2024 Delhi Capitals season

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 9th place in previous season's League stage.^[1] The Delhi Capitals drew an average home attendance of 33,580 in the IPL in 2024.

Delhi Capitals

2024 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Rishabh Pant Axar Patel (stand-in)[a]
Ground(s)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
IPL League	Finished at 6th place
Most runs	Rishabh Pant (446)
Most wickets	Mukesh Kumar (17)
Most catches	Axar Patel (13)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Rishabh Pant (16)
← 2023 2025 →

Ahead of the 2024 season, Rishabh Pant returned as the captain after missing out the 2023 season due to injury.^[2][3] After Hyderabad's abandoned match on 16 May 2024, Delhi was eliminated from the 2024 Indian Premier League.^[4][5] They finished the League stage at the 6th place with 7 wins and 7 losses, garnering 14 points.^[6]

At the end of the season, Jake Fraser-McGurk was named as the "Electric Striker of the season" and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy and a car.^[7]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages are as of 22 March 2024, the date of the first match in the competition

Squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Captain
17	Rishabh Pant	India	(1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 26)	Left-handed	–	2016	₹16 crore (US$1.9 million)	Wicket-keeper; Suspended[b]
20	Axar Patel	India	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2019	₹9 crore (US$1.1 million)	Vice Captain[a]
Batters
22	Yash Dhull	India	(2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
31	David Warner	Australia	(1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹6.25 crore (US$740,000)	Overseas
100	Prithvi Shaw	India	(1999-11-09)9 November 1999 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹7.5 crore (US$890,000)
88	Harry Brook	England	(1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024	₹4 crore (US$470,000)	Overseas; Withdrew[c]
99	Swastik Chikara	India	(2005-04-03)3 April 2005 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Wicket-keepers
24	Abishek Porel	India	(2002-10-17)17 October 2002 (aged 21)	Left-handed	–	2023	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)
4	Shai Hope	West Indies	(1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	–	2024	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
30	Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	(2000-08-14)14 August 2000 (aged 23)	Right-handed	–	2024	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas
3	Kumar Kushagra	India	(2004-10-23)23 October 2004 (aged 19)	Right-handed	–	2024	₹7.80 crore (US$920,000)
5	Ricky Bhui	India	(1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Leg-break googly	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Occasional
All-rounders
8	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹6 crore (US$710,000)	Overseas; Withdrew[d]
16	Lalit Yadav	India	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹65 lakh (US$77,000)
33	Jake Fraser-McGurk	Australia	(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2024	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas; Replacement[e]
12	Sumit Kumar	India	(1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
14	Gulbadin Naib	Afghanistan	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2024	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas; Replacement[d]
Pace bowlers
02	Anrich Nortje	South Africa	(1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	₹6.5 crore (US$770,000)	Overseas
29	Ishant Sharma	India	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
49	Mukesh Kumar	India	(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	₹5.5 crore (US$650,000)
71	Khaleel Ahmed	India	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	2022	₹5.25 crore (US$620,000)
22	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	(1996-03-29)29 March 1996 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas; Withdrew[e]
60	Jhye Richardson	Australia	(1996-09-20)20 September 1996 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2024	₹5 crore (US$590,000)	Overseas
44	Rasikh Salam Dar	India	(2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
6	Lizaad Williams	South Africa	(1993-10-01)1 October 1993 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas; Replacement[c]
Spin bowlers
23	Kuldeep Yadav	India	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2022	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
46	Praveen Dubey	India	(1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2020	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
–	Vicky Ostwal	India	(2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[12]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO	Parth Jindal
Team manager	Siddharth Bhasin
Head coach	Ricky Ponting
Batting coach	Pravin Amre
Bowling coach	James Hopes
Fielding coach	Biju George

League stage

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	14	9	3	2	20	1.428	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad (R)	14	8	5	1	17	0.414
3	A	Rajasthan Royals (3rd)	14	8	5	1	17	0.273	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th)	14	7	7	0	14	0.459
5	B	Chennai Super Kings	14	7	7	0	14	0.392	Eliminated
6	A	Delhi Capitals	14	7	7	0	14	−0.377
7	A	Lucknow Super Giants	14	7	7	0	14	−0.667
8	B	Gujarat Titans	14	5	7	2	12	−1.063
9	B	Punjab Kings	14	5	9	0	10	−0.353
10	A	Mumbai Indians	14	4	10	0	8	−0.318

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[6]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression

Team	Group matches														Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Q1/E	Q2	F
Delhi Capitals	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	14

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures and results

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Match 2 23 March 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings (H) 177/6 (19.2 overs)
Shai Hope 33 (25) Arshdeep Singh 2/28 (4 overs)		Sam Curran 63 (47) Kuldeep Yadav 2/20 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first IPL match played at this venue.^[13]

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Match 9 28 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Rajasthan Royals 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 173/5 (20 overs)
Riyan Parag 84* (45) Axar Patel 1/21 (4 overs)		David Warner 49 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/19 (3 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 12 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 31 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Capitals 191/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 171/6 (20 overs)
David Warner 52 (35) Matheesha Pathirana 3/31 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 45 (30) Mukesh Kumar 3/21 (3 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 20 runs ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Khaleel Ahmed (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 16 3 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 272/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 166 (17.2 overs)
Sunil Narine 85 (39) Anrich Nortje 3/59 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 55 (25) Vaibhav Arora 3/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 106 runs ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 20 7 April 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 234/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 205/8 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 49 (27) Axar Patel 2/35 (4 overs)		Tristan Stubbs 71* (25) Gerald Coetzee 4/34 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 29 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Romario Shepherd (Mumbai Indians)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 26 12 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Lucknow Super Giants 167/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 170/4 (18.1 overs)
Ayush Badoni 55* (35) Kuldeep Yadav 3/20 (4 overs)		Jake Fraser-McGurk 55 (35) Ravi Bishnoi 2/25 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 32 17 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Gujarat Titans 89 (17.3 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 92/4 (8.5 overs)
Rashid Khan 31 (24) Mukesh Kumar 3/14 (2.3 overs)		Jake Fraser-McGurk 20 (10) Sandeep Warrier 2/40 (3 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Gujarat Titans recorded their lowest innings total in IPL history.^[14]

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Match 35 20 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 266/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 199 (19.1 overs)
Travis Head 89 (32) Kuldeep Yadav 4/55 (4 overs)		Jake Fraser-McGurk 65 (18) T Natarajan 4/19 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 67 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 40 24 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Capitals 224/4 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 220/8 (20 overs)
Rishabh Pant 88* (43) Sandeep Warrier 3/15 (3 overs)		Sai Sudharsan 65 (39) Rasikh Salam 3/44 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 4 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 43 27 April 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Capitals 257/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 247/9 (20 overs)
Jake Fraser-McGurk 84 (27) Mohammad Nabi 1/20 (2 overs)		Tilak Varma 63 (32) Rasikh Salam 3/34 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 10 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Jake Fraser-McGurk (Delhi Capitals)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 47 29 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 153/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 157/3 (16.3 overs)
Kuldeep Yadav 35* (26) Varun Chakravarthy 3/16 (4 overs)		Phil Salt 68 (33) Axar Patel 2/25 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 56 7 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Capitals 221/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 201/8 (20 overs)
Abhishek Porel 65 (36) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/24 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 86 (46) Kuldeep Yadav 2/25 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 20 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 62 12 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru 187/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 140 (19.1 overs)
Rajat Patidar 52 (32) Rasikh Salam 2/23 (3 overs)		Axar Patel 57 (39) Yash Dayal 3/20 (3.1 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 47 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Nand Kishore (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Cameron Green (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 64 14 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Capitals 208/4 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 189/9 (20 overs)
Abishek Porel 58 (33) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/51 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 61 (27) Ishant Sharma 3/34 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 19 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Ishant Sharma (Delhi Capitals)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.^[15]

Statistics

Top 5 tiers for each category are listed

Most runs

Runs	Player	Innings	Highest score
446	Rishabh Pant	13	88 not out
378	Tristan Stubbs	13	71 not out
330	Jake Fraser-McGurk	9	84
327	Abhishek Porel	12	65
235	Axar Patel	12	66

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[16]

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Matches	Best bowling
17	Mukesh Kumar	10	3/14
17	Khaleel Ahmed	14	2/21
16	Kuldeep Yadav	11	4/55
11	Axar Patel	14	2/25
10	Ishant Sharma	9	3/23

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[17]

Notes

1. Axar Patel was the stand-in captain for Match 62 after Rishabh Pant was suspended.
2. Rishabh Pant was suspended for Match 62 due to slow over-rate.^[8]
3. Lizaad Williams replaced Harry Brook, after the latter withdrew due to Personal reasons.^[9]
4. Gulbadin Naib replaced Mitchell Marsh, after the latter withdrew due to Injury.^[10]
5. Jake Fraser-McGurk replaced Lungi Ngidi, after the latter withdrew due to Lower back injury.^[11]