2021 Delhi Capitals season

What links here Related changes Page information
Created by Advancedacademy
Last edited May 3, 2026


Template:Infobox cricket club season Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[1] 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

Template:Main The Delhi Capitals retained 18 players and released seven players.[2]

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
Batsmen
3 Ajinkya Rahane Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Template:INRConvert
28 Ripal Patel Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 Template:INRConvert
41 Shreyas Iyer Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2018 Template:INRConvert
42 Shikhar Dhawan Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Template:INRConvert Vice Captain
49 Steve Smith Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg-spin 2021 Template:INRConvert Overseas Captain
82 Aniruddha Joshi Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 Template:INRConvert Short-term replacement for Shreyas Iyer[3]
100 Prithvi Shaw Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Template:INRConvert
189 Shimron Hetmyer Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
All-rounders
16 Lalit Yadav Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Template:INRConvert
19 Chris Woakes Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas; Pulled out due to bubble fatigue
20 Axar Patel Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 Template:INRConvert
21 Marcus Stoinis Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas; Calf Injury
59 Tom Curran Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Template:NA Shams Mulani Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 Template:INRConvert Short-term replacement for Axar Patel[4]
Wicket-keepers
4 Vishnu Vinod Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2021 Template:INRConvert
7 Sam Billings Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed 2021 Template:INRConvert Overseas
17 Rishabh Pant Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed 2018 Template:INRConvert
Spin Bowlers
23 Ravichandran Ashwin Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Template:INRConvert
46 Pravin Dubey Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Template:INRConvert
99 Amit Mishra Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Template:INRConvert
30 Manimaran Siddharth Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 Template:INRConvert
Pace Bowlers
02 Anrich Nortje Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Template:INRConvert Overseas
6 Avesh Khan Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Template:INRConvert
10 Umesh Yadav Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 Template:INRConvert
18 Lukman Meriwala Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 Template:INRConvert
25 Kagiso Rabada Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Template:INRConvert Overseas
97 Ishant Sharma Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 Template:INRConvert
N/A Kulwant Khejroliya Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 Template:INRConvert
N/A Ben Dwarshuis Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age2 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2021 Template:INRConvert Overseas
Source:DC Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
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

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding
Wrogn Active JSW Group EbixCash APL Apollo Steel Tubes
Source : delhicapitals.in

Template:Col-2 |Template:Cricket uniform Template:Col-end

Teams and standings

Results by match

Script error: No such module "sports rbr table".

Template:2021 Indian Premier League Points table

League stage

Template:Hatnote The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[5]

Template:Main

Matches

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match2}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match7}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match11}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match13}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match20}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match22}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match25}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match29}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match33}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match36}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match41}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match46}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match50}}

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match56}}

Playoffs

Template:Main

Qualifier 1

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match57}}

Qualifier 2

{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match59}}

Statistics

Most runs

No. Name Matches Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
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[6]

Most wickets

No. Name Matches Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
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[7]

Awards and achievements

Man of the Match

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 Template:Dts Shikhar Dhawan Chennai Super Kings Won by 7 wickets 85 (54) [8]
2 Template:Dts Shikhar Dhawan Punjab Kings Won by 6 wickets 92 (49) [9]
3 Template:Dts Amit Mishra Mumbai Indians Won by 6 wickets 4/24 (4 overs) [10]
4 Template:Dts Prithvi Shaw Sunrisers Hyderabad Match tied (Won the super over) 53 (39) [11]
5 Template:Dts Prithvi Shaw Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 7 wickets 82 (41) [12]
6 Template:Dts Anrich Nortje Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets 2/12 (4 overs) [13]
7 Template:Dts Shreyas Iyer Rajasthan Royals Won by 33 runs 43 (32) [14]
8 Template:Dts Axar Patel Mumbai Indians Won by 4 wickets 3/21 (4 overs) [15]
9 Template:Dts Axar Patel Chennai Super Kings Won by 3 wickets 2/18 (4 overs) [16]

References

  1. ↑ IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. IPLt20(20 January 2021). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  4. ↑ Delhi Capitals rope in Shams Mulani as short-term Covid-19 replacement for Axar Patel. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  5. ↑ IPL schedule. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ↑ DC Most runs in IPL 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ↑ DC Most wickets in IPL 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Delhi Capitals cruise to 189 target courtesy Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Dhawan 92 trumps Agarwal, Rahul fifties as Delhi Capitals cruise past big target. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Amit Mishra four-for leads Delhi Capitals to jinx-breaking win over Mumbai Indians. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Pant takes Capitals to victory in Super Over after Williamson helps Sunrisers tie the match. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Prithvi Shaw carnage leads Delhi Capitals to comprehensive win against Kolkata Knight Riders. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Nortje & Co help Delhi Capitals reclaim top spot. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Nortje keys Capitals stifling bowling in win over Royals. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Avesh and Axar set the stage for Capitals before Iyer and Ashwin ace tricky chase. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  16. ↑ Axar, Hetmyer key drivers in tight win for Delhi Capitals. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

Template:2021 Indian Premier League Template:Delhi Capitals

Retrieved from "https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=2021_Delhi_Capitals_season&oldid=482799"
Discover more