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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

Shikhar Dhawan was acquired from Sunrisers Hyderabad with Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma moving from Delhi in return.

Squad

The following players were retained:

• Shreyas Iyer (captain)
• Rishabh Pant (vice-captain)
• 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

The franchise then added the following 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

• Head coach – Ricky Ponting
• Assistant coach – Mohammad Kaif
• Fast bowling coach – James Hopes
• Spin bowling coach – Samuel Badree
• Physiotherapist – Sumeshen Moodley

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Season

League table

Results by match

Fixtures

League stage

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab) took a hat-trick.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their 100th IPL match.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his 100th wicket in the IPL and became the first bowler to take 100 wickets for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.

• 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.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

Playoffs

Eliminator

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

• Source:Cricinfo

Most wickets

• Source:Cricinfo

Awards and achievements

The following players won player of the match awards during the season:

References

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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. @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 12 May 2019.
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". ESPNcricinfo. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
10. "IPL 2019: Match 30, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals â€" 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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
13. "DC Most Runs in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
14. "DC Most Wickets in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
15. "Sensational Rishabh Pant fires Delhi Capitals to emphatic win". ESPNcricinfo.
16. "Shaw's 99, Rabada's Super Over to the rescue as Delhi Capitals hold on". ESPNcricinfo.
17. "Iyer's 67 consigns Royal Challengers Bangalore to sixth straight defeat". ESPNcricinfo.
18. "High-flying Shikhar Dhawan fires Delhi Capitals into the top four". ESPNcricinfo.
19. "Delhi Capitals 3rd straight away win in 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
20. "Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win". ESPNcricinfo.
21. "Pant's brilliance puts Rahane century in the shade". ESPNcricinfo.
22. "Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap". ESPNcricinfo.
23. "Capitals finish league stage with win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
24. "Pant lights up an epic game, Capitals progress". ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links

• IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com
• The Official Delhi Daredevils Site

• 2019 Indian Premier League
• Delhi Capitals seasons