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, ...

is 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 2020 edition between September and November 2020. Founded in 2008 as the Delhi Daredevils, the franchise is owned by the

GMR Group GMR Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi. The group was founded in 1978 by Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao (G M Rao) and comprises several companies including GMR Infrastructure, GMR Energy, GMR Airports, GMR Ent ...

and the

JSW Group JSW Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, based in Mumbai. It is led by Sajjan Jindal and part of the O.P. Jindal Group. The Group's diverse businesses include steel, energy, infrastructure, cement and paints, across India, the Unite ...

. The team's home ground is

Arun Jaitley Stadium The Arun Jaitley Stadium is a cricket stadium owned and operated the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) and located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. It was established in 1883 as the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, and named after the ne ...

, located in

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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, ...

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 Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competes in the Indian Premier League and is the most successful team of the tournament with 5 titles. Founded in 2008, the team is owned by India's biggest conglo ...

in the final by 5 wickets and finished as runners up.

Background

Player retention and transfers

Retained players:

Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Santosh Iyer (born 6 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a Right-handed batter. He has played in all formats for the Indian team. Iyer has scored a century in his debut test matc ...

Rishabh Pant Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a wicket-keeper batter. Having played all formats for India, he is best known for his consistency to score runs in Test c ...

Prithvi Shaw Prithvi Pankaj Shaw (born 9 November 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team in all formats. He currently plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He debuted ...

Amit Mishra Amit Mishra (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Capitals ...

, Avesh Khan,

Harshal Patel Harshal Patel (born 23 November 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket Team. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and Haryana in the domestic cricket. Patel made his internat ...

Shikhar Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985) is an Indian cricketer. Being a left-handed opening batsman and occasional captain of the India national cricket team, he captains Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League and plays for Delhi in first-class ...

Ishant Sharma Ishant Sharma (; born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squ ...

Axar Patel Axar Rajeshbhai Patel, also spelled as Akshar Patel, (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game as a bowling All-rounder. He also plays for Gujarat in domestic cr ...

Kagiso Rabada Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African international cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his ...

Sandeep Lamichhane Sandeep Lamichhane ( ne, सन्दीप लामिछाने, ; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer who captained the Nepalese national team, A right-arm leg spin bowler, Lamichhane has played for Twenty20 franchise sides acro ...

and

Keemo Paul Keemo Mandela Angus Paul (born 21 February 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He made his international debut for the team in 2018. In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the T20 Player of the Year ...

. Released players:

Colin Ingram Colin Alexander Ingram (born 3 July 1985) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Glamorgan. He represented South Africa in One Day (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2010 and 2013, scoring a century on his ODI debut ...

Colin Munro Colin Munro (born 11 March 1987) is a South-African born New Zealand international cricketer, who plays limited overs formats of the game. He was a member of the New Zealand Under 19 side and is currently a member of the Auckland cricket team. ...

, Manjot Kalra,

Hanuma Vihari Gade Hanuma Vihari (born 13 October 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who has played for Indian cricket team. He currently plays for Andhra and captains them in Ranji Trophy. Vihari was a member of India that won test series in Austr ...

, Chris Morris,

Jalaj Saxena Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 15 December 1986) is an Indian cricketer. An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off spin, he is one of the most consistent performers in the Indian domestic circuit for over a decade. He made his domes ...

Ankush Bains Ankush Bains (born 16 December 1995) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh as a wicket keeper. He made his List A debut on 3 March 2014, for Himachal Pradesh in the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was signed up by Chennai Sup ...

, Nathu Singh and

Bandaru Ayyappa Bandaru Ayyappa (born 27 October 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Andhra Pradesh. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy. In December 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ...

. Traded In:

Ravichandran Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricke ...

and

Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of Indian team in all formats, who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batsman. He currently captains Mumbai in Ranji trophy. R ...

Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford,

Trent Boult Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand international cricketer who has played for New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand cricket team. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe as a Fast bowling, fas ...

and

Rahul Tewatia Rahul Tewatia (born 20 May 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Haryana in the domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in Indian Premier League (IPL). He is an all-rounder who bats left handed and bowls right-arm leg spin. He received his maid ...

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 Shimron Odilon Hetmyer (born 26 December 1996) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2015 he was named as the captain ...

for INR 775L and

Marcus Stoinis Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the Australian national team. He is contracted to Western Australia and Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for P ...

for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of

Jason Roy Jason Jonathan Roy (born 21 July 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for England in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, and previously played for the Test team. In domestic cricket, he represents Surr ...

and

Chris Woakes Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Warwickshire, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Kolkata Knigh ...

at their base price. In addition to that, Delhi Capitals got Alex Carey for 240L INR. Players bought:

, Alex Carey,

, Lalit Yadav,

Tushar Deshpande Tushar Deshpande (born 15 May 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2016. He made his List A debut for Mumbai in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018. ...

Mohit Sharma Mohit Mahipal Sharma (born 18 September 1988) is an Indian international cricketer. He also plays for Haryana. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Domestic and IPL career Following his work with pace bowling coach Ian Pont, Sharma picked up ...

Team Analysis

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wrote The team of Delhi Capitals wanted to buy

Eoin Morgan Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is () and both are closely related to the Welsh . It is also cognate with the Irish . In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as ''John'' in Engli ...

Glenn Maxwell Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer, who represents Australia national cricket team in One Day International and Twenty20 International formats of the game and has played Test cricket for Australia ...

Sam Curran Samuel Matthew Curran (born 3 June 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings ...

Pat Cummins Patrick James Cummins (born 8 May 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in Test and ODI cricket. He is a fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He plays domestically for New South Wales. Cummi ...

and

Jaydev Unadkat Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat (born 18 October 1991) is an Indian professional cricketer who has played for the Indian national team. He plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He represented India in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010. In Ma ...

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 Shimron Odilon Hetmyer (born 26 December 1996) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2015 he was named as the captain o ...

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.

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

brilliant inning helped the Delhi to built 157-run target. In response to 158 runs, Punjab also scored 157-run in 20 overs on

Mayank Agarwal Mayank Anurag Agarwal (born 16 February 1991)
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'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.

(64 off 43 balls) got the support from

(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 Francois "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and is among the best all-forma ...

(43 off 35 balls) and

Kedar Jadhav Kedar Mahadev Jadhav (born 26 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra and has also played for the Indian national cricket team. He is a batting all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, and occasionall ...

stitched a partnership to keep Super Kings hopes, but their team managed only 131/7 in 20 overs. On 14 October, during 30 th match of IPL against Rajasthan royals Anrich Nortje bowled the fastest ball (156.22 km/h)and on the he also 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.

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Results by match

League table

League stage

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Playoffs

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Statistics

Most runs

*Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Most wickets

*Kagiso Rabada was awarded the Purple Cap as the bowler who took most wickets during the tournament *Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Awards and achievements

The following players were awarded the player of the match award during the tournament:

References

External links

IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.comThe Official Delhi Daredevils Site
{{2020 Indian Premier League 2020 Indian Premier League Delhi Capitals seasons