IPL 2020: Meet Delhi Capitals

Sheyas Iyer leads the Delhi Capitals out on the field

A new name brought the Delhi Capitals much needed good fortune last season as the Shreyas Iyer-led team finished third in IPL 2019.

The Capitals have more or less retained the same squad and bolstered its ranks with the inclusion of the experienced Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Delhi have the experienced Shikhar Dhawan to give them the impetus at the start of an innings and have a formidable bowling line-up led by Kagiso Rabada, Ishamt Sharma and Chris Woakes.

The Capitals have a strong group of spinners -- Ashwin, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane and Amit Mishra -- who will come handy on the slow tracks in the UAE.

The franchise owners nearly broke the bank to secure the services of Windies star Shimron Hetmyer and Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who the Australian team management hope to build up as a finisher ala M S Dhoni.

Praising Iyer's captaincy, Dhawan believes Delhi can win IPL 2020.

'Last season he led in a very nice manner, and with Ashwin, Ajinkya coming in with their experience, they will share their insights and it can be really helpful for the team,' says Shikhar.

'Shreyas has an open mind to learn from both seniors and juniors and he will lead us in the right way,' 'Gabbar' Dhawan adds.

Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Marcus Stoinis, Lalith Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Daniel Sams.

Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers on the Delhi Capitals in the IPL over the years.

Result summary in each edition

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Abd	Win%	W/L Ratio	Position
2008	15	7	7	0	0	1	50.00	1.00	4th
2009	15	10	5	0	0	0	66.66	2.00	3rd
2010	14	7	7	0	0	0	50.00	1.00	10th
2011	14	4	9	0	1	1	30.76	0.44	5th
2012	18	11	7	0	0	0	61.11	1.57	3rd
2013	16	3	12	1	0	0	18.75	0.25	9th
2014	14	2	12	0	0	0	14.28	0.16	8th
2015	14	5	8	0	1	1	38.46	0.62	7th
2016	14	7	7	0	0	0	50.00	1.00	6th
2017	14	6	8	0	0	0	42.85	0.75	6th
2018	14	5	9	0	0	0	35.71	0.55	8th
2019	16	9	6	1	0	0	56.25	1.50	3rd

Note: In 2008 Delhi Daredevils’ match against Kolkata Knight Riders was abandoned without toss (included in the above tally for reference purpose)

Result summary for each opponent

Vs	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio
Chennai Super Kings	21	6	15	0	0	28.57	0.40
Deccan Chargers	11	7	4	0	0	63.63	1.75
Gujarat Lions	4	3	1	0	0	75.00	3.00
Kings XI Punjab	24	10	14	0	0	41.66	0.71
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	1	1	0	0	50.00	1.00
Kolkata Knight Riders	23	9	13	1	0	39.13	0.69
Mumbai Indians	24	12	12	0	0	50.00	1.00
Pune Warriors India	6	3	2	0	1	50.00	1.50
Rajasthan Royals	20	9	11	0	0	45.00	0.81
Rising Pune Supergiant	4	2	2	0	0	50.00	1.00
Royal Challengers Bangalore	23	8	13	1	1	34.78	0.61
Sunrisers Hyderabad	15	6	9	0	0	40.00	0.66

In 2013 Delhi Daredevils lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore in Super Over

Highest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
231-4	20	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi	2011	Won
219-4	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi	2018	Won
214-3+	17.3	Gujarat Lions	Delhi	2017	Won
213-6	20	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai WS	2019	Won
207-5	20	Mumbai Indians	Delhi	2012	Won
205-4	20	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	2017	Won

+ batting second

Lowest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
66	13.4	Mumbai Indians	Delhi	2017	Lost
67	17.1	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	2017	Lost
80	19.1	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2013	Lost
83	17.3	Chennai Super Kings	Delhi	2013	Lost
84	15.4	Chennai Super Kings	Abu Dhabi	2014	Lost
87	16.1	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	2008	Lost

Highest Individual innings

Score	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
128*	RR Pant	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Delhi	2018
119	V Sehwag	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2011
109*	DA Warner	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2012
108	Q de Kock	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	2016
107*	DA Warner	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi	2010
105*	AB de Villiers	Chennai Super Kings	Durban	2009
103*	KP Pietersen	Deccan Chargers	Delhi	2012
102	SV Samson	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	2017

Leading Batsmen

Batsmen	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100	50
V Sehwag	79	79	5	2174	119	29.37	160.32	1	15
RR Pant	54	54	6	1736	128*	36.16	162.69	1	11
SS Iyer	62	62	7	1681	96	30.56	126.96	0	13
DA Warner	55	55	5	1435	109*	28.70	133.11	2	10
G Gambhir	46	44	4	1182	86	29.55	122.86	0	9
KD Karthik	56	49	8	1036	69	25.26	126.49	0	6
JP Duminy	38	35	12	1015	78*	44.13	130.79	0	6

Best Bowling

Bowling	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
5-17	A Mishra	Deccan Chargers	Delhi	2008
4-11	A Mishra	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi	2016
4-15	R Bhatia	Deccan Chargers	Durban	2009
4-17	JP Duminy	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Visakhapatnam	2015
4-18	P Negi	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	2012
4-20	M Morkel	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala	2012
4-20	NM Coulter-Nile	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi	2015

Leading Bowlers

Bowler	Mts	Wkts	Avg	RPO	Best	4W
A Mishra	92	97	23.97	7.33	5-17	2
M Morkel	37	45	24.73	7.62	4-20	1
UT Yadav	47	43	30.55	8.16	4-24	1
CH Morris	34	41	24.31	8.17	4-26	1
S Nadeem	61	40	37.00	7.36	3-16	0
A Nehra	27	36	21.05	7.50	3-26	0
K Rabada	18	31	17.93	8.13	4-21	2

Captains

	Mts	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
V Sehwag	52	28	24	0	0	53.84
SS Iyer	24	13	10	1	0	54.16
Zaheer Khan	23	10	13	0	0	43.47
G Gambhir	21	10	11	0	0	47.61
JP Duminy	16	6	9	0	1	40.00
DPMD Jayawardene	16	4	11	1	0	28.12
KP Pietersen	11	1	10	0	0	9.09
KD Karthik	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
KK Nair	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
JR Hopes	3	0	2	0	1	0.00
DA Warner	2	0	2	0	0	0.00