Delhi Capitals in 2019

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Delhi Capitals
Delhi Daredevils colours.svg
2019 season
CoachRicky Ponting
CaptainShreyas Iyer
Ground(s)Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
2019 Indian Premier League3rd
Most runsShikhar Dhawan (521)
Most wicketsKagiso Rabada (25)
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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.[1] 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[]

Main article: List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes
Dhawan was traded in from Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange of three players

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

Transfers[]

Player Nationality Salary From To Date Ref
Shikhar Dhawan India ₹5.2 crore (US$690,560.00) Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi Capitals 5 November 2018 [5]
Vijay Shankar India ₹3.2 crore (US$424,960.00) Delhi Capitals Sunrisers Hyderabad [5]
Shahbaz Nadeem India ₹3.2 crore (US$424,960.00) [5]
Abhishek Sharma India ₹55 lakh (US$73,040.00) [5]

Squad[]

Retained Players

Shreyas Iyer (c)

Rishabh Pant (vc/wk)

Prithvi Shaw

Shikhar Dhawan

Amit Mishra

Avesh Khan

Harshal Patel

Rahul Tewatia

Jayant Yadav

Manjot Kalra

Colin Munro

Chris Morris

Kagiso Rabada

Sandeep Lamichhane

Trent Boult


Added Players

Colin Ingram

Axar Patel

Hanuma Vihari

Sherfane Rutherford

Ishant Sharma

Keemo Paul

Jalaj Saxena

Ankush Bains

Nathu Singh

Bandaru Ayyappa

Coaching and support staff[]

Ref[6]

Season[]

League table[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.421
2 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.131
3 Delhi Capitals 14 9 5 0 18 0.044
4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 0.577
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12 0.028
6 Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 −0.251
7 Rajasthan Royals 14 5 8 1 11 −0.449
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 8 1 11 −0.607
Source: ESPNCricinfo
  • The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs[7]
  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to the Eliminator


Results by match[]

Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHHAHAAAHHAHAH
ResultWLWLLWWWLWWWLW
Position22466542431122
Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

League stage[]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
24 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
213/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
176 (19.2 overs)
Rishabh Pant 78* (27)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/40 (4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 53 (35)
Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 37 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
26 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Capitals
147/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
150/4 (19.4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 51 (47)
Dwayne Bravo 3/33 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 44 (26)
Amit Mishra 2/35 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
30 March
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
185/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
185/6 (20 overs)
Andre Russell 62 (28)
Harshal Patel 2/40 (4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 99 (55)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/41 (4 overs)
Match tied (Delhi won the Super Over)
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
1 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
166/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
152 (19.2 overs)
David Miller 43 (30)
Chris Morris 3/30 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 39 (26)
Sam Curran 4/11 (2.2 overs)
Punjab won by 14 runs
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab)
4 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Capitals
129/8 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
131/5 (18.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 43 (41)
Mohammad Nabi 2/21 (4 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 48 (28)
Ishant Sharma 1/5 (1 over)
Hyderabad won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
7 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
149/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
152/6 (18.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 41 (33)
Kagiso Rabada 4/21 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 67 (50)
Navdeep Saini 2/24 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
12 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
178/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
180/3 (18.5 overs)
Shubman Gill 65 (39)
Chris Morris 2/38 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 97* (63)
Nitish Rana 1/12 (2 overs)
Delhi won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
14 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
155/7 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
116 (18.5 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 45 (40)
Khaleel Ahmed 3/30 (4 overs)
David Warner 51 (47)
Kagiso Rabada 4/22 (3.5 overs)
Delhi won by 39 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Keemo Paul (Delhi Capitals)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their 100th IPL match.[9]
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his 100th wicket in the IPL and became the first bowler to take 100 wickets for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.[10]
18 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
168/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
128/9 (20 overs)
Krunal Pandya 37* (26)
Kagiso Rabada 2/38 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 35 (22)
Rahul Chahar 3/19 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 40 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
20 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
163/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
166/5 (19.4 overs)
Chris Gayle 69 (37)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/40 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 58* (49)
Hardus Viljoen 2/39 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
191/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
193/4 (19.2 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 105* (63)
Kagiso Rabada 2/37 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 78* (36)
Shreyas Gopal 2/47 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 6 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ashton Turner (Rajasthan Royals) became the first batsman to make five consecutive ducks in Twenty20 cricket.[11]
28 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Capitals
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Shreyas Iyer 52 (37)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/41 (4 overs)
Parthiv Patel 39 (20)
Amit Mishra 2/29 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 16 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[12]
1 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
179/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
99 (16.2 overs)
Suresh Raina 59 (37)
Jagadeesha Suchith 2/28 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 44 (31)
Imran Tahir 4/12 (3.2 overs)
Chennai won by 80 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
4 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
115/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
121/5 (16.1 overs)
Riyan Parag 50 (49)
Amit Mishra 3/17 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 53* (38)
Ish Sodhi 3/26 (3.1 overs)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

Playoffs[]

Eliminator
8 May
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
162/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
165/8 (19.5 overs)
Martin Guptill 36 (19)
Keemo Paul 3/32 (4 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 56 (38)
Rashid Khan 2/15 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 2 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
10 May
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
147/9 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
151/4 (19 overs)
Rishabh Pant 38 (25)
Dwayne Bravo 2/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 50 (32)
Trent Boult 1/20 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 6 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics[]

Most runs[]

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s
1 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 3
3 Shreyas Iyer 16 16 1 463 78* 30.86 386 119.94 0 3
4 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
  • Last updated: 8 May 2019
  • Source:Cricinfo[13]

Most wickets[]

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Kagiso Rabada 12 12 47.0 0 368 25 4/21 14.72 7.82 11.2 2 0
2 Chris Morris 9 9 33.0 0 306 13 3/22 23.53 9.27 15.2 0 0
3 Ishant Sharma 12 12 42.0 1 325 12 3/38 27.08 7.73 21.0 0 0
4 Amit Mishra 9 9 36.0 0 249 10 3/17 24.90 6.91 21.6 0 0
5 Axar Patel 12 12 47.0 0 332 9 3/22 36.88 7.06 31.3 0 0
  • Last updated: 8 May 2019
  • Source:Cricinfo[14]

Awards and achievements[]

Awards[]

Man of the Match
No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 24 March 2019 Rishabh Pant Mumbai Indians Won by 37 runs 78* runs in 27 balls [15]
2 30 March 2019 Prithvi Shaw Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi won the Super over 99 runs in 55 balls [16]
3 7 April 2019 Kagiso Rabada Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi won by 4 Wickets 4/21 (4 overs) [17]
4 12 April 2019 Shikhar Dhawan Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi won by 7 Wickets 97* runs in 63 balls [18]
5 14 April 2019 Keemo Paul Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi won by 39 runs 3/17 (4 overs) [19]
6 20 April 2019 Shreyas Iyer Kings XI Punjab Delhi won by 5 wickets 58* runs in 49 bals [20]
7 22 April 2019 Rishabh Pant Rajasthan Royals Delhi won by 6 wickets 78* runs in 36 bals [21]
8 28 April 2019 Shikhar Dhawan Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi won by 16 runs 50 runs in 37 bals [22]
9 4 May 2019 Amit Mishra Rajasthan Royals Delhi won by 5 wickets 3/17 (4 overs) [23]
10 8 May 2019 Rishabh Pant Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi won by 2 wickets 49 runs in 21 balls [24]

References[]

  1. ^ "Delhi Daredevils renamed as Delhi Capitals". Cricbuzz. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "IPL 2019: Full list of retained players and purse remaining for each team". India Today. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ "IPL auction 2019: Who's retained, who's released? Here's list for all teams". Business Standard. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Full squads of all eight teams". Times of India. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d @SunRisers (5 November 2018). "We have traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Players". delhicapitals.in. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  7. ^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website - Stats". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  8. ^ "IPL: Sam Curran hat-trick inspires Kings XI Punjab win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Sunrisers Hyderabad lose 8 for 15 and their third successive game". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. ^ "IPL 2019: Match 30, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – Statistical Highlights". Crictracker. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Ashton Turner in record fifth successive T20 duck - four of them first ball". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  13. ^ "DC Most Runs in IPL 2019". Cricinfo.
  14. ^ "DC Most Wickets in IPL 2019". Cricinfo.
  15. ^ "Sensational Rishabh Pant fires Delhi Capitals to emphatic win". Cricinfo.
  16. ^ "Shaw's 99, Rabada's Super Over to the rescue as Delhi Capitals hold on". Cricinfo.
  17. ^ "Iyer's 67 consigns Royal Challengers Bangalore to sixth straight defeat". Cricinfo.
  18. ^ "High-flying Shikhar Dhawan fires Delhi Capitals into the top four". Cricinfo.
  19. ^ "Delhi Capitals 3rd straight away win in 2019". Cricinfo.
  20. ^ "Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win". Cricinfo.
  21. ^ "Pant's brilliance puts Rahane century in the shade". Cricinfo.
  22. ^ "Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap". Cricinfo.
  23. ^ "Capitals finish league stage with win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  24. ^ "Pant lights up an epic game, Capitals progress". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

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