# 2024 Delhi Capitals (WPL) season

The 2024 season was the second season for the franchise Delhi Capitals. They were one of five teams that competed in the 2024 Women's Premier League. They were the runner-up of the previous (inaugural) season after losing the Final to Mumbai Indians.
Delhi Capitals direct qualified for the WPL Final as the League stage table topper for the consecutive 2nd year. Delhi Capitals lost the Final to Royal Challengers Bangalore finishing as the runner-up for the consecutive 2nd year.

## Squad

* Source:
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Delhi Capitals Squad for the 2024 Women's Premier League :
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Captain ||||||
| Meg Lanning | Australia | (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Batters ||||||
| Sneha Deepthi | India | (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Laura Harris | Australia | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Aparna Mondal | India | (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | – | |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | India | (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice-captain |
| Shafali Verma | India | (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Alice Capsey | England | (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Jess Jonassen | Australia | (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Marizanne Kapp | South Africa | (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Ashwani Kumari | India | (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Minnu Mani | India | (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Annabel Sutherland | Australia | (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Taniya Bhatia | India | (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Shikha Pandey | India | (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Arundhati Reddy | India | (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Titas Sadhu | India | (2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Poonam Yadav | India | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Radha Yadav | India | (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |

## Support staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Jonathan Batty |
| Assistant coach | Hemlata Kala |
| Assistant coach | Lisa Keightley |
| Fielding coach | Biju George |
| Source: Official website ||

## Sponsors

* Kit manufacturer: Puma
* Main shirt sponsor: DP World
* Back shirt sponsor: JSW Paints

## League stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Delhi Capitals (R) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.198 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.024 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.306 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | UP Warriorz | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.371 | |
| 5 | Gujarat Giants | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.158 | |

### Fixtures and results

* Match 1 23 February 2024 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 171/5 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 173/6 (20 overs) |
| Alice Capsey 75 (53) Nat Sciver-Brunt 2/33 (4 overs) | | Yastika Bhatia 57 (45) Alice Capsey 2/23 (2 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and Vrinda Rathi Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 26 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| UP Warriorz 119/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 123/1 (14.3 overs) |
| Shweta Sehrawat 45 (42) Radha Yadav 4/20 (4 overs) | | Shafali Verma 64* (43) Sophie Ecclestone 1/31 (3.3 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 9 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 7 29 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 194/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 169/9 (20 overs) |
| Shafali Verma 50 (31) Sophie Devine 2/23 (3 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 74 (43) Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 3 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Giants 138/8 (20 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 55 (41) Meghna Singh 4/37 (4 overs) | | Ashleigh Gardner 40 (31) Radha Yadav 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Delhi Capitals)
* Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Sayali Satghare (Gujarat Giants) replaced Dayalan Hemalatha as a concussion substitute in the second innings.
* Match 12 5 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 192/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 163/8 (20 overs) |
| Jemimah Rodrigues 69* (33) Pooja Vastrakar 1/20 (4 overs) | | Amanjot Kaur 42 (27) Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 29 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 8 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| UP Warriorz 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 137 (19.5 overs) |
| Deepti Sharma 59 (48) Radha Yadav 2/16 (3 overs) | | Meg Lanning 60 (46) Deepti Sharma 4/19 (4 overs) |
* UP Warriorz won by 1 run Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Delhi Capitals)
* UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to bat.
* Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz) became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Women's Premier League.
* Match 17 10 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 181/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/7 (20 overs) |
| Jemimah Rodrigues 58 (36) Shreyanka Patil 4/26 (4 overs) | | Richa Ghosh 51 (29) Alice Capsey 1/5 (1 over) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 1 run Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 20 13 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Gujarat Giants 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 129/3 (13.1 overs) |
| Bharti Fulmali 42 (36) Minnu Mani 2/9 (2 overs) | | Shafali Verma 71 (37) Tanuja Kanwar 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals)
* Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

## Playoffs

| vteEliminator | vteEliminator | vteEliminator | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Delhi Capitals | 113 (18.3 overs) |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians | 130/6 (20 overs) | EW | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 115/2 (19.3 overs) |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 135/6 (20 overs) | | | |

### Final

* Final 17 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 113 (18.3 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/2 (19.3 overs) |
| Shafali Verma 44 (27) Shreyanka Patil 4/12 (3.3 overs) | | Ellyse Perry 35* (37) Shikha Pandey 1/11 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 100s/50s | 4s | 6s |
| Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||

### Most wickets

| Wkts. | Player | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||||