Delhi Capitals Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...

are a

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franchise

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team based in

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, India. The team plays in the

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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. The Capitals started their campaign with a 37 run victory over three-time champions Mumbai. The Capitals finally entered the playoffs after 7 years, and they won their first-ever playoffs match. The Capitals ended up as 2nd runners-up in the playoffs.

Background

Player retention and auction

In November 2018, the team retained 14 players from their 2018 squad:

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, Avesh Khan,

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, Manjot Kalra,

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, Chris Morris,

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and

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. In addition they acquired

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in a trade from

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, trading Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and

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for Dhawan. In the 2019 player auction in December, they purchased 10 new players:

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, Sherfane Rutherford,

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, Nathu Singh and

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Transfers

was acquired from

with Vijay Shankar,

and Abhishek Sharma moving from Delhi in return.

Squad

The following players were retained: The franchise then added the following players:

Coaching and support staff

* Head coach –

Ricky Ponting Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its "golden era", between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 20 ...

* Assistant coach –

Mohammad Kaif Mohammad Kaif () (born 1 December 1980) is a former Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He made it to the national team on the strength of his performances at the Under-19 level, where he captained the India national under-19 cricke ...

* Fast bowling coach –

James Hopes James Redfern Hopes (born 24 October 1978) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hopes played domestic cricket for Queensland, and had represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket from 2005 ...

* Spin bowling coach –

Samuel Badree Samuel Badree (born 8 March 1981) is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-arm leg-spin bowler. Badree made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, b ...

* Physiotherapist – Sumeshen Moodley Source:

Season

League table

Results by match

Fixtures

League stage

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Playoffs

;Eliminator ---- ;Qualifier 2

Statistics

Most runs

* Source:Cricinfo

Most wickets

* Source:Cricinfo

Awards and achievements

The following players won player of the match awards during the season:

References

External links

IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.comThe Official Delhi Daredevils Site
{{Delhi Daredevils 2019 Indian Premier League Delhi Capitals seasons