Delhi Capitals in 2019
The 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
Squad
Coaching and support staff
- Head coach – Ricky Ponting
- Assistant coach – Mohammad Kaif
- Fast bowling coach – James Hopes
- Spin bowling coach – Samuel Badree
- Talent scout – Pravin Amre
- Advisor – Sourav Ganguly
- Physiotherapist – Sumeshen Moodley
- Assistant physiotherapist – Dhananjay Kaushik
Season
League table
Results by match
Fixtures
League stage
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Playoffs
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Statistics
Most runs
- Last updated: 8 May 2019
- Source:Cricinfo
Most wickets
- Last updated: 8 May 2019
- Source:Cricinfo
Awards and achievements
Awards
; Man of the Match| 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 10 | Rishabh Pant | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi won by 2 wickets | 49 runs in 21 balls |