2019 Delhi Capitals season explained

Club:Delhi Capitals
Season:2019
Captain:Shreyas Iyer
Coach:Ricky Ponting
Ground:Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Comp1:2019 Indian Premier League
Comp1 Result:3rd
Prevseason:2018
Most Runs:Shikhar Dhawan (521)
Most Wickets:Kagiso Rabada (25)

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

See main article: List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes. 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

Source:[6]

Season

Fixtures

League stage

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Playoffs

Eliminator----
  • Qualifier 2
  • Statistics

    Most runs

    No.NameMatchesInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s
    116 16 1 521 97* 34.73 384 135.94 0 5
    216 15 3 488 78* 37.53 300 162.66 0 3
    316 16 1 463 78* 30.86 386 119.94 0 3
    416 15 0 353 99 22.06 264 133.71 0 2
    512 12 2 184 47 18.40 154 119.41 0 0

    Most wickets

    No.NameMatchesInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAve.Econ.SR4W5W
    112 12 47.0 0 368 25 4/21 14.72 7.82 11.2 2 0
    29 9 33.0 0 306 13 3/22 23.53 9.27 15.2 0 0
    312 12 42.0 1 325 12 3/38 27.08 7.73 21.0 0 0
    49 9 36.0 0 249 10 3/17 24.90 6.91 21.6 0 0
    512 12 47.0 0 332 9 3/22 36.88 7.06 31.3 0 0

    Awards and achievements

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

    No.DatePlayerOpponentResultContributionRef.
    1 Won by 37 runs 78* runs in 27 balls [9]
    2 Delhi won the Super over 99 runs in 55 balls[10]
    3 Delhi won by 4 Wickets 4/21 (4 overs)[11]
    4 Delhi won by 7 Wickets 97* runs in 63 balls[12]
    5 Delhi won by 39 runs 3/17 (4 overs)[13]
    6Delhi won by 5 wickets58* runs in 49 bals[14]
    7Delhi won by 6 wickets78* runs in 36 bals[15]
    8Delhi won by 16 runs50 runs in 37 bals[16]
    9Delhi won by 5 wickets3/17 (4 overs)[17]
    10Delhi won by 2 wickets49 runs in 21 balls[18]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Delhi Daredevils renamed as Delhi Capitals. Cricbuzz. 4 December 2018. 4 December 2018.
    2. Web site: IPL 2019: Full list of retained players and purse remaining for each team. India Today. 16 November 2018 . 16 November 2018.
    3. Web site: IPL auction 2019: Who's retained, who's released? Here's list for all teams. Business Standard. 21 November 2018 . 21 December 2018.
    4. Web site: IPL 2019 Auction: Full squads of all eight teams. Times of India. 18 December 2018 . 18 December 2018.
    5. We have traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma.. 1059363002539958272. 5 November 2018. SunRisers. 5 November 2018.
    6. Web site: Players . 24 March 2019 . delhicapitals.in.
    7. News: DC Most Runs in IPL 2019. ESPNcricinfo.
    8. News: DC Most Wickets in IPL 2019. ESPNcricinfo.
    9. News: Sensational Rishabh Pant fires Delhi Capitals to emphatic win. ESPNcricinfo.
    10. News: Shaw's 99, Rabada's Super Over to the rescue as Delhi Capitals hold on. ESPNcricinfo.
    11. News: Iyer's 67 consigns Royal Challengers Bangalore to sixth straight defeat. ESPNcricinfo.
    12. News: High-flying Shikhar Dhawan fires Delhi Capitals into the top four. ESPNcricinfo.
    13. News: Delhi Capitals 3rd straight away win in 2019. ESPNcricinfo.
    14. News: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win. ESPNcricinfo.
    15. News: Pant's brilliance puts Rahane century in the shade. ESPNcricinfo.
    16. News: Delhi Capitals hold off Royal Challengers Bangalore to make playoffs after six-year gap. ESPNcricinfo.
    17. Web site: Capitals finish league stage with win. ESPNcricinfo. en. 2019-05-04.
    18. Web site: Pant lights up an epic game, Capitals progress. ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2019 . en. 2019-05-08.