The Indian Premier League is back in a bigger and wider format. With the Inclusion of two new teams from Gujarat and Lucknow, the race to win the league has become even more stiff and rough. Players have been completely interchanged and we will be seeing our favorite stars playing for new teams. This will make the tournament even more interesting and entertaining to watch.
This edition will be the 15th edition of the IPL. The league is sponsored by an Indian Conglomerate Tata. This will be a very special edition of IPL as two new teams have been introduced and an Indian will be sponsoring the Tournament. The tournament will start on 26th March and will conclude on 29th May 2022. 10 teams will be playing 74 Matches in this Tournament.
Tournament | Indian Premier League |
Administration | BCCI |
Host | India |
Current Champion | Chennai Super Kings |
Most Successful Team | Mumbai Indians |
Delhi Capitals is one of the 10 teams that will be participating in this year’s IPL. Delhi Capitals has formed 14 years ago in 2008. Initially, it was known as Delhi Daredevils but changed the name as they thought it would depict the team in a better way. Delhi has never won any IPL trophy yet and is still in the hunt of their first trophy. The team is owned by JSW Group and GMR Group. Delhi is captained by Rishabh Pant and Coached by Ricky Ponting. Delhi Capitals play their home matches in Arun Jaitley Stadium which has a capacity of 55,000.
Team | Delhi Capitals |
City | Delhi |
Founded | 2008 |
Captain | Rishabh Pant |
Coach | Ricky Ponting |
Delhi Capitals 2022 Owners
Delhi Capitals is jointly owned by JSW Group and GMR Group. The JSW Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate founded by Sajjan Jindal. Founded in 1982, JSW has a very diversified business in various sectors such as steel, energy, sports, etc. The other owner of the Delhi Capitals is the GMR Group, founded by Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao in 1978, they are an Indian Multinational Conglomerate that has businesses in sectors like Airports, Energy, Highways etc.
Delhi Capitals 2022 Players list and price
The capitals spent 39 Crores for retention of their four players which are Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, and Anrich Nortje. Below is the complete list of players bought by the Delhi Capitals and the price they paid in order to buy them.
Player | Price |
Rishabh Pant | 16 Crore |
Axar Patel | 9 Crore |
Prithvi Shaw | 7.5 Crore |
Anrich Nortje | 6.5 Crore |
David Warner | 6.25 Crore |
Mitchelle Marsh | 6.50 Crore |
Shardul Thakur | 10.75 Crore |
Mustafizur Rahman | 2 Crore |
Kuldeep Yadav | 2 Crore |
Ashwin Hebbar | 20 Lakhs |
Sarfaraz Khan | 20 Lakhs |
Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 1.1 Crore |
KS Bharat | 2 Crore |
Mandeep Singh | 1.1 Crore |
Khaleel Ahmed | 5.2 Crore |
Chetan Sarkariya | 4.2 Crore |
Lalit Yadav | 65 Lakhs |
Ripal Patel | 20 Lakhs |
Yash Dhull | 50 Lakhs |
Rovman Powell | 2.8 Crore |
Pravin Dubey | 50 Lakhs |
Lungi Ngidi | 50 Lakhs |
Tim Seifert | 50 Lakhs |
Vicky Ostwal | 20 Lakhs |
Delhi Capitals 2022 Schedule
The Delhi Capitals will start their IPL campaign on 29th March against Mumbai Indians and end on 19th May against Lucknow Super Giants. Below is the complete schedule of the Delhi Capitals for the IPL 2022.
Date | Opponents |
29th March | Mumbai Indians |
1st April | Rajasthan Royals |
5th April | Kolkata Knight Riders |
9th April | Lucknow Super Giants |
10th April | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
16th April | Punjab Kings |
18th April | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
23rd April | Gujarat Titans |
26th April | Gujarat Titans |
30th April | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
2nd May | Mumbai Indians |
8th May | Chennai Super Kings |
12th May | Punjab Kings |
19th May | Lucknow Super Giants |
Delhi Capitals 2022 Complete Squad
Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal.