42 Shikhar Dhawan Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 3 Ajinkya Rahane Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 189 Shimron Hetmyer Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas– Jason Roy Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas All-rounders21 Marcus Stoinis Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas20 Axar Patel Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 60 Daniel Sams Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2020 Overseas16 Lalit Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 84 Keemo Paul Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 Overseas Wicket-keepers17 Rishabh Pant Left-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Vice Captain5 Alex Carey Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas Spin Bowlers99 Amit Mishra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 1 Sandeep Lamichhane Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas23 Ravichandran Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 46 Praveen Dubey Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Replacement for Amit Mishra Pace Bowlers25 Kagiso Rabada Left-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas02 Anrich Nortje Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Overseas6 Avesh Khan Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 13 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 18 Mohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 97 Ishant Sharma Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 – Chris Woakes Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Overseas96 Tushar Deshpande Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020
Administration and support staff PositionName CEODhiraj Malhotra Head coach Ricky Ponting Assistant coach Mohammad Kaif Spin bowling coach Samuel Badree Fast bowling coach Ryan Harris Physiotherapist Patrick Farhart Strength and conditioning coach Rajinikanth Sivagnanam Source:
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)Shirt sponsor (back)Chest BrandingSquadGearJSWEbixCashAPL Apollo Steel Tubes Source :
Teams and standings Results by match
League table
League stage
Playoffs
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics Most runs No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s1Shikar Dhawan17173618106*44.14427144.7324467122Shreyas Iyer1717251988*34.60421123.2703040163Marcus Stoinis171733526525.14237148.5203131164Rishabh Pant141433435631.18301113.950103195Prithvi Shaw131302286617.53167136.52023278 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W 1 Kagiso Rabada 17 17 65.4 1 548 30 4/24 18.26 8.34 13.1 2 0 2 Anrich Nortje 16 16 61 0 512 22 3/33 23.27 8.39 16.6 0 0 3 Marcus Stoinis 17 13 29.4 0 283 13 3/26 21.76 9.53 0 4 Ravichandran Ashwin 15 15 51.0 0 391 13 3/29 30.07 7.66 23.5 0 0 5 Axar Patel 15 15 51.0 0 327 9 2/18 36.33 6.41 34.0 0 0 Kagiso Rabada was awarded the Purple Cap as the bowler who took most wickets during the tournament Source: ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements The following players were awarded the player of the match award during the tournament: No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref. 1 Marcus Stoinis Kings XI Punjab Won in Super Over 53 (21) 2 Prithvi Shaw Chennai Super Kings Won by 15 runs 64 (43) 3 Shreyas Iyer Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs 88* (38) 4 Axar Patel Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 59 runs 2/18 (4 overs) 5 9 October 2020 Ravichandran Ashwin Rajasthan Royals Won by 46 runs 2/ 22 (4 overs) 6 14 October 2020 Anrich Nortje Rajasthan Royals Won by 13 runs 2/33 (4 overs) 7 17 October 2020 Shikhar Dhawan Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 wickets 101* (58) 8 20 October 2020 Shikhar Dhawan Kings XI Punjab Lost by 5 wickets 106* (61) 9 2 November 2020 Anrich Nortje Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 6 wickets 3/33 (4 overs) 118 November 2020 – Qualifier 2Marcus StoinisSunrisers Hyderabad Won by 17 runs and advanced to the final38(27) and 3/26 (3 overs)
References
External links IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com The Official Delhi Daredevils Site