Delhi Capitals in 2021 – Wikipedia
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Delhi based franchise cricket team
Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[1]
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.
Background[edit]
Player retention and transfers[edit]
The Delhi Capitals retained 18 players and released seven players.[2]
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes.
Released Players: Harshal Patel, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Daniel Sams.
Added Players: Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings
Supportive Players :
Aniruddha Joshi, Shams Mulani
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
42 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | 5 December 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹5.2 crore (US$650,000) | Vice Captain |
82 | Aniruddha Joshi | India | 7 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | Short-term replacement for Shreyas Iyer[3] |
3 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | 5 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$501,000) | |
49 | Steve Smith | Australia | 2 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | 2021 | ₹2.2 crore (US$280,000) | Overseas |
41 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 6 December 1994 | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$880,000) | ||
28 | Ripal Patel | India | 28 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
189 | Shimron Hetmyer | Guyana | 26 December 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹7.75 crore (US$970,000) | Overseas |
100 | Prithvi Shaw | India | 9 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$150,000) | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
23 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹7.6 crore (US$950,000) | |
19 | Chris Woakes | England | 2 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) | Overseas; Pulled out due to bubble fatigue |
21 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | 16 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4.8 crore (US$600,000) | Overseas; Calf Injury |
20 | Axar Patel | India | 20 January 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹5 crore (US$630,000) | |
59 | Tom Curran | England | 12 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹5.25 crore (US$660,000) | Overseas |
16 | Lalit Yadav | India | 3 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
— | Shams Mulani | India | 13 March 1997 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | Short-term replacement for Axar Patel[4] |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
7 | Sam Billings | England | 15 June 1991 | Right-handed | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$250,000) | Overseas | |
4 | Vishnu Vinod | India | 2 December 1993 | Right-handed | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
17 | Rishabh Pant | India | 4 October 1997 | Left-handed | 2018 | ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) | Captain | |
Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
99 | Amit Mishra | India | 24 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$500,000) | |
46 | Pravin Dubey | India | 1 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
30 | Manimaran Siddharth | India | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
10 | Umesh Yadav | India | 25 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | |
97 | Ishant Sharma | India | 2 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹1.1 crore (US$140,000) | |
18 | Lukman Meriwala | India | 11 December 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
N/A | Kulwant Khejroliya | India | 13 March 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | |
02 | Anrich Nortje | South Africa | 16 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Overseas |
N/A | Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | 23 June 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | Overseas |
25 | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | 25 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$530,000) | Overseas |
6 | Avesh Khan | India | 13 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹70 lakh (US$88,000) | |
Source:DC Players |
Administration and support staff[edit]
Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]
Teams and standings[edit]
Results by match[edit]
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
League stage[edit]
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[5]
Matches[edit]
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Super Over: Sunrisers Hyderabad 7/0 (1 over), Delhi Capitals 8/0 (1 over)
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the sixth player, and the second overseas one, to score 5,000 runs in the IPL.[6]
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 having a better net run rate than the Royal Challengers Bangalore.[7]
Playoffs[edit]
- Qualifier 1
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Qualifier 2
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics[edit]
Most runs[edit]
No. | Name | Matches | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
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1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 16 | 16 | 1 | 587 | 92 | 39.13 | 471 | 124.62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 16 |
2 | Prithvi Shaw | 15 | 15 | 0 | 479 | 82 | 31.93 | 301 | 159.13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 18 |
3 | Rishabh Pant | 16 | 16 | 4 | 419 | 58* | 34.91 | 326 | 128.52 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 10 |
4 | Shimron Hetmyer | 14 | 13 | 6 | 242 | 53* | 34.57 | 144 | 168.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 |
5 | Shreyas Iyer | 8 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 47* | 35.00 | 171 | 102.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Most wickets[edit]
No. | Name | Matches | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
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1 | Avesh Khan | 16 | 16 | 61.0 | 0 | 450 | 24 | 3/13 | 18.75 | 7.37 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Axar Patel | 12 | 12 | 46.0 | 0 | 306 | 15 | 3/21 | 20.40 | 6.65 | 18.40 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Kagiso Rabada | 15 | 15 | 56.0 | 1 | 456 | 15 | 3/36 | 30.40 | 8.14 | 22.40 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Anrich Nortje | 8 | 8 | 30.2 | 1 | 187 | 12 | 2/12 | 15.58 | 6.16 | 15.16 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 13 | 44.4 | 0 | 331 | 7 | 2/27 | 47.28 | 7.41 | 38.28 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and achievements[edit]
Man of the Match[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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