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Delhi Capitals
2021 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Rishabh Pant
Ground(s)	Arun Jaitley Stadium
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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.

Background

Player retention and transfers

The Delhi Capitals retained 19 players and released six players.^[2]

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

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* 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$610,000)	Vice Captain
82	Aniruddha Joshi	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
3	Ajinkya Rahane	(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹4 crore (US$468,000)
49	Steve Smith	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-spin	2021	₹2.2 crore (US$260,000)	Overseas
41	Shreyas Iyer	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed		2018	₹7 crore (US$820,000)
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$910,000)	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 crore (US$890,000)
19	Chris Woakes	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas
21	Marcus Stoinis	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹4.8 crore (US$560,000)	Overseas
20	Axar Patel	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2019	₹5 crore (US$590,000)
59	Tom Curran	(1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹5.25 crore (US$610,000)	Overseas
16	Lalit Yadav	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
—	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^[3]
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$1.8 million)	Captain
Spin Bowlers
99	Amit Mishra	(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹4 crore (US$470,000)
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$120,000)
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)
N/A	Kulwant Khejroliya	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32)	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$59,000)	Overseas
N/A	Ben Dwarshuis	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2021	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)	Overseas
25	Kagiso Rabada	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$490,000)	Overseas
6	Avesh Khan	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹70 lakh (US$82,000)
Source:DC Players

Administration and support staff

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
Bowling coach	James Hopes
Fielding coach	Mohammad Kaif
Assistant coach	Ajay Ratra
Head of talent search	Saba Karim
Talent scout
Physiotherapist	Patrick Farhart
Assistant physiotherapist
Strength and conditioning coach	Rajinikanth Sivagnanam
Assistant trainer
Analyst	Sriram Somayajula
Nutritionist
Masseur
Team doctor	Dr. Rizwan Khan
Psychologist
Yoga instructor
Source:DC Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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

Results by match

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
Position	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (3rd)	14	10	4	20	0.481	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	18	0.455	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)	14	9	5	18	−0.140	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (R)	14	7	7	14	0.587	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	0.116
6	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	12	−0.001
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	5	9	10	−0.993
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	3	11	6	−0.545

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League Stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[4]

Matches

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Statistics

Most runs

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^[5]

Most wickets

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^[6]

Awards and achievements

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	10 April 2021	Shikhar Dhawan	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 7 wickets	85 (54)	^[7]
2	18 April 2021	Shikhar Dhawan	Punjab Kings	Won by 6 wickets	92 (49)	^[8]
3	20 April 2021	Amit Mishra	Mumbai Indians	Won by 6 wickets	4/24 (4 overs)	^[9]
4	25 April 2021	Prithvi Shaw	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Match tied (Won the super over)	53 (39)	^[10]
5	29 April 2021	Prithvi Shaw	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 7 wickets	82 (41)	^[11]
6	22 September 2021	Anrich Nortje	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 8 wickets	2/12 (4 overs)	^[12]
7	25 September 2021	Shreyas Iyer	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 33 runs	43 (32)	^[13]

References

^ "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 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 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.
^ "Nortje & Co help Delhi Capitals reclaim top spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Nortje keys Capitals stifling bowling in win over Royals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External links

[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 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[12] "Nortje & Co help Delhi Capitals reclaim top spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[13] "Nortje keys Capitals stifling bowling in win over Royals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 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

v t e Delhi Capitals
Formerly Delhi Daredevils Players Records
Home grounds	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium (2008–present) ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium (2024–present)
Captains	Virender Sehwag (2008–2012) Gautam Gambhir† (2009–18) Dinesh Karthik† (2009–18) James Hopes† (2009–11) Ross Taylor† (2012) Mahela Jayawardene (2012–13) David Warner† (2013–23) Kevin Pietersen (2014) JP Duminy (2015) Zaheer Khan (2016–17) Karun Nair† (2016–17) Shreyas Iyer (2018–21) Rishabh Pant (2021–22, 2024–present) Axar Patel† (2024)
Coaches	Greg Shipperd (2008–11) Eric Simons (2012–13) Gary Kirsten (2014–15) Paddy Upton (2016–17) Ricky Ponting (2018–2024)
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also	Delhi Capitals (WPL) Dubai Capitals Pretoria Capitals
† denotes a stand-in captain