# 2019 Delhi Capitals season

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. 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.
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.

### Transfers

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

## Squad

The following players were retained:
* Shreyas Iyer (captain)
* Rishabh Pant (vice-captain)
* Prithvi Shaw
* Shikhar Dhawan
* Amit Mishra
* Avesh Khan
* Harshal Patel
* Rahul Tewatia
* Jayant Yadav
* Manjot Kalra
* Colin Munro
* Chris Morris
* Kagiso Rabada
* Sandeep Lamichhane
* Trent Boult
The franchise then added the following players:
* Colin Ingram
* Axar Patel
* Hanuma Vihari
* Sherfane Rutherford
* Ishant Sharma
* Keemo Paul
* Jalaj Saxena
* Ankush Bains
* Nathu Singh
* Bandaru Ayyappa

## 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
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## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### 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 |

### Fixtures
#### League stage

* 24 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 213/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 176 (19.2 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 78* (27) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/40 (4 overs) | | Yuvraj Singh 53 (35) Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 37 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Capitals 147/6 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 150/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Shikhar Dhawan 51 (47) Dwayne Bravo 3/33 (4 overs) | | Shane Watson 44 (26) Amit Mishra 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Chennai won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 March 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 185/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 185/6 (20 overs) |
| Andre Russell 62 (28) Harshal Patel 2/40 (4 overs) | | Prithvi Shaw 99 (55) Kuldeep Yadav 2/41 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (Delhi won the Super Over) Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kings XI Punjab 166/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 152 (19.2 overs) |
| David Miller 43 (30) Chris Morris 3/30 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 39 (26) Sam Curran 4/11 (2.2 overs) |
* Punjab won by 14 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab) took a hat-trick.
* 4 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Capitals 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 131/5 (18.3 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 43 (41) Mohammad Nabi 2/21 (4 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 48 (28) Ishant Sharma 1/5 (1 over) |
* Hyderabad won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 152/6 (18.5 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 41 (33) Kagiso Rabada 4/21 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 67 (50) Navdeep Saini 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 178/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 180/3 (18.5 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 65 (39) Chris Morris 2/38 (4 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 97* (63) Nitish Rana 1/12 (2 overs) |
* Delhi won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 116 (18.5 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 45 (40) Khaleel Ahmed 3/30 (4 overs) | | David Warner 51 (47) Kagiso Rabada 4/22 (3.5 overs) |
* Delhi won by 39 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Keemo Paul (Delhi Capitals)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad played their 100th IPL match.
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his 100th wicket in the IPL and became the first bowler to take 100 wickets for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
* 18 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 168/5 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 128/9 (20 overs) |
| Krunal Pandya 37* (26) Kagiso Rabada 2/38 (4 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 35 (22) Rahul Chahar 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 40 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
* 20 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 166/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 69 (37) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/40 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 58* (49) Hardus Viljoen 2/39 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Harpreet Brar (Kings XI Punjab) made his T20 debut.
* 22 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 191/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 193/4 (19.2 overs) |
| Ajinkya Rahane 105* (63) Kagiso Rabada 2/37 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 78* (36) Shreyas Gopal 2/47 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 6 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashton Turner (Rajasthan Royals) became the first batsman to make five consecutive ducks in Twenty20 cricket.
* 28 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Capitals 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/7 (20 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 52 (37) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/41 (4 overs) | | Parthiv Patel 39 (20) Amit Mishra 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 16 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* 1 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 179/4 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 99 (16.2 overs) |
| Suresh Raina 59 (37) Jagadeesha Suchith 2/28 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 44 (31) Imran Tahir 4/12 (3.2 overs) |
* Chennai won by 80 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 115/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 121/5 (16.1 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 50 (49) Amit Mishra 3/17 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 53* (38) Ish Sodhi 3/26 (3.1 overs) |
* Delhi won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator

* 8 May 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 165/8 (19.5 overs) |
| Martin Guptill 36 (19) Keemo Paul 3/32 (4 overs) | | Prithvi Shaw 56 (38) Rashid Khan 2/15 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 2 wickets Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

### Qualifier 2

* 10 May 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 151/4 (19 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 38 (25) Dwayne Bravo 2/19 (4 overs) | | Shane Watson 50 (32) Trent Boult 1/20 (4 overs) |
* Chennai won by 6 wickets Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Matches | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s |
| 1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 16 | 16 | 1 | 521 | 97* | 34.73 | 384 | 135.94 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Rishabh Pant | 16 | 15 | 3 | 488 | 78* | 37.53 | 300 | 162.66 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Shreyas Iyer | 16 | 16 | 1 | 463 | 78* | 30.86 | 386 | 119.94 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Prithvi Shaw | 16 | 15 | 0 | 353 | 99 | 22.06 | 264 | 133.71 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Colin Ingram | 12 | 12 | 2 | 184 | 47 | 18.40 | 154 | 119.41 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:Cricinfo

### Most wickets

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

## Awards and achievements

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