Delhi Capitals Cricket Team (2026)
Delhi Capitals are one of the ten teams participating in the Indian Premier League. Popularly known as DC, they are jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Sports. They were one of the eight teams founded in 2008 before the inaugural season of the IPL. Delhi Capitals started their journey in the IPL as Delhi Daredevils before changing their name in December 2018.
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Team Name |
Delhi Capitals |
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Nickname |
DC |
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Founded |
2008 |
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Captain |
Axar Patel |
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Head Coach |
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Team Owners |
GMR Group and the JSW Sports |
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Number of IPL titles |
0 |
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They play their home games at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Allrounder Axar Patel is the captain of the team. Delhi Capitals are yet to win the IPL. They are one of the only three teams who are playing in the IPL from the very first season but are yet to win the tournament. In 2020, they qualified for the final for the first time but failed to win the title-decider against Mumbai Indians.
Delhi Capitals Captain and Support Staff:
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Captain |
Axar Patel |
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Team Mentor |
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Director of Cricket |
Venugopal Rao |
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Head Coach |
Hemang Badani |
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Assistant Coach |
Matthew Mott |
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Bowling Coach |
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Head Talent Scout |
Vijay Bharadwaj |
Delhi Capitals - Season-Wise Performance
Delhi Capitals started their journey in the IPL on a good note, qualifying for the semifinals in the first two seasons. In 2010 and 2011, they failed to go past the league stage before making it to the playoffs again in 2012. It was followed by a long poor run in the IPL as they failed to advance to the playoffs for six straight seasons from 2013 to 2018. Throughout this poor run, they finished in the bottom half of the points table.
In 2019, Delhi Capitals made it to the playoffs again but could not qualify for the final. In the following year, they advanced to the final for the first time in their history under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. However, the Delhi-based outfit ended up on the losing side. They qualified for the playoffs in 2021 as well but failed to progress ahead of the league stage in 2022 and 2023.
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Year |
League standing |
Final standing |
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2008 |
4th out of 8 |
Semi-finalists |
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2009 |
1st out of 8 |
Semi-finalists |
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2010 |
5th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2011 |
10th out of 10 |
League stage |
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2012 |
1st out of 9 |
Playoffs |
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2013 |
9th out of 9 |
League stage |
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2014 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2015 |
7th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2016 |
6th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2017 |
6th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2018 |
8th out of 8 |
League stage |
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2019 |
3rd out of 8 |
Playoffs |
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2020 |
2nd out of 8 |
Runners-up |
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2021 |
1st out of 8 |
Playoffs |
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2022 |
5th out of 10 |
League stage |
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2023 |
9th out of 10 |
League stage |
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2024 |
6th out of 10 |
League stage |
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2025 |
5th out of 10 |
League stage |
Here is the List of Players who have led Delhi Capitals over the years:
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Gautam Gambhir |
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James Hopes |
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Ross Taylor |
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Kevin Pietersen |
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Zaheer Khan |
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Shreyas Iyer |
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Axar Patel |
Delhi Capitals 2026 Squad
| Player Name | Country | Price (Cr.) | Role |
| David Miller | South Africa | 2.0 | Batter |
| Ben Duckett | England | 2.0 | Wicketkeeper |
| Auqib Dar | India | 8.4 | Allrounder |
| Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 4.0 | Batter |
| Lungisani Ngidi | South Africa | 2.0 | Bowler |
| Sahil Parakh | India | 0.3 | Batter |
| Prithvi Shaw | India | 0.75 | Batter |
| Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | 2.0 | Bowler |
| Abishek Porel | India | 4.0 | Wicketkeeper |
| Ajay Mandal | India | 0.30 | Allrounder |
| Ashutosh Sharma | India | 3.8 | Batter |
| Axar Patel (Captain) | India | 16.5 | Allrounder |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | 0.75 | Bowler |
| Karun Nair | India | 0.5 | Batter |
| KL Rahul | India | 14.0 | Wicketkeeper |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 13.25 | Bowler |
| Madhav Tiwari | India | 0.4 | Allrounder |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 11.75 | Bowler |
| Mukesh Kumar | India | 8.0 | Bowler |
| Sameer Rizvi | India | 0.95 | Batter |
| T Natarajan | India | 10.75 | Bowler |
| Tripurana Vijay | India | 0.3 | Allrounder |
| Tristan Stubbs | South Africa | 10.0 | Batter |
| Vipraj Nigam | India | 0.5 | Allrounder |
| Nitish Rana | India | 4.2 | Batter |
Other Details about Delhi Capitals:
Sponsors: Hero Fincorp
Principal Sponsors: DP World, All Seasons
Associate Sponsors: GMR, Acko, Jio, Puma, JSW Paints, Encalm, Motorola
Official Partners: LivFast, Bisleri, Ebix, Bigant, Valiente, Fancode, MeduLance, Fever FM, Jio HotStar, KP Group, Amul, Hero Cycles, Megawide, Waisl
Delhi Capitals Address - Second Floor, Public Amenities Complex, Aerohub, Near Cargo Gate No. 5, Cargo Terminal, Terminal 2 Road, IGI Airport, New Delhi – 110037, India
Delhi Capitals Contact Number - +91 011 4122 7250
Delhi Capitals Email Address - [email protected]
COMPLETED / Match 66 / Sawai Mansingh Stadium
206/8 (20 ov)
208/4 (19.3 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 63 / Wankhede Stadium
180/5 (20 ov)
121/10 (18.2 ov)
Mumbai Indians won by 59 runs
COMPLETED / Match 60 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
199/3 (20 ov)
205/0 (19 ov)
Gujarat Titans won by 10 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 55 / Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal
0/0 ( ov)
133/7 (20 ov)
No Result
COMPLETED / Match 48 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
190/9 (20 ov)
204/9 (20 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs
COMPLETED / Match 46 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
162/8 (20 ov)
165/4 (18.3 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 40 / Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
159/6 (20 ov)
161/2 (17.5 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 35 / Narendra Modi Stadium
204/3 (19.2 ov)
203/8 (20 ov)
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 32 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
188/5 (20 ov)
188/4 (20 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by superover
COMPLETED / Match 29 / Arun Jaitley Stadium
193/10 (19 ov)
205/5 (20 ov)
Mumbai Indians won by 12 runs
COMPLETED / Match 24 / M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
163/7 (20 ov)
169/4 (17.5 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 17 / MA Chidambaram Stadium
158/5 (20 ov)
183/6 (20 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs
COMPLETED / Match 10 / Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
166/3 (16 ov)
163/10 (18.4 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / Match 4 / Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
211/9 (19.3 ov)
209/8 (20 ov)
Delhi Capitals won by 1 wicket
Delhi Capitals Stats
Most Run Scores
Most Wickets Takers
14
Matches
15
Wickets
11
Matches
14
Wickets
12
Matches
12
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Delhi Capitals Players
