Delhi Capitals in 2020
| 2020 season | |||
| Coach | Ricky Ponting | ||
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| Captain | Shreyas Iyer | ||
| Ground(s) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | ||
| Most runs | Shikhar Dhawan (618 runs) | ||
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (30 wickets) | ||
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The Delhi Capitals is a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team plays in the Indian Premier League and competed in the 2020 edition between September and November 2020. 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. Delhi capitals Delhi Capitals qualified for the finals first time in IPL 2020 after twelve years of the start of this tournament,[1] and qualified for the IPL playoffs in 2019 for the first time in seven years.[2] But they lost to Mumbai Indians in the final by 5 wickets and finished as runners up.
Background[]
Player retention and transfers[]
In July 2019, Delhi traded Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians, in lieu of leg-spinner Mayank Markande.[3]
Kings XI Punjab on Thursday 7 November 2019 traded Ravichandran Ashwin to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore and Karnataka spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, ending a series of intense negotiations over the Indian spinner's IPL future.
On 13 November New Zealand fast-bowler Trent Boult was traded to defending champions Mumbai Indians for the next season.
On 14 November Ajinkya Rahane has was traded from Rajasthan Royals, with spinners Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia moving in the opposite direction.
In November 2019, Delhi Capitals retained 12 players from their 2019 squad & released nine players.[4]
On 18 August, Capitals signed Anrich Nortje to replace Chris Woakes.[5] On 27 August, Daniel Sams replaced Jason Roy for the Capitals.[6]
Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Keemo Paul.
Released players: Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa.
Traded In: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane
Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult and Rahul Tewatia
Replacement players: Praveen Dubey[7]
Auction[]
The Capitals went into the auction with a purse of 27.85 Cr INR. Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and bought 8 players in the IPL Auction 2020. Their best purchases were Shimron Hetmyer for INR 775L and Marcus Stoinis for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at their base price. In addition to that, Delhi Capitals got Alex Carey for 240L INR.[8]
Players bought: Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Team Analysis[]
ESPNcricinfo' wrote The team of Delhi Capitals wanted to buy Eoin Morgan, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Curran, Pat Cummins and Jaydev Unadkat in the auction, but this could not happen. In such a situation, the team had to turn to other options. The team used their limited resources to dominate the home ground. No batsman of the team could bowl. However, the franchise did a good job by buying Hetmyer and Alex Carey.[9]
Indian Premier League[]
On 20 September, the Delhi started with a win in the tournament, defeating Punjab's team in the super over. This thrilling match ended in a tie. Shreyas Iyer lost the toss and was put to bat. Delhi scored 157-run with the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Team had lost early wickets, but Marcus Stoinis brilliant inning helped the Delhi to built 157-run target. In response to 158 runs, Punjab also scored 157-run in 20 overs on Mayank Agarwal's knock of 89 runs.[10]
On 25 September, the Delhi Capitals enjoyed their second successive win, defeating Chennai Super Kings by 44-run. Shreyas Iyer lost the toss and was put to bat. Prithvi Shaw (64 off 43 balls) got the support from Shikhar Dhawan (35 off 27 balls) to build a 94-run partnership for first wicket and helped the Capitals finish the innings with 175/3 in their 20 overs. Chasing the target of 176, Super Kings got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers quickly, but Faf du Plessis (43 off 35 balls) and Kedar Jadhav stitched a partnership to keep Super Kings hopes, but their team managed only 131/7 in 20 overs.
On 14 October, during 30 th match of IPL against Rajasthan royals Anrich Nortje bowled the fastest ball (156.22 km/h)and on the he also out Jos Buttler.
After winning 7 out of 9 games, Delhi were placed at the top of the table with 14 points.[11] However, they lost 4 consecutive games after it which rendered them vulnerable to be knocked out of the tournament.[12] A victory in their final league stage match against Royal Challengers Bangalore ensured them a place in the playoffs.[13] They reached the Qualifier 1 where they lost to Mumbai Indians by 57 runs.Then they won the Qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad with Marcus Stoinis taking 3 wickets and scored 38 runs.Delhi reached their first final and played against Mumbai Indians.Mumbai Indians won comfortably by 5 wickets to win their fifth title.At the end of the season,Rabada was awarded the Purple Cap for taking 30 wickets.
Preseason[]
In March 2020, it was confirmed that Chris Woakes will not play upcoming IPL season in order to stay fresh ahead of his England's home Test series. In auction 2019, Delhi capitals were the only team to register a bid for Chris Woakes of ₹1.5 crore.[14]
On 7 September, The assistant physiotherapist of the Capitals team has been found to be corona infected.[15][16]
Delhi picked South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje as a replacement for Chris Woakes.[17]
Jason Roy pulled out of the season and was replaced by Australian bowler Daniel Sams.[18]
Offseason[]
In this season of IPL, fast bowler Mohit Sharma will play for Delhi Capitals. Mohit is very excited about playing for his new franchise team.[19] Mohit said
I am in a situation where a good advice can change my career. I am very excited to learn from Ponting and the rest of the coaching staff. He said winning the IPL means a lot to the domestic players. I believe we can do better this year. The Delhi Capitals team has never been able to win an IPL title till date.
On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[20] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[21] with the tournament postponed further.[22] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[23]
On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[24] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[25] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[26] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[27]
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 | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 41 | Shreyas Iyer |  |
6 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$930,000) | Captain |
| 100 | Prithvi Shaw | |
9 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$160,000) | |
| 42 | Shikhar Dhawan | |
5 December 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹5.2 crore (US$690,000) | |
| 3 | Ajinkya Rahane | |
5 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$531,000) | |
| 189 | Shimron Hetmyer |  |
26 December 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹7.75 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
| N/A | Jason Roy |  |
21 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹1.5 crore (US$199,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 21 | Marcus Stoinis |  |
16 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4.8 crore (US$640,000) | Overseas |
| 20 | Axar Patel | |
20 January 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹5 crore (US$660,000) | |
| 60 | Daniel Sams | |
27 October 1997 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | Overseas |
| 16 | Lalit Yadav | |
3 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | |
| 84 | Keemo Paul | |
21 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 17 | Rishabh Pant | |
4 October 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹8 crore (US$1.1 million) | Vice Captain |
| 5 | Alex Carey | |
27 August 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹2.4 crore (US$320,000) | Overseas |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
| 99 | Amit Mishra | |
24 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$530,000) | |
| 1 | Sandeep Lamichhane |  |
2 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | Overseas |
| 23 | Ravichandran Ashwin | |
17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹7.6 crore (US$1.0 million) | |
| 46 | Praveen Dubey | |
1 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | Replacement for Amit Mishra [28] |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| 25 | Kagiso Rabada |  |
25 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$560,000) | Overseas |
| 02 | Anrich Nortje | |
16 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) | Overseas |
| 6 | Avesh Khan | |
13 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹70 lakh (US$93,000) | |
| 13 | Harshal Patel | |
23 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | |
| 18 | Mohit Sharma | |
18 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$66,000) | |
| 97 | Ishant Sharma | |
2 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | ₹1.1 crore (US$150,000) | |
| N/A | Chris Woakes | |
2 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹1.5 crore (US$200,000) | Overseas |
| 96 | Tushar Deshpande | |
15 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$27,000) | |
Administration and support staff[]
| Position | Name | |||||||||
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| Owner | Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group)
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| CEO | Dhiraj Malhotra
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| Captain | Shreyas Iyer
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| Head coach | Ricky Ponting
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| Assistant coach | Mohammad Kaif
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| Spin bowling coach |  Samuel Badree
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| Fast bowling coach | Ryan Harris
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| Head talent scout | Vijay Dahiya
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| Physiotherapist | Patrick Farhart
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| Assistant physiotherapist | Dhananjay Kaushik
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| Strength and conditioning coach | Rajinikanth Sivagnanam
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| Analyst | Sriram Somayajula
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Teams and standings[]
Results by match[]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1.107 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (R) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.109 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.608 |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.172 |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.214 |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.162 |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.455 |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.569 |
- The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
- advance to Qualifier 1
- advance to the Eliminator
League stage[]
Delhi Capitals
157/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Kings XI Punjab
157/8 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over: Kings XI Punjab 2/2 (1 over), Delhi Capitals 3/0 (0.2 overs)
Delhi Capitals
175/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Chennai Super Kings
131/7 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
162/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
147/7 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals
228/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Kolkata Knight Riders
210/8 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals
196/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
137/9 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first Indian player to reach 9000 T20 runs. [29]
Delhi Capitals
184/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Rajasthan Royals
138 (19.4 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals
162/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Mumbai Indians
166/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals
161/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Rajasthan Royals
148/8 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings
179/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
185/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) scored his first century in T20s.[30]
Delhi Capitals
164/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Kings XI Punjab
167/5 (19 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) became the 5th overall and the 4th Indian player to reach 5000 IPL runs.[31] He also became the first player to score two consecutive 100s in the IPL and became the 5th player to score multiple hundreds in a single season.[32]
Kolkata Knight Riders
194/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
135/9 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
219/2 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
131 (19 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals
110/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Mumbai Indians
111/1 (14.2 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- Mumbai Indians advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[33]
Royal Challengers Bangalore
152/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
154/4 (19 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs and Delhi Capitals advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.[34]
Playoffs[]
- Qualifier 1
Mumbai Indians
200/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Delhi Capitals
143/8 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Qualifier 2
Delhi Capitals
189/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
172/8 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Final
Delhi Capitals
156/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Mumbai Indians
157/5 (18.4 overs) |
Statistics[]
Most runs[]
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shikar Dhawan | 17 | 17 | 3 | 618 | 106* | 44.14 | 427 | 144.73 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 12 |
| 2 | Shreyas Iyer | 17 | 17 | 2 | 519 | 88* | 34.60 | 421 | 123.27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 16 |
| 3 | Marcus Stoinis | 17 | 17 | 3 | 352 | 65 | 25.14 | 237 | 148.52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 16 |
| 4 | Rishabh Pant | 14 | 14 | 3 | 343 | 56 | 31.18 | 301 | 113.95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| 5 | Prithvi Shaw | 13 | 13 | 0 | 228 | 66 | 17.53 | 167 | 136.52 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 |
Last Updated: 10 November 2020
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[35]
Most wickets[]
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kagiso Rabada | 17 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 548 | 30 | 4/24 | 18.26 | 8.34 | 13.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Anrich Nortje | 16 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 512 | 22 | 3/33 | 23.27 | 8.39 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Marcus Stoinis | 17 | 13 | 29.4 | 0 | 283 | 13 | 3/26 | 21.76 | 9.53 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 15 | 15 | 51.0 | 0 | 391 | 13 | 3/29 | 30.07 | 7.66 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Axar Patel | 15 | 15 | 51.0 | 0 | 327 | 9 | 2/18 | 36.33 | 6.41 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Updated: 11 November 2020
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[36]
Awards and achievements[]
Awards[]
- Man of the Match
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 September 2020 | Marcus Stoinis | Kings XI Punjab | Won in Super Over | 53 (21) | [37] |
| 2 | 25 September 2020 | Prithvi Shaw | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 15 runs | 64 (43) | [38] |
| 3 | 3 October 2020 | Shreyas Iyer | Kolkata Knight Riders | won by 18 runs | 88* (38) | [39] |
| 4 | 5 October 2020 | Axar Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | won by 59 runs | 2/18 (4 overs) | [40] |
| 5 | 9 October 2020 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 46 runs | 2/ 22 (4 overs) | [41] |
| 6 | 14 October 2020 | Anrich Nortje | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 13 runs | 2/33 (4 overs) | [42] |
| 7 | 17 October 2020 | Shikhar Dhawan | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 5 wickets | 101* (58) | [43] |
| 8 | 20 October 2020 | Shikhar Dhawan | Kings XI Punjab | Lost by 5 wickets | 106* (61) | [44] |
| 9 | 2 November 2020 | Anrich Nortje | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 6 wickets | 3/33 (4 overs) | [45] |
Playoffs[]
| No. | Date | Playoffs | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 November 2020 | Qualifier 2 | Marcus Stoinis | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 17 runs and advanced to the final | 38(27) and 3/26 (3 overs) | [46] |
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External links[]
- 2020 Indian Premier League
- Delhi Capitals seasons