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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.

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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
Batsmen
42 Shikhar Dhawan  India (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹5.2 crore (US$650,000) Vice Captain
82 Aniruddha Joshi  India (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) Short-term replacement for Shreyas Iyer[3]
3 Ajinkya Rahane  India (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 ₹4 crore (US$501,000)
49 Steve Smith  Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg-spin 2021 ₹2.2 crore (US$280,000) Overseas
41 Shreyas Iyer  India (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 28) Right-handed 2018 ₹7 crore (US$880,000)
28 Ripal Patel  India (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
189 Shimron Hetmyer  Guyana (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 ₹7.75 crore (US$970,000) Overseas
100 Prithvi Shaw  India (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹1.2 crore (US$150,000)
All-rounders
23 Ravichandran Ashwin  India (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 ₹7.6 crore (US$950,000)
19 Chris Woakes  England (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) Overseas; Pulled out due to bubble fatigue
21 Marcus Stoinis  Australia (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 ₹4.8 crore (US$600,000) Overseas; Calf Injury
20 Axar Patel  India (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 ₹5 crore (US$630,000)
59 Tom Curran  England (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹5.25 crore (US$660,000) Overseas
16 Lalit Yadav  India (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
— Shams Mulani  India (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) Short-term replacement for Axar Patel[4]
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 31) Right-handed 2021 ₹2 crore (US$250,000) Overseas
4 Vishnu Vinod  India (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 29) Right-handed 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
17 Rishabh Pant  India (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 25) Left-handed 2018 ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) Captain
Spin Bowlers
99 Amit Mishra  India (1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹4 crore (US$500,000)
46 Pravin Dubey  India (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
30 Manimaran Siddharth  India (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 24) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Pace Bowlers
10 Umesh Yadav  India (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 ₹1 crore (US$130,000)
97 Ishant Sharma  India (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 ₹1.1 crore (US$140,000)
18 Lukman Meriwala  India (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
N/A Kulwant Khejroliya  India (1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
02 Anrich Nortje  South Africa (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Overseas
N/A Ben Dwarshuis  Australia (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 28) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) Overseas
25 Kagiso Rabada  South Africa (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹4.2 crore (US$530,000) Overseas
6 Avesh Khan  India (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 26) 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]

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Result W L W W W L W W W W L W W L
Position 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

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
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
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]

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