2021 Delhi Capitals season
2021 season | |||
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Coach | Ricky Ponting | ||
Captain | Rishabh Pant[1] | ||
Tournament performance | Qualifier 2 (3rd) | ||
Most runs | Shikhar Dhawan (587) | ||
Most wickets | Avesh Khan (24) | ||
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Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[2] 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.
Background
Player retention and transfers
The Delhi Capitals retained 18 players and released seven players.[3]
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes.
Released Players: Harshal Patel, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Daniel Sams.
Added Players: Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings
Supportive Players : Aniruddha Joshi, Shams Mulani
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
42 | Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹5.2 crore (US$620,000) | Vice Captain |
82 | Aniruddha Joshi | India | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Short-term replacement for Shreyas Iyer[4] |
3 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$479,000) | |
49 | Steve Smith | Australia | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | 2021 | ₹2.2 crore (US$260,000) | Overseas |
41 | Shreyas Iyer | India | (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$840,000) | ||
28 | Ripal Patel | India | (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
189 | Shimron Hetmyer | Guyana | (1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹7.75 crore (US$930,000) | Overseas |
100 | Prithvi Shaw | India | (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
23 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹7.6 crore (US$910,000) | |
19 | Chris Woakes | England | (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas; Pulled out due to bubble fatigue |
21 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) | Overseas; Calf Injury |
20 | Axar Patel | India | (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹5 crore (US$600,000) | |
59 | Tom Curran | England | (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹5.25 crore (US$630,000) | Overseas |
16 | Lalit Yadav | India | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
— | Shams Mulani | India | (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Short-term replacement for Axar Patel[5] |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
7 | Sam Billings | England | (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas | |
4 | Vishnu Vinod | India | (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | ||
17 | Rishabh Pant | India | (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | 2018 | ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) | Captain | |
Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
99 | Amit Mishra | India | (1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
46 | Pravin Dubey | India | (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
30 | Manimaran Siddharth | India | (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
10 | Umesh Yadav | India | (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
97 | Ishant Sharma | India | (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000) | |
18 | Lukman Meriwala | India | (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
N/A | Kulwant Khejroliya | India | (1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
02 | Anrich Nortje | South Africa | (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas |
N/A | Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | Overseas |
25 | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) | Overseas |
6 | Avesh Khan | India | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹70 lakh (US$84,000) | |
Source:DC Players |
Administration and support staff
Position | Name |
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Owner | Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group) |
CEO | Vinod Bisht |
Team manager | Siddharth Bhasin |
Head coach | Ricky Ponting |
Batting coach | Pravin Amre |
Bowling coach | James Hopes |
Fielding coach | Mohammad Kaif |
Assistant coach | Ajay Ratra |
Physiotherapist | Patrick Farhart |
Strength and conditioning coach | Rajinikanth Sivagnanam |
Team doctor | Dr. Rizwan Khan |
Source:DC Staff |
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
| T20 uniform
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Teams and standings
Results by match
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | Delhi Capitals (3rd) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.481 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.455 | |
3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.140 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (R) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.587 | |
5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.116 | |
6 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.001 | |
7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 | |
8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.545 |
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[6]
Matches
Chennai Super Kings 188/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 190/3 (18.4 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals 147/8 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 150/7 (19.4 overs) |
David Miller 62 (43) Avesh Khan 3/32 (4 overs) |
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings 195/4 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 198/4 (18.2 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 138/4 (19.1 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals 159/4 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 159/7 (20 overs) |
Match tied (Delhi Capitals won the Super Over) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Super Over: Sunrisers Hyderabad 7/0 (1 over), Delhi Capitals 8/0 (1 over)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/5 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 170/4 (20 overs) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 1 run Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the sixth player, and the second overseas one, to score 5,000 runs in the IPL.[7]
Kolkata Knight Riders 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 156/3 (16.3 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings 166/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 167/3 (17.4 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Anil Dandekar (Ind) Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Punjab Kings) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 139/2 (17.5 overs) |
Abdul Samad 28 (21) Kagiso Rabada 3/37 (4 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Delhi Capitals) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 121/6 (20 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 33 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals 127/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 130/7 (18.2 overs) |
Steve Smith 39 (34) Lockie Ferguson 2/10 (2 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 132/6 (19.1 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings 136/5 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 139/7 (19.4 overs) |
Delhi Capitals won by 3 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals 164/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 166/3 (20 overs) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: K. S. Bharat (Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Chennai Super Kings advanced to Qualifier 1 having a better net run rate than the Royal Challengers Bangalore.[8]
Playoffs
- Qualifier 1
Delhi Capitals 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 173/6 (19.4 overs) |
Ruturaj Gaikwad 70 (50) Tom Curran 3/29 (3.4 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Qualifier 2
Delhi Capitals 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 136/7 (19.5 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
No. | Name | Matches | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
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1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 16 | 16 | 1 | 587 | 92 | 39.13 | 471 | 124.62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 16 |
2 | Prithvi Shaw | 15 | 15 | 0 | 479 | 82 | 31.93 | 301 | 159.13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 18 |
3 | Rishabh Pant | 16 | 16 | 4 | 419 | 58* | 34.91 | 326 | 128.52 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 10 |
4 | Shimron Hetmyer | 14 | 13 | 6 | 242 | 53* | 34.57 | 144 | 168.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 |
5 | Shreyas Iyer | 8 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 47* | 35.00 | 171 | 102.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]
Most wickets
No. | Name | Matches | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
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1 | Avesh Khan | 16 | 16 | 61.0 | 0 | 450 | 24 | 3/13 | 18.75 | 7.37 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Axar Patel | 12 | 12 | 46.0 | 0 | 306 | 15 | 3/21 | 20.40 | 6.65 | 18.40 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Kagiso Rabada | 15 | 15 | 56.0 | 1 | 456 | 15 | 3/36 | 30.40 | 8.14 | 22.40 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Anrich Nortje | 8 | 8 | 30.2 | 1 | 187 | 12 | 2/12 | 15.58 | 6.16 | 15.16 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 13 | 44.4 | 0 | 331 | 7 | 2/27 | 47.28 | 7.41 | 38.28 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]
Awards and achievements
Man of the Match
No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
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1 | 10 April 2021 | Shikhar Dhawan | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 7 wickets | 85 (54) | [11] |
2 | 18 April 2021 | Shikhar Dhawan | Punjab Kings | Won by 6 wickets | 92 (49) | [12] |
3 | 20 April 2021 | Amit Mishra | Mumbai Indians | Won by 6 wickets | 4/24 (4 overs) | [13] |
4 | 25 April 2021 | Prithvi Shaw | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Match tied (Won the super over) | 53 (39) | [14] |
5 | 29 April 2021 | Prithvi Shaw | Kolkata Knight Riders | Won by 7 wickets | 82 (41) | [15] |
6 | 22 September 2021 | Anrich Nortje | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 8 wickets | 2/12 (4 overs) | [16] |
7 | 25 September 2021 | Shreyas Iyer | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 33 runs | 43 (32) | [17] |
8 | 2 October 2021 | Axar Patel | Mumbai Indians | Won by 4 wickets | 3/21 (4 overs) | [18] |
9 | 4 October 2021 | Axar Patel | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 3 wickets | 2/18 (4 overs) | [19] |
References
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- ^ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Kumar, Utkarsh (27 April 2021). "RCB vs DC: AB de Villiers becomes 2nd overseas batsman to score 5,000 runs in IPL". India Today. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Mundayur, Rohit (8 October 2021). "IPL 2021 Playoffs Line-up: DC to face CSK in Qualifier 1, RCB up against KKR in Eliminator". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "DC Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "DC Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Delhi Capitals cruise to 189 target courtesy Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Dhawan 92 trumps Agarwal, Rahul fifties as Delhi Capitals cruise past big target". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Amit Mishra four-for leads Delhi Capitals to jinx-breaking win over Mumbai Indians". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Pant takes Capitals to victory in Super Over after Williamson helps Sunrisers tie the match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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- ^ "Nortje & Co help Delhi Capitals reclaim top spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Nortje keys Capitals stifling bowling in win over Royals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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External links
- IPL team Delhi Capitals web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com
- The Official Delhi Capitals Site