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Formerly known as ‘Delhi Daredevils’, the franchise has a new name this season. After Ga😼utam Gambhir stepped down from captaincy in the middle of the last season, right-hander batsman Shreyas Iyer to𝄹ok charge of the side.
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and pacer Ishant Sharma have joined the franchise. Delhi Capitals also purchased left-arm spinner Axar Patel for INR 5 crore in the auction.
It is definitely a young side, but with great support staff in the form of Ricky Ponting, Moha🦋mm💛ad Kaif, and Sourav Ganguly.
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The franchise doesn’t hold a good record in IPL as they never even qualified for the finals. But with some key additions to the squad, the franchise will hope to have change things this time.
Owners: Kiran Kumar Grandh꧒i (GMR Group) and Parth Jindal (JSW G﷽roup)
Home ground: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Players:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Ankush Bains, 🌱Colin Ingram, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Jalaj Saxena, Amit Mishra, Rahul Tewatia, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa
Support Staff:
Head Coach: Ricky Ponting
Assistant Coach: Mohammad Kaif
Talent Scout: Pravin Amre
Fast Bowling Coach: James Hopes
Advisor: Sourav Ganguly
Stats:
Matches played: 161
Matches won: 67
Winning rate: 42.45%
Title won: 0
Most runs: Shikhar Dhawan (4058 runs)
Most wickets: Amit Mishra (146 wickets)
Schedule:
Sunday, March 24
8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Delh♓i🉐 Capitals in Mumbai
Tuesday, March 26
8 p♋m IST: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai ♎Super Kings in Delhi
Saturday, March 30
⭕8 pm I🍨ST: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi
Monday, April 1
8 pm 🐽IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals in Mohali
Thursday, April 4
8 pm𒉰 IST: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi
Sunday, April 7
4 pm IST: Royal Challen༺gers Bangalorꦉe vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru
Friday, April 12
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitaཧls in Kolkata
Sunday, April 14
8 pm IST: Sun⛦risers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals in Hyder𒁃abad
Thursday, April 18
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indian𝓰s in Delhi
Saturday, April 20
8 pm IST: De𝕴lhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab i🍎n Delhi
Monday, April 22
8 pm IST: 🌟Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capital🅺s in Jaipur
Sunday, April 28
4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Ban🙈galore in D🙈elhi
Wednesday, May 1
8 pm I𝓀ST: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Ca🐻pitals in Chennai
Saturday, May 4
4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs ﷺRajasthan Royals in Delhi