Delhi Capitals in 2021

Delhi Capitals
	2021 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Rishabh Pant
Ground(s)	Arun Jaitley Stadium
← 2020	2022 →

The Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team will play in the Indian Premier League and will compete in the 2021 edition.^[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. The Delhi Capitals qualified for the finals first time in IPL 2020 after twelve years of the start of this tournament,^[2] and qualified for the IPL playoffs in 2019 for the first time in seven years.^[3]

Background[edit]

Player retention and transfers[edit]

The Delhi Capitals retained 19 players and released six players.^[4]

Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal 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: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy.

Added Players: Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings

Supportive Players : Aniruddha Joshi, Shams Mulani

Squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
{{color denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
42	Shikhar Dhawan	(1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2019	₹5.2 crore (US$600,000)
82	Aniruddha Joshi	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Replacement for Shreyas Iyer^[5]
3	Ajinkya Rahane	(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹4 crore (US$459,000)
49	Steve Smith	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-spin	2021	₹2.2 crore (US$250,000)	Overseas
41	Shreyas Iyer	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed		2018	₹7 crore (US$800,000)	Captain
28	Ripal Patel	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
189	Shimron Hetmyer	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹7.75 crore (US$890,000)	Overseas
100	Prithvi Shaw	(1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)
All-rounders
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	(1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹7.6 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "#".)}}
19	Chris Woakes	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹1.5 crore (US$170,000)	Overseas
21	Marcus Stoinis	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹4.8 crore (US$550,000)	Overseas
20	Axar Patel	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2019	₹5 crore (US$570,000)
59	Tom Curran	(1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹5.25 crore (US$600,000)	Overseas
16	Lalit Yadav	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
N/A	Shams Mulani	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Short-term replacement for Axar Patel^[6]
Wicket-keepers
7	Sam Billings	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed		2021	₹2 crore (US$230,000)	Overseas
4	Vishnu Vinod	(1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed		2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
17	Rishabh Pant	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed		2018	₹15 crore (US$1.7 million)	Captain in place of Shreyas Iyer
Spin Bowlers
99	Amit Mishra	(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹4 crore (US$460,000)
46	Pravin Dubey	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
30	Manimaran Siddharth	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
Pace Bowlers
10	Umesh Yadav	(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹1 crore (US$110,000)
97	Ishant Sharma	(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹1.1 crore (US$130,000)
18	Lukman Meriwala	(1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
02	Anrich Nortje	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	₹50 lakh (US$57,000)	Overseas
25	Kagiso Rabada	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$480,000)	Overseas
6	Avesh Khan	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹70 lakh (US$80,000)
Source:DC Players

Administration and support staff[edit]

Position	Name
Owner	Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group)
CEO	Vinod Bisht
Team manager	Siddharth Bhasin
Head coach	Ricky Ponting
Batting coach	Pravin Amre
Fast bowling coach	James Hopes
Fielding coach	Mohammad Kaif
Wicket-keeping coach	Ajay Ratra
Physiotherapist	Patrick Farhart
Source:DC Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
Wrogn Active	JSW Group	EbixCash	APL Apollo Steel Tubes
Source : delhicapitals.in

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[edit]

Results by match[edit]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	3	0	6	0.750
2	Delhi Capitals	4	3	1	6	0.426
3	Chennai Super Kings	3	2	1	4	1.194
4	Mumbai Indians	4	2	2	4	0.187
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	3	1	2	2	−0.633
6	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	2	−0.719
7	Punjab Kings	3	1	2	2	−0.967
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	0	3	0	−0.483

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com

The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
advance to Qualifier 1
advance to the Eliminator

League Stage[edit]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[7]

Matches[edit]

10 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 188/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 190/3 (18.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 54 (36) Chris Woakes 2/18 (3 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 85 (54) Shardul Thakur 2/53 (3.4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)

Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

15 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 147/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 150/7 (19.4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 51 (32) Jaydev Unadkat 3/15 (4 overs)		David Miller 62 (43) Avesh Khan 3/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

18 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 195/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 198/4 (18.2 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 69 (36) Lukman Meriwala 1/32 (3 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 92 (49) Jhye Richardson 2/41 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)

Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

20 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 137/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 138/4 (19.1 overs)
Rohit Sharma 44 (30) Amit Mishra 4/24 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 45 (42) Kieron Pollard 1/9 (1.1 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

25 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad	v	Delhi Capitals

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)

27 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Virender Sharma (Ind)

29 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Kolkata Knight Riders

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)

2 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Punjab Kings	v	Delhi Capitals

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)

8 May 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Delhi Capitals

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)

11 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Rajasthan Royals

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)

14 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore	v	Delhi Capitals

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

17 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

21 May 2021
19:30
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals	v	Chennai Super Kings

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

23 May 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians	v	Delhi Capitals

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s
1	Shikhar Dhawan	8	8	1	380	92	54.28	283	134.27	3	43	8
2	Prithvi Shaw	8	8	0	308	82	38.50	185	166.48	3	37	12
3	Rishabh Pant	8	8	2	213	58*	35.50	162	131.48	2	25	4
4	Steve Smith	6	5	1	104	34*	26.00	93	118.82	0	9	1
5	Shimron Hetmyer	6	6	5	84	53*	84.00	41	204.87	1	5	6

Last Updated: 2 May 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[8]

Most wickets[edit]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	4W
1	Avesh Khan	8	8	30.0	231	14	3/32	16.50	7.70	12.8	0
2	Kagiso Rabada	7	7	26.0	228	8	3/36	28.50	8.76	19.5	0
3	Amit Mishra	4	4	14.0	109	6	4/24	18.16	7.78	14.0	1
4	Axar Patel	4	4	16.0	112	6	2/26	18.66	7.00	16.0	0
5	Chris Woakes	3	3	11.0	82	5	2/18	16.40	7.45	13.2	0

Last Updated: 2 May 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[9]

Awards and achievements[edit]

Man of the Match[edit]

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	10 April 2021	Shikhar Dhawan	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 7 wickets	85 (54)	^[10]
2	18 April 2021	Shikhar Dhawan	Punjab Kings	Won by 6 wickets	92 (49)	^[11]
3	20 April 2021	Amit Mishra	Mumbai Indians	Won by 6 wickets	4/24 (4 overs)	^[12]
4	25 April 2021	Prithvi Shaw	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Match tied (Won the super over)	53 (39)	^[13]
5	29 April 2021	Prithvi Shaw	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 7 wickets	82 (41)	^[14]

References[edit]

↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "IPL 2019: Young captain, young squad, chance for Delhi Capitals (DC) to break title jinx". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Twitter reacts after we qualify for the Playoffs after 7 years!". Delhi Capitals. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
↑ "Shams Mulani joins Delhi Capitals as short-term COVID-19 replacement for Axar Patel; Anirudha Joshi replaces injured Shreyas Iyer". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
↑ "Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
↑ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
↑ "DC Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "DC Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "Delhi Capitals cruise to 189 target courtesy Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
↑ "Dhawan 92 trumps Agarwal, Rahul fifties as Delhi Capitals cruise past big target". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
↑ "Amit Mishra four-for leads Delhi Capitals to jinx-breaking win over Mumbai Indians". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
↑ "Pant takes Capitals to victory in Super Over after Williamson helps Sunrisers tie the match". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
↑ "Prithvi Shaw carnage leads Delhi Capitals to comprehensive win against Kolkata Knight Riders". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links[edit]

Template:Delhi Capitals Template:Delhi Capitals squad

[1] "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "IPL 2019: Young captain, young squad, chance for Delhi Capitals (DC) to break title jinx". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[3] "Twitter reacts after we qualify for the Playoffs after 7 years!". Delhi Capitals. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[4] "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[5] "Shams Mulani joins Delhi Capitals as short-term COVID-19 replacement for Axar Patel; Anirudha Joshi replaces injured Shreyas Iyer". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[6] "Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[7] "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[8] "DC Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[9] "DC Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[10] "Delhi Capitals cruise to 189 target courtesy Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[11] "Dhawan 92 trumps Agarwal, Rahul fifties as Delhi Capitals cruise past big target". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[12] "Amit Mishra four-for leads Delhi Capitals to jinx-breaking win over Mumbai Indians". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[13] "Pant takes Capitals to victory in Super Over after Williamson helps Sunrisers tie the match". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[14] "Prithvi Shaw carnage leads Delhi Capitals to comprehensive win against Kolkata Knight Riders". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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v t e 2021 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table