Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. 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 were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.
Background Delhi Capitals retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.
Retained PlayersRishabh 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.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Captain 17 Rishabh Pant Left-handed 2016 Batters18 Mandeep Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 28 Ripal Patel Right-handed Right-arm Medium 2021 31 David Warner Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 Overseas 52 Rovman Powell Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2022 Overseas 97 Sarfaraz Khan Right-handed leg break 2022 100 Prithvi Shaw Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Yash Dhull Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 All-Rounders 8 Mitchell Marsh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Overseas 16 Lalit Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 20 Axar Patel Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 Ashwin Hebbar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Wicket-Keepers 15 K. S. Bharat Right-handed – 2022 43 Tim Seifert Right-handed 2022 Overseas Pace Bowlers 2 Anrich Nortje Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas 5 Kamlesh Nagarkoti Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 54 Shardul Thakur Right-handed Right-arm medium-pace 2022 55 Chetan Sakariya Left-handedLeft arm Medium-fast 2022 71 Khaleel Ahmed Right-handed Left-arm Fast-Medium 2022 90 Mustafizur Rahman Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022 Overseas Lungi Ngidi Right-handedRight arm Fast-medium 2022 Overseas Spin Bowlers 23 Kuldeep Yadav Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist spin 2022 46 Praveen Dubey Right-handed leg break googly 2020 Vicky Ostwal Right-Handed Left-arm orthodox 2022 Source:DC squad
Administration and support staff PositionNameTeam manager Siddharth Bhasin Head coach Ricky PontingAssistant coach Ajit Agarkar, Shane WatsonBatting coach Pravin AmreBowling coach James HopesFielding coach Biju George Source:DC Staff
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Teams and standings Points table
Group fixtures
References
External links IPL team Delhi Capitals web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com The Official Delhi Capitals Site