Delhi Capitals in 2022

The Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team will compete in the 2022 edition. 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 will be the ten teams to compete in the 2022 Indian Premier League.[1][2]

Delhi Capitals
2021 season
Coach Ricky Ponting
CaptainRishabh Pant
Ground(s)Arun Jaitley Stadium
← 2021

Background

Delhi Capitals kicked off 2022 season by retaining 4 players on 30 November 2021.[3]
Retained Players : Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw and Anrich Nortje

Released Players : 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 and Sam Billings.

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
100Prithvi Shaw (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999Right-handedRight-arm off break2018₹7.5 crore (US$1.0 million)
All-Rounders
20Axar Patel (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2019₹9 crore (US$1.2 million)
Wicket-Keeper Batsmen
17Rishabh Pant (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997Left-handed2018₹16 crore (US$2.1 million)[4]Captain
Fast Bowlers
02Anrich Nortje (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast2020₹6.5 crore (US$860,000)Overseas
Source:DC Players

    References
    1. "IPL to become 10 team tournament from 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
    2. "IPL 2022: CONFIRMED! Two new IPL teams will be announced on THIS date". Zee News. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
    3. "VIVO IPL 2022 Player Retention". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
    4. "IPL 2021 - Squad Composition - Pre Season" (PDF). Indian Premier League. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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