Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals, representing India in the Indian Premier League (IPL), embarked on their cricketing journey in 2008, originally under the moniker Delhi Daredevils. They are a team with a storied past, having evolved significantly over the years, and offering fans a rollercoaster of experiences in the world’s most glamorous T20 league.

The team’s history is a blend of ups and downs, underlined by their 2020 performance when they reached the final of the IPL for the first time but fell short to Mumbai Indians. This marked a significant moment in their trajectory, demonstrating their burgeoning strength and the potential to clinch the elusive title. While an IPL championship has evaded them, Delhi Capitals have carved a space for themselves, known for their competitive spirit and resilience on the pitch.

Key players have been central to the Capitals' narrative. The likes of Virender Sehwag and AB de Villiers graced the earlier years, while the current setup enjoys titans like Rishabh Pant, who captained the side with vigour, adding a youthful, exciting dimension. Shikhar Dhawan, before his departure, was integral with his steady run accumulation, while Kagiso Rabada’s pace added venom to their attack. Their performances collectively have been pivotal, often dazzling crowds with moments of sheer brilliance.

When it comes to rivalries, no clash piques interest like their bouts against the Chennai Super Kings. These encounters, full of grit and flair, draw eyes not merely for points but for the broader chess game played on and off the pitch. The Capitals’ style is marked by aggression married with youthful exuberance, a reflection of their strategic focus on nurturing young talents—often betting on dynamic batsmen and rapid bowlers who embody agility.

Playing out of the Arun Jaitley Stadium, formerly known as Feroz Shah Kotla, the Capitals boast a fortress with history etched into every corner. The fan culture in Delhi is a tapestry of passion and loyalty—devotees who pack the stands, chanting support from their hearts, creating an atmosphere that is as much a part of the game as the willow and leather.

Despite Delhi Capitals not possessing longstanding traditions, their cultural significance is profound, representing a vibrant city known for its cricket legacy. As they continue to chase that coveted title, the journey of the Capitals offers a narrative threaded with promise, ever-compelling, and inherently human in its imperfections.

Regular Season, 70th Match, Indian Premier League - May 24, 2026

Kolkata Knight Riders

163/10 (18.4)

Delhi Capitals

203/5 (20)

Delhi Capitals won by 40 runs

Player of the Match

Kuldeep Yadav

Regular Season, 62nd Match, Indian Premier League - May 17, 2026

Delhi Capitals

197/5 (19.2)

Rajasthan Royals

193/8 (20)

Delhi Capitals won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Mitchell Starc

Regular Season, 55th Match, Indian Premier League - May 11, 2026

Punjab Kings

210/5 (20)

Delhi Capitals

216/7 (19)

Delhi Capitals won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Madhav Tiwari

Regular Season, 51st Match, Indian Premier League - May 8, 2026

Delhi Capitals

142/8 (20)

Kolkata Knight Riders

147/2 (14.2)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Finn Allen

Regular Season, 48th Match, Indian Premier League - May 5, 2026

Delhi Capitals

155/7 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

159/2 (17.3)

Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Sanju Samson

Regular Season, 43rd Match, Indian Premier League - May 1, 2026

Rajasthan Royals

225/6 (20)

Delhi Capitals

226/3 (19.1)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Lokesh Rahul

Regular Season, 39th Match, Indian Premier League - April 27, 2026

Delhi Capitals

75/10 (16.3)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

77/1 (6.3)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 9 wickets (with 81 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Josh Hazlewood

Regular Season, 35th Match, Indian Premier League - April 25, 2026

Delhi Capitals

264/2 (20)

Punjab Kings

265/4 (18.5)

Punjab Kings won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Player of the Match

Lokesh Rahul

Regular Season, 31st Match, Indian Premier League - April 21, 2026

Sunrisers Hyderabad

242/2 (20)

Delhi Capitals

195/9 (20)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 47 runs

Player of the Match

Abhishek Sharma

Regular Season, 26th Match, Indian Premier League - April 18, 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

175/8 (20)

Delhi Capitals

179/4 (19.5)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

Player of the Match

Tristan Stubbs

Amit Mishra
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 43

Shahbaz Nadeem
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 36

Mohammed Shami
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 35

Sam Billings
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 34

Karun Nair
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Sanju Samson
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 31

Chris Morris
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Corey Anderson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Shreyas Iyer
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 31

Kagiso Rabada
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 31

Rishabh Pant
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 28

Angelo Mathews
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Jayant Yadav
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 36

Marlon Samuels
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 45

Pat Cummins
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 33

Carlos Brathwaite
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Zaheer Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 47

Colin Munro
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Gautam Gambhir
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 44

Vijay Shankar
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Rahul Tewatia
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 33

Daniel Christian
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Trent Boult
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Glenn Maxwell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Jason Roy
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 35

Harshal Patel
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Liam Plunkett
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 41

Avesh Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Prithvi Shaw
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 26

Naman Ojha
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 42

Junior Dala
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Sandeep Lamichhane
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 25

Abhishek Sharma
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 25

Shikhar Dhawan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40

Colin Ingram
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 40

Keemo Paul
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Axar Patel
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 32

Ishant Sharma
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Hanuma Vihari
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Sherfane Rutherford
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Jagadeesha Suchith
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 32

Shimron Hetmyer
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 29

Marcus Stoinis
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Ravichandran Ashwin
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Anrich Nortje
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 32

Mohit Sharma
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Ajinkya Rahane
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Alex Carey
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 34

Tushar Deshpande
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Lalit Yadav
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Daniel Sams
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Praveen Dubey
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 32

Murali Vijay
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 42

Mayank Agarwal
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 35

Dinesh Karthik
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 41

Jean-Paul Duminy
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 42

Ross Taylor
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 42

Manoj Tiwary
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 40

James Neesham
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Wayne Parnell
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Rahul Sharma
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 39

Nathan Coulter-Nile
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 38

Quinton de Kock
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 33

Kevin Pietersen
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 45

Laxmi Shukla
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 45

Kedar Jadhav
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 41

Jaydev Unadkat
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Siddarth Kaul
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Imran Tahir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 47

Rahul Shukla
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

David Warner
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 39

Unmukt Chand
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Mahela Jayawardene
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 49

Manprit Juneja
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 35

Johan Botha
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44

Andre Russell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 38

Irfan Pathan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Ashish Nehra
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 47

Umesh Yadav
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 38

Jeevan Mendis
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 43

Morne Morkel
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 41

Virender Sehwag
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 47

Ben Rohrer
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 45

Ajit Agarkar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 48

Venugopal Rao
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44

Roelof van der Merwe
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 41

Chidhambaram Gautam
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 40

Pawan Negi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Bharat Chipli
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Chris Woakes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Tom Curran
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Steven Smith
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 37

Lukman Meriwala
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Ripal Patel
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Tim Seifert
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 31

Mandeep Singh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Rovman Powell
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Shardul Thakur
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Kuldeep Yadav
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Chinaman
Age: 31

Khaleel Ahmed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 26

Mustafizur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Sarfaraz Khan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 28

Mitchell Marsh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Chetan Sakariya
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Srikar Bharat
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 32

Rilee Rossouw
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 36

Mukesh Kumar
Position: Bowler
Age: 32

Aman Hakim Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Abishek Porel
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 23

Manish Pandey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Yash Dhull
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 23

Philip Salt
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Priyam Garg
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Shai Hope
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 32

Ricky Bhui
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 39

Tristan Stubbs
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 25

Jake Fraser-McGurk
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 24

Vicky Kanhaiya Ostwal
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 23

Sumit Kumar
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Kumar Kushagra
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 21

Rasikh Salam Dar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Sumit Kumar
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 30

Jhye Richardson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 29

Lizaad Williams
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Gulbadin Naib
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Swastik Chikara
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 21

Faf du Plessis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 41

Sameer Rizvi
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 22

Vipraj Nigam
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 21

Mitchell Starc
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 36

Ashutosh Sharma
Position: Batsman
Age: 27

Donovan Ferreira
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27

Tripurana Vijay
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Darshan Nalkande
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Lokesh Rahul
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 34

Dushmantha Chameera
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 34

Madhav Tiwari
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Thangarasu Natarajan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Sediqullah Atal
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 24

Manvanth Kumar
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Ajay Mandal
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 30

Arun Jaitley Stadium
City: Delhi
Country: India
Capacity: 41820

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
City: Raipur
Country: India
Capacity: 65000

Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
City: Pothanamallayapalam, Visakhapatnam
Country: India
Capacity: 25000

Wankhede Stadium
City: Mumbai
Country: India
Capacity: 32000

MA Chidambaram Stadium
City: Chennai
Country: India
Capacity: 38000

Narendra Modi Stadium
City: Ahmedabad
Country: India
Capacity: 132000

Brabourne Stadium
City: Mumbai
Country: India
Capacity: 20000

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
City: Pune
Country: India
Capacity: 37406