2024 Delhi Capitals (WPL) season

Delhi Capitals

2024 season
Coach	Jonathan Batty
Captain	Meg Lanning
WPL League	Qualified for Playoffs [1] (Final) [2]
WPL Final	Runner-up [3]
Most runs	Meg Lanning (331)
Most wickets	Marizanne Kapp (11)
Most catches	Radha Yadav (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Taniya Bhatia (5)
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The 2024 season was the second season for the franchise Delhi Capitals. They were one of five teams that competed in the 2024 Women's Premier League. They were the runner-up of the previous (inaugural) season after losing the Final to Mumbai Indians. ^[4]

Delhi Capitals direct qualified for the WPL Final as the League stage table topper for the consecutive 2nd year. ^[2] Delhi Capitals lost the Final to Royal Challengers Bangalore finishing as the runner-up for the consecutive 2nd year. ^[3]

Squad

• Source: ^[5]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Delhi Capitals Squad for the 2024 Women's Premier League
Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain
Meg Lanning	Australia	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Batters
Sneha Deepthi	India	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Laura Harris	Australia	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Aparna Mondal	India	(1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	–
Jemimah Rodrigues	India	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
Shafali Verma	India	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Alice Capsey	England	(2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Jess Jonassen	Australia	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Marizanne Kapp	South Africa	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Ashwani Kumari	India	(1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Minnu Mani	India	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Annabel Sutherland	Australia	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Taniya Bhatia	India	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
Shikha Pandey	India	(1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Arundhati Reddy	India	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Titas Sadhu	India	(2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Poonam Yadav	India	(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Radha Yadav	India	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Support staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jonathan Batty
Assistant coach	Hemlata Kala
Assistant coach	Lisa Keightley
Fielding coach	Biju George
Source: Official website [6]

Sponsors

• Kit manufacturer: Puma
• Main shirt sponsor: DP World
• Back shirt sponsor: JSW Paints

League stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (R)	8	6	2	0	12	1.198	Advanced to Final
2	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	8	5	3	0	10	0.024	Advanced to Eliminator
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (C)	8	4	4	0	8	0.306
4	UP Warriorz	8	3	5	0	6	−0.371
5	Gujarat Giants	8	2	6	0	4	−1.158

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

Fixtures and results

Match 1 23 February 2024 20:00 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 171/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 173/6 (20 overs)
Alice Capsey 75 (53) Nat Sciver-Brunt 2/33 (4 overs)		Yastika Bhatia 57 (45) Alice Capsey 2/23 (2 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and Vrinda Rathi Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 4 26 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

UP Warriorz 119/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 123/1 (14.3 overs)
Shweta Sehrawat 45 (42) Radha Yadav 4/20 (4 overs)		Shafali Verma 64* (43) Sophie Ecclestone 1/31 (3.3 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 9 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 29 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 194/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 169/9 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 50 (31) Sophie Devine 2/23 (3 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 74 (43) Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 3 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 163/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Giants 138/8 (20 overs)
Meg Lanning 55 (41) Meghna Singh 4/37 (4 overs)		Ashleigh Gardner 40 (31) Radha Yadav 3/20 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Delhi Capitals)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Sayali Satghare (Gujarat Giants) replaced Dayalan Hemalatha as a concussion substitute in the second innings. ^[8]

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Match 12 5 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 192/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 163/8 (20 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 69* (33) Pooja Vastrakar 1/20 (4 overs)		Amanjot Kaur 42 (27) Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 29 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 15 8 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

UP Warriorz 138/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 137 (19.5 overs)
Deepti Sharma 59 (48) Radha Yadav 2/16 (3 overs)		Meg Lanning 60 (46) Deepti Sharma 4/19 (4 overs)

UP Warriorz won by 1 run Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Delhi Capitals)

• UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to bat.
• Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz) became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Women's Premier League. ^[9]

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Match 17 10 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 181/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/7 (20 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 58 (36) Shreyanka Patil 4/26 (4 overs)		Richa Ghosh 51 (29) Alice Capsey 1/5 (1 over)

Delhi Capitals won by 1 run Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. ^[10]

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Match 20 13 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 126/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 129/3 (13.1 overs)
Bharti Fulmali 42 (36) Minnu Mani 2/9 (2 overs)		Shafali Verma 71 (37) Tanuja Kanwar 2/20 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs

	v t e Eliminator					Final
						1	Delhi Capitals	113 (18.3 overs)
	2	Mumbai Indians	130/6 (20 overs)			EW	Royal Challengers Bangalore	115/2 (19.3 overs)
	3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	135/6 (20 overs)

Final

Final 17 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 113 (18.3 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/2 (19.3 overs)
Shafali Verma 44 (27) Shreyanka Patil 4/12 (3.3 overs)		Ellyse Perry 35* (37) Shikha Pandey 1/11 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Inns	HS	Ave	SR	100s/50s	4s	6s
Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]

Most wickets

Wkts.	Player	Inns	Ov	Runs	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4W	5W
Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo [12]

References

1. "WPL 2024 playoffs qualification scenario: 3 teams fight for two spots". Business Standard.
2. "Delhi Capitals defeat Gujarat Giants by seven wickets to take direct flight to WPL Final". The Economic Times. 14 March 2024.
3. "DC vs RCB Highlights, WPL 2024 Final: RCB conquer Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets, clinch maiden title". Hindustan Times. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
4. "Sciver-Brunt and Wong lead Mumbai Indians to inaugural WPL title". ESPNcricinfo. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
5. "WPL 2024 squads: Full player list for all teams | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
6. "Delhi Capitals announce Coaching Staff Ahead of Women's Premier League 2023". Delhi Capitals. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
7. "WPL Points Table | WPL Standings | WPL Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
8. "Satghare comes in for Hemalatha to become the first concussion substitute in the WPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
9. "Deepti Sharma becomes first Indian bowler to pick Hat-Trick in WPL". Female Cricket. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
10. "Heartbreak for Ghosh as Capitals qualify for playoffs in thriller". ESPNcricinfo. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
11. "Women's Premier League, 2024 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
12. "Women's Premier League, 2024 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Delhi Capitals on WPLT20 Website