Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team plays in the Indian Premier League 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: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Trent Boult. In addition they acquired Shikhar Dhawan in a trade from Sunrisers Hyderabad, trading Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem for Dhawan.
In the 2019 player auction in December, they purchased 10 new players: Colin Ingram, Axar Patel, Hanuma Vihari, Sherfane Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa.
Transfers Shikhar Dhawan was acquired from Sunrisers Hyderabad with Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem 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 Assistant coach – Mohammad Kaif Fast bowling coach – James Hopes Spin bowling coach – Samuel Badree Physiotherapist – Sumeshen Moodley Source:
Season
League table
Results by match
Fixtures
League stage
Playoffs Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Statistics Most runs No. Name Matches Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s1 Shikhar Dhawan 16 16 1 521 97* 34.73 384 135.94 0 5 2 Rishabh Pant 16 15 3 488 78* 37.53 300 162.66 0 33 Shreyas Iyer 16 16 1 463 78* 30.86 386 119.94 0 34 Prithvi Shaw 16 15 0 353 99 22.06 264 133.71 0 2 5 Colin Ingram 12 12 2 184 47 18.40 154 119.41 0 0 Source:Cricinfo
Most wickets No. Name Matches Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W1 Kagiso Rabada 12 12 47.0 0 368 25 4/21 14.72 7.82 11.2 2 02 Chris Morris 9 9 33.0 0 306 13 3/22 23.53 9.27 15.2 0 03 Ishant Sharma 12 12 42.0 1 325 12 3/38 27.08 7.73 21.0 0 04 Amit Mishra 9 9 36.0 0 249 10 3/17 24.90 6.91 21.6 0 05 Axar Patel 12 12 47.0 0 332 9 3/22 36.88 7.06 31.3 0 0 Source:Cricinfo
Awards and achievements The following players won player of the match awards during the season: No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref. 1 Rishabh Pant Mumbai Indians Won by 37 runs 78* runs in 27 balls 2 Prithvi Shaw Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi won the Super over 99 runs in 55 balls 3 Kagiso Rabada Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi won by 4 Wickets 4/21 (4 overs) 4 Shikhar Dhawan Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi won by 7 Wickets 97* runs in 63 balls 5 Keemo Paul Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi won by 39 runs 3/17 (4 overs) 6 Shreyas Iyer Kings XI Punjab Delhi won by 5 wickets 58* runs in 49 bals 7 Rishabh Pant Rajasthan Royals Delhi won by 6 wickets 78* runs in 36 bals 8 Shikhar Dhawan Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi won by 16 runs 50 runs in 37 bals 9 Amit Mishra Rajasthan Royals Delhi won by 5 wickets 3/17 (4 overs) 10 Rishabh Pant Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi won by 2 wickets49 runs in 21 balls
References
External links IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com The Official Delhi Daredevils Site