2022 Delhi Capitals season explained

Club:	Delhi Capitals
Season:	2022
Coach:	Ricky Ponting
Coachtitle:	Coach
Captain:	Rishabh Pant^[1]
Captaintitle:	Captain
Ground:	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Comp1:	Tournament performance
Most Runs:	David Warner (432)
Most Wickets:	Kuldeep Yadav (21)
Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023

Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team will compete in the 2022 edition. 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. They will be the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.^{[2] [3]}

Background

Delhi Capitals retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[4]

Retained Players:Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje

Released: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings

Acquired at the auction: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Squad strength: 24 (17 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
• Ages correct as of 27 March 2022.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Captain
17	Rishabh Pant		March 27, 2022	Left-handed		2016
Batters
18	Mandeep Singh		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		style='text-align:center;"	2022
100	Prithvi Shaw		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2018
31	David Warner		March 27, 2022	Left-handed		2022		Overseas
	Yash Dhull		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
28			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2021
52	Rovman Powell		March 27, 2022	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022		Overseas
All-Rounders
20	Axar Patel		March 27, 2022	Left-handed		2019
			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
8	Mitchell Marsh		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022		Overseas
16			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2021
54	Shardul Thakur		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
97			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
Wicket-Keeper Batsmen
15			March 27, 2022	Right-handed	–	2022
43	Tim Seifert		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022		Overseas
Pace Bowlers
2	Anrich Nortje		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2020		Overseas
5			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
90	Mustafizur Rahman		March 27, 2022	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022		Overseas
	Lungi Ngidi		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022		Overseas
71	Khaleel Ahmed		March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2022
55	Chetan Sakariya		March 27, 2022	Left-handed		2022
Spin Bowler
46			March 27, 2022	Right-handed		2020
23	Kuldeep Yadav		March 27, 2022	Left-handed		2022
			March 27, 2022	Right-Handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022
Source:DC squad

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Siddharth Bhasin
Head coach	Ricky Ponting
Assistant coach	Ajit Agarkar, Shane Watson
Batting coach	Pravin Amre
Bowling coach	James Hopes
Fielding coach	Biju George
Source:DC Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

Points table

Group fixtures

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External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delhi Capitals Squad - IPL 2022 . ESPNcricinfo . 4 March 2024 . 13 February 2022.
2. Web site: IPL to become 10 team tournament from 2022 . 29 September 2021 . ESPNcricinfo.
3. Web site: 28 September 2021 . IPL 2022: CONFIRMED! Two new IPL teams will be announced on THIS date . 29 September 2021 . Zee News.
4. Web site: VIVO IPL 2022 Player Retention . 30 November 2021 . IPLT20.com . Indian Premier League.