2020 Delhi Capitals season
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| Coach | Ricky Ponting | ||
| Captain | Shreyas Iyer | ||
| Ground(s) | Arun Jaitley Ground, Delhi | ||
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The Delhi Capitals are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India. The team plays in the Indian Premier League and competed in the 2020 edition of the will compete between September and November 2020. In December 2018, the team changed its name from the Delhi Daredevils. 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.The Delhi Capitals are the only current team to have never appeared in an IPL final[1] and qualified for the IPL playoffs in 2019 for the first time in seven years.[2] The team is currently being captain by Shreyas Iyer with Ricky Ponting as team coach.
Background
Player retention and transfers
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In July 2019, Delhi have added a new leggie Mayank Markande to their squad, after trading Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians.[3]
Kings XI Punjab on Thursday 7 November 2019 traded Ravichandran Ashwin to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore and Karnataka spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, ending a series of intense negotiations over the Indian spinner's IPL future.
On 13 November New Zealand fast-bowler Trent Boult was traded to defending champions Mumbai Indians for the next season of Indian Premier League (IPL).
On 14 November Ajinkya Rahane has was traded to Delhi Capitals, with spinners Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia moving in the opposite direction, to Rajasthan Royals.
In November 2019,Delhi Capitals retained 12 players from their 2019 squad & released nine players.[4]
Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Keemo Paul.
Released players: Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa.
Traded In: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane
Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult and Rahul Tewatia
Auction
The Capitals went into the auction with a purse of 27.85 Cr INR. Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and bought 8 players in the IPL Auction 2020. Their best purchases are Shimron Hetmyer for INR 775L and Marcus Stoinis for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at their base price. In addition to that, Delhi Capitals got Alex Carey for 240L INR.
Players bought: Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Team Analysis
ESPNcricinfo' wrote The team of Delhi Capitals wanted to buy Eoin Morgan, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Curran, Pat Cummins and Jaydev Unadkat these players in the auction, but this could not happen. In such a situation, the team had to turn to other options. The team will have to use their limited resources to dominate the home ground. No batsman of the team can bowl. And the lack of accurate backups of Rabada could be overshadowed by the team. However, the franchise did a good job by buying Hetmyer and Alex Carrie.[5]
Indian Premier League
Preseason
In March 2020, it was confirmed that Chris Woakes will not play upcoming IPL season in order to stay fresh ahead of his England's home Test series. In auction 2019, Delhi capitals were the only team to register a bid for Chris Woakes of ₹1.5 crore.[6]
Offseason
In this season of IPL, fast bowler Mohit Sharma will play for Delhi Capitals. Mohit is very excited about playing for his new franchise team.[7] Mohit said
I am in a situation where a good advice can change my career. I am very excited to learn from Ponting and the rest of the coaching staff. He said winning the IPL means a lot to the domestic players. I believe we can do better this year. The Delhi Capitals team has never been able to win an IPL title till date.
On 13 March 2020, the BCCI postponed the tournament until 15 April, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.[8] On 14 April 2020, Narendra Modi said that the lockdown in India would last until at least 3 May 2020,[9] with the tournament postponed further.[10] The following day, the BCCI suspended the tournament indefinitely due to the pandemic.[11]
On 17 May 2020, the Indian government relaxed nation-wide restrictions on sports events, allowing events to take place behind closed doors.[12] On 24 May, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted in 2020 will be made by the Indian government based on "the situation of the pandemic".[13] In June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that their preference was to host the tournament in India, possibly between September and October.[14] On 24 July 2020, it was confirmed that the tournament would start from 19 September 2020.[15]
Current squad
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Administration and support staff
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| Owner |  Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group)
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| CEO | Dhiraj Malhotra
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| Team manager | Sunil Valson
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| Brand ambassador |  Akshay Kumar
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| Captain | Shreyas Iyer
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| Head coach |  Ricky Ponting
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| Assistant coach | Mohammad Kaif
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| Spin bowling coach |  Samuel Badree
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| Fast bowling coach | James Hopes
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| Head talent scout | Vijay Dahiya
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| Physiotherapist | Patrick Farhart
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| Assistant physiotherapist | Dhananjay Kaushik
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| Strength and conditioning coach | Rajinikanth Sivagnanam
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| Analyst | Sriram Somayajula
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Teams and standings
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1.107 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals (R) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.109 | |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.608 | Advance to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.172 | |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.214 | |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.162 | |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.455 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.569 |
League stage
References
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- ^ "Indian Premier League 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended". BBC Sport. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (15 April 2020). "With India in lockdown, IPL 2020 suspended indefinitely". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (17 May 2020). "India to allow sport behind closed doors; BCCI still cautious on IPL 2020". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Indian government to decide the fate of IPL season, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju". The Times of India. Reuters. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "IPL 2020: BCCI looking at September-October window, says Brijesh Patel". ESPNcricinfo. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "IPL 2020 set to begin on September 19". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2020.