2019 Delhi Capitals season

Delhi Capitals
2019 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Shreyas Iyer
Ground(s)	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
2019 Indian Premier League	3rd
Most runs	Shikhar Dhawan (521)
Most wickets	Kagiso Rabada (25)
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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.^[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

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

Shikhar Dhawan was acquired from Sunrisers Hyderabad with Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma moving from Delhi in return.^[5]

Squad

The following players were retained:

The franchise then added the following players:

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

Source:^[6]

Season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.421	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.131	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Delhi Capitals	14	9	5	0	18	0.044	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	12	0.577	Advanced to the Eliminator
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]

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	2	4	6	6	5	4	2	4	3	1	1	2	2

Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

Playoffs

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Matches	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s
1	Shikhar Dhawan	16	16	1	521	97*	34.73	384	135.94	5
2	Rishabh Pant	16	15	3	488	78*	37.53	300	162.66	3
3	Shreyas Iyer	16	16	1	463	78*	30.86	386	119.94	3
4	Prithvi Shaw	16	15	0	353	99	22.06	264	133.71	2
5	Colin Ingram	12	12	2	184	47	18.40	154	119.41	0

Source:Cricinfo^[8]

Most wickets

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

Source:Cricinfo^[9]

Awards and achievements

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

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	24 March 2019	Rishabh Pant	Mumbai Indians	Won by 37 runs	78* runs in 27 balls	^[10]
2	30 March 2019	Prithvi Shaw	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi won the Super over	99 runs in 55 balls	^[11]
3	7 April 2019	Kagiso Rabada	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi won by 4 Wickets	4/21 (4 overs)	^[12]
4	12 April 2019	Shikhar Dhawan	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi won by 7 Wickets	97* runs in 63 balls	^[13]
5	14 April 2019	Keemo Paul	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Delhi won by 39 runs	3/17 (4 overs)	^[14]
6	20 April 2019	Shreyas Iyer	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi won by 5 wickets	58* runs in 49 bals	^[15]
7	22 April 2019	Rishabh Pant	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi won by 6 wickets	78* runs in 36 bals	^[16]
8	28 April 2019	Shikhar Dhawan	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi won by 16 runs	50 runs in 37 bals	^[17]
9	4 May 2019	Amit Mishra	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi won by 5 wickets	3/17 (4 overs)	^[18]
10	8 May 2019	Rishabh Pant	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Delhi won by 2 wickets	49 runs in 21 balls	^[19]

References

^ "Delhi Daredevils renamed as Delhi Capitals". Cricbuzz. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
^ "IPL 2019: Full list of retained players and purse remaining for each team". India Today. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "IPL auction 2019: Who's retained, who's released? Here's list for all teams". Business Standard. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Full squads of all eight teams". Times of India. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ @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.
^ "Players". delhicapitals.in. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "IPLT20.com - Indian Premier League Official Website - Stats". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "DC Most Runs in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "DC Most Wickets in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Sensational Rishabh Pant fires Delhi Capitals to emphatic win". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Shaw's 99, Rabada's Super Over to the rescue as Delhi Capitals hold on". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Iyer's 67 consigns Royal Challengers Bangalore to sixth straight defeat". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "High-flying Shikhar Dhawan fires Delhi Capitals into the top four". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Delhi Capitals 3rd straight away win in 2019". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Pant's brilliance puts Rahane century in the shade". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Capitals finish league stage with win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Pant lights up an epic game, Capitals progress". ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links

[name-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.

[SRHDD_trade-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] "DC Most Runs in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.

[9] "DC Most Wickets in IPL 2019". ESPNcricinfo.

[10] "Sensational Rishabh Pant fires Delhi Capitals to emphatic win". ESPNcricinfo.

[11] "Shaw's 99, Rabada's Super Over to the rescue as Delhi Capitals hold on". ESPNcricinfo.

[12] "Iyer's 67 consigns Royal Challengers Bangalore to sixth straight defeat". ESPNcricinfo.

[13] "High-flying Shikhar Dhawan fires Delhi Capitals into the top four". ESPNcricinfo.

[14] "Delhi Capitals 3rd straight away win in 2019". ESPNcricinfo.

[15] "Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win". ESPNcricinfo.

[16] "Pant's brilliance puts Rahane century in the shade". ESPNcricinfo.

[17] "Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap". ESPNcricinfo.

[18] "Capitals finish league stage with win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[19] "Pant lights up an epic game, Capitals progress". ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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v t e 2019 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrisers Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table Venues

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