Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
team based out of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
in the
Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly 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 E ...
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 Unit ...
. 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
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...
. The team is captained by
Rishabh Pant and coached by
Ricky Ponting. The Capitals appeared in their first IPL final in
2020.
Franchise history
The IPL is a cricket league organised by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...
(BCCI) and backed by the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are 108 national associations, with 12 Full Members and 96 Associate Members. Founded in 1909 as the '' ...
(ICC). The inaugural tournament was held in April–June 2008, in which BCCI finalised a list of eight teams who participated in the tournament. The teams represented eight different cities in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
, including
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
. The teams were put up for auction in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
on 20 February 2008, and the Delhi team was bought by the property development company
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 E ...
for US$84 million.
In March 2018, GMR sold a 50% stake in the Delhi Daredevils to
JSW Sports for .
In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils to the Delhi Capitals.
Speaking to the rationale behind changing the team's name, co-owner and chairman
Parth Jindal
Parth Jindal (born 19 May 1990) is an Indian businessman and scion of JSW Group.
Early life and education
Jindal is the youngest of three children of Sajjan Jindal and Sangita Jindal. Jindal earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 20 ...
said, "Delhi is the power centre of the country, it is the capital, therefore the name Delhi Capitals." Co-owner Kiran Kumar Grandhi said, "The new name symbolizes Delhi's identity and just like the city, we are aiming to be the centre of all action going forward."
Seasons history
2008 IPL
During the inaugural edition of the IPL, the Delhi Daredevils won their initial two matches against the
Rajasthan Royals and the
Deccan Chargers. Then, after losing a match to the
Kings XI Punjab, the team won their next two matches against the
Royal Challengers Bangalore and the
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...
.
However, the Delhi Daredevils lost in four straight matches, breaking the streak with a win against the Deccan Chargers. After another loss against the Kings XI Punjab, they recovered and won three matches to finish in the final four of the league.
The Delhi Daredevils lost to eventual champions, the Rajasthan Royals, in the semi-final.
2009 IPL
The Daredevils dominated for much of the 2009 IPL season under the captaincy of former Indian opener and Delhi-native,
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, ...
, finishing at the top of the table. The likes of former Indian opener and triple-Centurion Sehwag and Gambhir had both developed since the prior season. They set up many large totals for the Daredevils, with South African power hitter and part-time keeper
AB de Villiers hitting one of only two
centuries in the 2009 IPL (the other was made by the young Indian batsman
Manish Pandey
Manish Krishnanand Pandey (born 10 September 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle-order batsman representing Karnataka in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL). ...
) at a match in South Africa. The bowling team, which was composed mainly of New Zealander
spin pro
Daniel Vettori, India senior spinner Amit Mishra,
Pradeep Sangwan
Pradeep Sangwan (born 5 November 1990) is an Indian cricketer, who represents Delhi in first-class cricket.
Career
Sangwan is a left-arm medium pace bowler. He is quite handy with the bat as well. In Twenty20s he has achieved an average of 1 ...
, and former India fast bowler
Ashish Nehra, was bolstered by the off-season signing of Australian
Dirk Nannes, which created a strong bowling line-up. The batting of the Daredevils featured Sehwag, Gambhir, power hitter
Dilshan, AB de Villiers, and
Manoj Tiwary. The Daredevils consisted of new and then uncapped players like Australia Captain
Aaron Finch and Australia all-rounder
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 Austral ...
, who went on to become successful in T20 circuits.
However, despite finishing at the top of the points table during the regular season, the Daredevils crumbled in the semi-final after
Deccan Chargers' captain
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-kee ...
hit the then fastest 50 in the IPL history (in just 17 balls). Nannes in particular, who was again picked over Aussie pacer
Glenn McGrath, was punished by Gilchrist, and later by Aussie opening all-rounder
Andrew Symonds. The semi-final loss meant Delhi did not contest the final of the 2009 IPL season, despite having the best record in the league stages. However, Delhi managed to qualify for the now-defunct
2009 Champions League Twenty20 as a result of their performance in the group stage.
2012 IPL
Due to the disbanding of the
Kochi Tuskers Kerala, each team played the remaining eight teams twice, once at home and once away. Therefore, each team played an extended season of 16 matches.
In the 2012 IPL season, a new side of the Delhi Daredevils was seen after a poor 2011 season where they finished last. They came back strongly, having purchased players such as Afro-English batting great
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a cricket commentator, conservationist, and former England international cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who played in all three formats for England bet ...
, Sri Lanka batsman
Mahela Jayawardene, and Kiwi batsman
Ross Taylor. They stood first in the Pool Table with the
Kolkata Knight Riders at second place, the
Mumbai Indians coming third, and the defending champions the Chennai Super Kings securing the fourth spot, consequently also qualifying for the Champions League Twenty20 in 2012 held in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
.
Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath expressed disappointment over not being picked to play any match during the whole season, and stopped playing for Delhi.
Former Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardane was appointed as the new captain of the Delhi Daredevils after Indian opener
Virender Sehwag stepped down from captaincy during the 2012 season of the Champions League Twenty20.
2013 IPL
Delhi Daredevils lost their first six matches of IPL 2013 and won their first match in their seventh game against the Mumbai Indians. Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene's partnership led to a win against the Mumbai Indians, in which they scored 161 runs. Sehwag was the "
Man of the Match" for his innings of 95* off 57 balls. After this match, they faced the Kings XI Punjab and lost again. But in their ninth match of the season against the
Pune Warriors India, they won, putting them in eighth place in the points table. They defeated defending champions the Kolkata Knight Riders in their tenth match by seven wickets but failed to advance to the seventh place due to their net run-rate. In their next match against the
Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Delhi Daredevils were bowled out for just 80 runs, giving the Sunrisers a win. In their match against the Rajasthan Royals, they scored 154 runs, thanks to recruit
Ben Rohrer
Ben Rohrer (born 26 March 1981) is an Australian former cricketer who played for the New South Wales in Australian domestic cricket from 2007 to 2016 and various Twenty20 teams in the Big Bash League. Rohrer had a breakout season in the 2012� ...
's half-century. However, that effort was in vain as the Rajasthan Royals chased the total down with the loss of only one wicket. This loss for the Daredevils officially eliminated them from the 2013 season.
In their next match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi managed to contain the Royal Challengers who were 106 in 16.0 overs, but Bangalore scored 77 in their last 4 overs and reached a total of 183, thanks to a 99 by RCB skipper
Virat Kohli. The Daredevils lost the match by just four runs. The team next played the Chennai Super Kings who batted first and posted 168 runs. Delhi failed to gain momentum throughout the match and eventually lost by 33 runs. The following match was against the Kings XI Punjab who defeated them again, this time by seven runs, as they failed to chase down 172 runs. Their final game was against the Pune Warriors India. Delhi bowled first and the Pune Warriors posted a total of 171 runs. In the second innings, Delhi maintained the required run rate but began losing quick wickets after the tenth over. They could not chase the target and lost by 38 runs finishing last in the league table. Despite seeing a forgettable season, a few big names were added to the support staff as the season progressed. The legendary
West Indies batsman
Sir Vivian Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widel ...
was named as their new brand ambassador, former
England
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spinner
Jeremy Snape
Jeremy Nicholas Snape (born 27 April 1973) is a former English cricketer, who played limited over internationals, and a sports psychologist. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm off-break. He was the 20/20 captain for Leicester.
...
was added to the support staff, and renowned former
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
spinner
Mushtaq Ahmed was named as their new spin bowling coach.
2014 IPL
Ahead of the IPL 2014 auction, on 10 January 2014, the Delhi Daredevils announced that they would not retain any players from their current squad for season seven. With no players retained, the team had the most "right-to-match" cards among all the franchises at the auction—three. They also had Rs 600 million (approx US$9.6 million) to spend at the auction.
The Delhi Daredevils experienced another poor season in 2014. They lost their first match, against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, however, they won their next match against the Kolkata Knight Riders. This was followed by a loss against the two-time champions the Chennai Super Kings and a close match which resulted in a loss against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Delhi Daredevils won their next match against the Mumbai Indians, having restricted them to 125. Later, when the tournament shifted from the makeshift venue in the United Arab Emirates (
UAE) to India, Delhi lost their next nine matches. The Delhi Daredevils won only two out of their fourteen matches, both of which took place in the adopted venue in the UAE. Despite their poor performance, South Africa all-rounder
JP Duminy, the team captain scored 410 runs from 14 matches at an average of 51.25 and was the tournament's eighth highest run-scorer. The Delhi Daredevils once again finished last.
2015 IPL
The team finished seventh in the 2015 edition of the IPL. They received fierce criticism from the Delhi fans due to their string of poor performances in the previous two years.
2016 IPL
The Delhi Daredevils released many of their players, including the previous year's most expensive purchase, all-rounder
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...
, whom they had bought for ₹16 crores. The Daredevils also released former Sri Lankan skipper and all-rounder
Angelo Mathews, who was bought for ₹7.5 crores. New additions to the team included uncapped all-rounder
Pawan Negi
Pawan Negi (born 6 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was born in Uttarakhand.
Career
Negi plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He played for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League in 20 ...
, who was bought for ₹8.5 crores, thereby becoming the most expensive Indian player in the IPL auction of 2016. Uncapped Indian batsman,
Sanju Samson and
Karun Nair, who previously played for the Rajasthan Royals, were also bought for hefty amounts. South African all-rounder
Chris Morris was bought for ₹7 crores. English keeper
Sam Billings
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and Australian
Joel Paris
Joel Samuel Paris (born 11 December 1992) is an Australian cricketer, currently contracted to Western Australia and the Hobart Hurricanes domestically.
Career
From Perth, Paris represented Western Australia at under-19 level, making his debut w ...
also joined the Delhi squad. The team purchased three promising India U-19 players—local keeper
Rishabh Pant, Rajasthan's pacer
Khaleel Ahmed
Khaleel Ahmed (born 5 December 1997) is an Indian international cricketer. He made his debut for Indian cricket team in September 2018.
Early life and background
Khaleel's father was Khursheed Ahmed, a nurse in a village near the small town o ...
and
Mahipal Lomror. After the Daredevils ended their association with South African batsman
Gary Kirsten, they appointed
Paddy Upton as their head coach. The Indian batsman and head coach of India U-19,
Rahul Dravid was appointed the Daredevils' batting mentor. Former Indian pacer
Zaheer Khan was appointed as the new captain of the Delhi Daredevils in the 2016 IPL season. Relative to their performance in the previous three seasons, the Delhi Daredevils improved the way they played. South African all-rounder Chris Morris got the fastest 50 (17 balls) of the tournament and was also effective in the bowling department. South African wicket-keeper
Quinton de Kock
Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in limited overs cricket, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Gian ...
was among the leading run-scorers in the season. After losing their first match against two-time champions the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Daredevils went on to dominate the Kings XI Punjab, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, defending champions the Mumbai Indians, the Kolkata Knight Riders in the second leg, and newcomers the
Gujarat Lions
Gujarat Lions was a franchise cricket team based in the city of Rajkot, that represented the Indian state Gujarat in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team played in the IPL The team, along with Rising Pune Supergiant for two season between ...
. They won 5 of their first 7 matches, gaining 10 points. They lost their second match against newcomers the Gujarat Lions by just one run. The Daredevils were the favourites to qualify for the playoffs; however, they finished in sixth with fourteen points in fourteen games.
2017 IPL
Delhi lost South Africans de Kock and Duminy before the tournament, placing dependence on a young batting line-up and a bowling line-up of former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan, Indian pacer
Mohammed Shami, South African all-rounder Chris Morris, Aussie bowling all-rounder
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.
Cum ...
, South African young pacer
Kagiso Rabada, Indian spinner
Amit Mishra, young spinner
Shahbaz Nadeem
Shahbaz Nadeem (born 12 August 1989) is an Indian international cricketer who is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He made his first-class cricket debut in December 2004. He has played for Bihar Under-14 side and Indian U-19s and currently plays ...
,
Jayant Yadav
Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990) is an Indian cricketer from Delhi who plays for Haryana in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm off-break. He made his international debut in October 2016.
Domest ...
and
Ben Hilfenhaus
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. They lost to runners-up RCB in the first game and won by big margins against RPS and KXIP. After this, they lost five consecutive games. However, they bounced back by chasing 189 and 214 against defending champions SRH and GL respectively. Keralite wicket-keeper Sanju Samson got the first century of the season. Young wicket-keeper and local boy Rishabh Pant made 97 against GL. But the Delhi Daredevils lost to then two-time champions MI by a margin of 146 runs, which was the highest win by runs in the IPL history. During the middle of the tournament, captain and former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan was down with an injury to his hamstring which caused him to miss three matches, and young Indian batsman Karun Nair was appointed as stand-in captain.
The Delhi Daredevils ended up in the sixth position again with six wins (+12 points) and eight losses for the season.
2018 IPL
Going into the big auctions, each franchise were allowed to retain up to three players. Additionally, they could also use ''Right to Match'' cards to get back two players during the auctions. Delhi Daredevils retained
Shreyas Iyer,
Chris Morris and
Rishabh Pant. Coach
Rahul Dravid had to quit his job as the coach in order to protect his position as coach of
India A
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket a ...
and
India U-19, following a ''conflict of interest'' debate.
Ricky Ponting was appointed as the new coach.
2019 IPL
The Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and traded their former player and India opener
Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad. This was done by trading off the young all-rounder
Vijay Shankar
Vijay Shankar (born 26 January 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu state cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. He played for India in 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Domestic ...
, and
Abhishek Sharma and spinner Shahbaz Nadeem for the 12th season of the IPL. Retained players for the twelfth IPL season were: captain and Indian batsman
Shreyas Iyer, Indian wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman
Rishabh Pant, young Indian batsman
Prithvi Shaw, Indian spinner Amit Mishra, young pacer
Avesh Khan
Avesh Khan (born 13 December 1996) is an Indian international cricketer. In December 2015 he was named in India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in February 2022.
A ri ...
, uncapped bowler and injured
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 ...
, uncapped bowling all-rounder
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 ...
, Jayant Yadav,
Manjot Kalra, New Zealand opener
Colin Munro, New Zealand pacer
Trent Boult, South African all-rounder Chris Morris, young South African pacer Kagiso Rabada and young Nepalese spinner
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 ...
.
On the IPL auction day, 18 December 2018, DC filled up their 10 available player slots (seven Indian slots and three overseas slots) with: South African batsman
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 deb ...
, Indian all-rounder
Axar Patel, Indian all-rounder
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 Austra ...
,
Sherfane Rutherford
Sherfane Eviston Rutherford (born 15 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer. He made his international debut for the West Indies in December 2018.
Domestic and T20 career
Rutherford made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional ...
, Indian pacer
Ishant Sharma, West Indian pacer
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 ...
, and uncapped Indian cricketers
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 dome ...
,
Ankush Bains,
Nathu Singh and
Bandaru Ayyappa.
Delhi Capitals also brought the former Indian captain
Sourav Ganguly as their official advisor and later traded Jayant Yadav to the Mumbai Indians after the IPL 2019 auction.
The Capitals began their campaign with a 37-run victory over 3-time champions Mumbai. The Capitals entered the playoffs after seven years, and they won their first playoffs match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets. They lost the second match against the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and ended up as second runners up in the playoffs, their best-ever finish.
2020 IPL
Delhi Capitals released
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 Austra ...
, Jalaj Saxena, Manjot Kalra, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayappa,
Chris Morris,
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 deb ...
, and
Colin Munro from their 2019 roster. They have added
Jason Roy,
Chris Woakes ,
Alex Carey,
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 ...
,
Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande,
Marcus Stoinis
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, and Lalit Yadav for their 2020 roster during the IPL Auction. Chris Woakes, however pulled out of the tournament and was replaced by South African fast bowler
Anrich Nortje. Jason Roy, became the second player (and second English Player) from Capitals to pull out of the tournament due to injury concerns and personal reasons, he was replaced by Australian bowling all-rounder
Daniel Sams
Daniel Richard Sams (born 27 October 1992) is an Australian international cricketer. He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in December 2020.
Career
Sams made his first-class cricket debut for New Zealand side Canterbur ...
.
The team started well in the tournament, winning 7 out of the first 9 games. However, a string of four losses in a row put them in a position where losing their last match could result in failure to make it to the playoffs. They however, were able to defeat
Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last match and thus, finished as the second ranked team in league stage. Also, a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 helped them reach the finals for the first time in the history of the IPL. In the finals, they were defeated by Mumbai Indians—the only team that Delhi could not defeat in the tournament despite playing them 4 times.
Also, this was the most successful season for Delhi Capitals in the IPL history. In this season, all games were played in the UAE.
2021 IPL
The 2021 IPL season was held in India. All teams were scheduled to play at neutral venues (no team played at their home ground). On 30 March 2021, Delhi Capitals officially promoted
Rishabh Pant to captain of the squad after Shreyas Iyer dislocated his shoulder while fielding a ball in the
ODI series against England and consequently, was ruled out of the 2021 IPL season. Delhi Capitals had 3 matches at the
Wankhede Stadium, followed by 2 in Chennai, 4 in Ahmedabad and 5 in Kolkata. Delhi Capitals had won 6 games out of 8 matches and were placed at the top of the
points table before the season was indefinitely suspended following a breach of the
COVID-19 bio secure bubble.
2022
Home ground
The Delhi Capitals play their home matches in the
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
New Delhi
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. They also have the modern
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur as their second home ground.
Team anthems
Bollywood playback singer
Kailash Kher
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was the artist for the team's anthem "''Khelo Front Foot Pe''" ("Play on the front foot") or "play aggressively".
The Delhi Daredevils launched their new anthem "''Munday Dilli Ke''" ("The Lads from Delhi"), sing by
Jaspreet Jasz and composed by
Arijit Datta and
Micu Patel on 5 March 2012 on
YouTube
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.
Their anthem for the 2016 season of IPL, titled "''Dhuandaar Dilli''" was released on YouTube, sing by
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film '' Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Awa ...
.
In 2018, they released yet another theme song, titled "''Dil Dilli hai, ab Dhadkega''".
The theme song for the 2019 season for the rechristened franchise, the Delhi Capitals was "''Roar Machaa''" sing by Amit Trivedi.
Players
Former India Opener and Delhi local,
Virender Sehwag was accorded the icon player status in the Delhi Daredevils team and was also the captain of the side during the first two seasons. However, he resigned and passed on the leadership to
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, ...
for the 2010 season. But after Gambhir left the team for the
Kolkata Knight Riders in the fourth edition, Sehwag was once again given the duty to captain the team. Since the start of the
IPL in 2008, many international players such as Australian
Glenn McGrath, South African batsman and part-time keeper
AB de Villiers, Sri Lanka player
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Australia opener and former vice-captain
David Warner,
Andrew McDonald, New Zealand spinner
Daniel Vettori,
Farveez Maharoof,
Dirk Nannes and Aussie opener
Aaron Finch have donned the cap for the Daredevils. The team included Indian players like Tamil Nadu Middle-order batsman and keeper
Dinesh Karthik and
Yo Mahesh.
In 2009,
Mohammad Asif and
Shoaib Malik left due to the ban on Pakistani players and Asif's positive drug test. Aussie opener
David Warner,
Andrew McDonald, English Opener
Paul Collingwood and
Owais Shah were the new signings. Fast bowler
Ashish Nehra came in from
Mumbai Indians as a trade-off for Indian Opener
Shikhar Dhawan. For IPL 2010, Australian all-rounder
Moises Henriques came in from the
Kolkata Knight Riders in exchange for
Manoj Tiwary and
Owais Shah.
Wayne Parnell
Wayne Dillon Parnell (born 30 July 1989) is a South African professional cricketer who most recently played for Northamptonshire in English county cricket.
Previously, Parnell played Test cricket, One Day International cricket and Twenty20 matc ...
was purchased at the auction for US$610,000.
In 2012, they bought Sri Lankan
Mahela Jayawardene, Jamaican all-rounder
Andre Russell,
Doug Bracewell,
Morne Morkel
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* Morne a Chandelle, a village in the Sud-Est department of Haiti
* Morne-à-l'Eau, a commune in Guadeloupe
* Morne Bois-Pin, the fourth highest mountain in Haiti
* Morne la Vigi ...
and English batsman
Kevin Pietersen
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. The Daredevils also signed uncapped Indian all-rounder
Pawan Negi
Pawan Negi (born 6 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was born in Uttarakhand.
Career
Negi plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He played for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League in 20 ...
, batsmen
Manpreet Juneja and Kuldeep Rawal ahead of the 2012 season. The Daredevils appointed Mahela Jayawardene as vice-captain for 2012. On 29 February 2012, the Daredevils signed Kiwi Batsman
Ross Taylor from the inaugural Champions
Rajasthan Royals in a trade for an undisclosed amount.
David Warner is most valuable player and highest runner in 2022
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Current squad
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
Administration and support staff
Seasons
Indian Premier League
Champions League Twenty20
Statistics
Result Summary
Head to Head
References
External links
IPL team Delhi capitals web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.comThe Official Delhi Capitals Site
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2008 establishments in Delhi
Cricket clubs established in 2008
Indian Premier League teams
Sports clubs in India
JSW Group