The thirteenth season of the Indian Premier League, also called the IPL 2020 was supposed to commence this March but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it was suspended, and finally, this season is set to begin on 19th September in UAE.
As usual, eight teams are taking part in it. Defending champions Mumbai Indians are once again the favorites to win the title and other teams like Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, and Royal Challengers Bangalore too are expected to give a good fight.
Delhi Capitals who hasn't even made to the final of IPL yet will be eager to do that this time after a good performance in the last season. They have almost the same squad who played in the last edition and have also added Ajinkya Rahane and Shimron Hetmyer to their batting department and the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw and captain Shreyas Iyer are good enough to do the job in batting.
And in the bowling, Kagiso Rabada and Ravichandran Ashwin will be the key bowlers who will have to play a great role on these slow and dry tracks of UAE. Overall they have a very much balanced squad and this time they are expected to have a fantastic season in the leadership of captain Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting. And here is a statistical look at Delhi Capitals' journey in the Indian Premier League.
All the major stats and facts you all need to know about Delhi Capitals in Indian Premier League :
Result Summary :
Opponents | Mat | Won | Lost | NR + Tied | %W |
Chennai Super Kings | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 28.6 |
Deccan Chargers | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6 |
Kings XI Punjab | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41.7 |
Rajasthan Royals | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.0 |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 41.3 |
Mumbai Indians | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 50.0 |
Pune Warriors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 23 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 38.6 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.0 |
Gujarat Lions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
Rising Pune Supergiant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
Overall | 177 | 76 | 97 | 4 | 43.4 |
Season wise Performance -
Year | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied + NR | Position |
2008 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4th |
2009 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3rd |
2010 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5th |
2011 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10th |
2012 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3rd |
2013 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9th |
2014 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8th |
2015 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7th |
2016 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6th |
2017 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6th |
2018 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8th |
2019 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3rd |
Highest Totals -
231/4 vs Kings XI Punjab at Delhi, 2011
219/4 vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi, 2018
214/3 vs Gujarat Lions at Delhi, 2017
213/6 vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2019
207/5 vs Mumbai Indians at Delhi, 2012
Lowest Totals -
66 vs Mumbai Indians at Delhi, 2017
67 vs Kings XI Punjab at Mohali, 2017
80 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad, 2013
83 vs Chennai Super Kings at Delhi, 2013
84 vs Chennai Super Kings at Abu Dhabi, 2014
Most Runs -
2174 - Virender Sehwag
1736 - Rishabh Pant
1681 - Shreyas Iyer
1435 - David Warner
1182 - Gautam Gambhir
Highest Individual Scores -
128* - Rishabh Pant vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Delhi, 2018
119 - Virender Sehwag vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad, 2011
109* - David Warner vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad, 2012
108 - Quinton de Kock vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2016
107* - David Warner vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi, 2010
Highest Batting Averages (Min 500 runs) -
44.13 - JP Duminy (1015 runs)
39.93 - Kevin Pietersen (599)
36.16 - Rishabh Pant (1736)
35.87 - Shikhar Dhawan (861)
32.72 - Quinton de Kock (720)
Most Fifty Plus Scores -
16 - Virender Sehwag
13 - Shreyas Iyer
12 - David Warner / Rishabh Pant
9 - Gautam Gambhir / Shikhar Dhawan
6 - Dinesh Karthik / Quinton de Kock / JP Duminy
Most Runs in a single IPL season -
684 - Rishabh Pant, 2018
534 - Gautam Gambhir, 2008
521 - Shikhar Dhawan, 2019
495 - Virender Sehwag, 2012
488 - Rishabh Pant, 2019
Most Sixes -
94 - Rishabh Pant
85 - Virender Sehwag
67 - Shreyas Iyer
58 - David Warner
43 - JP Duminy
Most Wickets -
97 - Amit Mishra
45 - Morne Morkel
43 - Umesh Yadav
41 - Chris Morris
40 - Shahbaz Nadeem
Best Bowling Figures in an innings -
5/17 - Amit Mishra vs Deccan Chargers at Delhi, 2008
4/11 - Amit Mishra vs Kings XI Punjab at Delhi, 2016
4/15 - Rajat Bhatia vs Deccan Chargers at Durban, 2009
4/17 - JP Duminy vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Visakhapatnam, 2015
4/18 - Pawan Negi vs Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur, 2012
Best Bowling Averages (Min 20 wickets) -
17.93 - Kagiso Rabada (31 wickets)
19.25 - Farveez Maharoof (27)
21.05 - Ashish Nehra (36)
21.48 - Imran Tahir (29)
23.10 - Nathan Coulter Nile (20)
Most wickets in a single IPL season -
25 - Kagiso Rabada, 2019
25 - Morne Morkel, 2012
19 - Ashish Nehra, 2009
19 - Umesh Yadav, 2012
18 - Trent Boult, 2018
Best Economy Rates (Min 250 balls) -
6.61 - Glenn McGrath
7.12 - Dirk Nannes
7.13 - Axar Patel
7.33 - Amit Mishra
7.36 - Shahbaz Nadeem