2022 Delhi Capitals season

Template:Infobox cricket club season Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team competed in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. 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. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.^[1]^[2]

Background

Delhi Capitals retained four players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[3]

Retained Players: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje
Released: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Sam Billings
Acquired at the auction: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Squad strength: 24 (17 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
Ages correct as of 27 March 2022.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Captain
17	Rishabh Pant	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed		2016	Template:INRConvert
Batters
18	Mandeep Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	Template:INRConvert
28	Ripal Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm Medium	2021	Template:INRConvert
31	David Warner	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
52	Rovman Powell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
97	Sarfaraz Khan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	leg break	2022	Template:INRConvert
100	Prithvi Shaw	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert
	Yash Dhull	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	Template:INRConvert
All-Rounders
8	Mitchell Marsh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
16	Lalit Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Template:INRConvert
20	Axar Patel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2019	Template:INRConvert
	Ashwin Hebbar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-Keepers
15	K. S. Bharat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–	2022
43	Tim Seifert	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Pace Bowlers
2	Anrich Nortje	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
5	Kamlesh Nagarkoti	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	Template:INRConvert
54	Shardul Thakur	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-pace	2022	Template:INRConvert
55	Chetan Sakariya	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left arm Medium-fast	2022	Template:INRConvert
71	Khaleel Ahmed	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm Fast-Medium	2022	Template:INRConvert
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Lungi Ngidi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm Fast-medium	2022	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Spin Bowlers
23	Kuldeep Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist spin	2022	Template:INRConvert
46	Praveen Dubey	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	leg break googly	2020	Template:INRConvert
	Vicky Ostwal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-Handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	Template:INRConvert
Source:DC squad

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Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Siddharth Bhasin
Head coach	Ricky Ponting
Assistant coach	Ajit Agarkar, Shane Watson
Batting coach	Pravin Amre
Bowling coach	James Hopes
Fielding coach	Biju George
Source:DC Staff