2025 Delhi Capitals season

Delhi Capitals

2025 season
Arun Jaitley Stadium and ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, home grounds of Delhi Capitals
Coach	Hemang Badani
Captain	Axar Patel
Ground(s)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
League stage	5th place
Most runs	KL Rahul (539) [1]
Most wickets	Kuldeep Yadav (15) [2]
Most catches	Mitchell Starc Tristan Stubbs (7 each) [3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Tristan Stubbs (7) [4]
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The 2025 season was the 18th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals. They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL). The team finished in sixth place in the previous season. ^[5] Ahead of the season, Axar Patel was appointed as the captain. The team was coached by Hemang Badani.

The Delhi Capitals were the last team to be eliminated in the 2025 IPL league stage after their lose to Mumbai Indians. They finished the season in fifth place with seven wins from 14 matches.

Pre-season

Further information: List of 2025 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2025 Indian Premier League was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). ^[6] The Delhi Capitals were one of the four active franchises to not have won the IPL title prior to 2025. ^[7] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 3 June 2025 across 13 venues in India. ^{[8] [9]} Delhi played most their home matches at Arun Jaitley Stadium with two matches played at ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium. ^{[10] [11]}

Player retention

Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players. ^[12] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024. ^[13] Delhi retained four players but did not retain their prior captain Rishabh Pant. ^{[14] [15]}

Retained players ^{[14] [15]}

No.	Player	Salary
1	Axar Patel	₹ 16.5 crore (US$2.0 million)
2	Kuldeep Yadav	₹ 13.25 crore (US$1.6 million)
3	Tristan Stubbs	₹ 10 crore (US$1.2 million)
4	Abhishek Porel	₹ 4 crore (US$470,000)

Released players ^{[14] [16]}

Batters	Wicket-keepers	All-rounders	Fast bowlers	Spin bowlers
David Warner Prithvi Shaw Yash Dhull Shai Hope Jake Fraser-McGurk Swastik Chikara Harry Brook	Rishabh Pant Ricky Bhui Kumar Kushagra	Mitchell Marsh Lalit Yadav Gulbadin Naib Sumit Kumar	Anrich Nortje Ishant Sharma Mukesh Kumar Lungi Ngidi Rasikh Salam Dar Khaleel Ahmed Jhye Richardson Lizaad Williams	Praveen Dubey Vicky Ostwal

Auction

The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ^[17] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14 million), with franchises deducting an amount from the purse for every retained player. ^{[18] [19]} Delhi had a purse remaining of ₹73 crore (US$8.6 million). ^[20] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained. ^[21] Delhi had two cards available. ^[22] Delhi bought nineteen players in the auction, including nine capped players and five overseas players. ^[23] The franchise used its RTM cards to buy back Jake Fraser-McGurk and Mukesh Kumar for ₹9 crore (US$1.1 million) and ₹8 crore (US$950,000) respectively. ^[24]

Squad

• Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
• Ages are as of 22 March 2025 (2025-03-22).
• Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.

Delhi Capitals squad for the 2025 Indian Premier League ^[25]

S/N	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Salary	Notes
1	KL Rahul	India	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	₹ 14 crore (US$1.7 million)
2	Donovan Ferreira	South Africa	(1998-07-21)21 July 1998 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	₹ 75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
7	Sameer Rizvi	India	(2003-12-06)December 6, 2003 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm off-break	₹ 95 lakh (US$110,000)
13	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	(1984-07-13)July 13, 1984 (aged 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	₹ 2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas; Stand-in captain [a]
20	Axar Patel	India	(1994-01-20)January 20, 1994 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	₹ 16.5 crore (US$2.0 million)	Captain [27]
23	Kuldeep Yadav	India	(1994-12-14)December 14, 1994 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm wrist spin	₹ 13.25 crore (US$1.6 million)
24	Abhishek Porel	India	(2002-10-17)17 October 2002 (aged 22)	Left-handed	—N/a	₹ 4 crore (US$470,000)
27	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18)September 18, 1988 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	₹ 2.20 crore (US$260,000)
28	Vipraj Nigam	India	(2004-07-28)July 28, 2004 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm legbreak	₹ 50 lakh (US$59,000)
30	Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	(2000-08-14)14 August 2000 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—N/a	₹ 10 crore (US$1.2 million)	Overseas
49	Mukesh Kumar	India	(1993-10-12)October 12, 1993 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	₹ 8 crore (US$950,000)
50	Tripurana Vijay	India	(2001-09-05)September 5, 2001 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off-break	₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000)
56	Mitchell Starc	Australia	(1990-01-30)January 30, 1990 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	₹ 11.75 crore (US$1.4 million)	Overseas
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	(1995-09-06)September 6, 1995 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	₹ 6 crore (US$710,000)	Overseas; Temporary [b] replacement [c]
—N/a	Sediqullah Atal	Afghanistan	(2001-08-12)August 12, 2001 (aged 23)	Left-handed	—N/a	₹ 1.25 crore (US$150,000)	Overseas; Replacement [d]
—N/a	Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka	(1992-01-11)January 11, 1992 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	₹ 75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
—N/a	Manvanth Kumar	India	(2004-01-11)January 11, 2004 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right arm Fast medium	₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000)
—N/a	Ajay Mandal	India	(1996-02-25)February 25, 1996 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000)
—N/a	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06)December 6, 1991 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	₹ 50 lakh (US$59,000)
—N/a	Darshan Nalkande	India	(1998-10-04)October 4, 1998 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000)
—N/a	T. Natarajan	India	(1991-04-04)April 4, 1991 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	₹ 10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)
—N/a	Ashutosh Sharma	India	(1998-09-15)September 15, 1998 (aged 26)	Right-handed	—N/a	₹ 3.80 crore (US$450,000)
—N/a	Madhav Tiwari	India	(2003-09-28)September 28, 2003 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm Fast medium	₹ 40 lakh (US$47,000)
33	Jake Fraser-McGurk †	Australia	(2002-04-11)April 11, 2002 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	₹ 9 crore (US$1.1 million)	Overseas; Withdrawn [c]
88	Harry Brook †	England	(1999-02-25)February 25, 1999 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	₹ 6.25 crore (US$740,000)	Overseas; Withdrawn [d]

1. Faf du Plessis captained Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians when Axar Patel was unavailable. ^[26]
2. Delhi Capitals signed Mustafizur Rahman ^[28] as temporary replacement, following the IPL's suspension and rescheduling. ^[31]
3. Mustafizur Rahman replaced Jake Fraser-McGurk, after the latter withdrew due to personal reasons. ^[28]
4. Sediqullah Atal replaced Harry Brook, after the latter withdrew due to national duty. ^{[29] [30]}

Support staff

Hemang Badani replaced Ricky Ponting as head coach; ^{[32] [33]} Matthew Mott replaced Pravin Amre and Ajit Agarkar as assistant coaches; ^{[34] [35]} Munaf Patel replaced James Hopes as bowling coach; ^[36] Anton Roux and Gnaneswara Rao replaced Biju George as fielding coaches; ^{[37] [38]} and Kevin Pietersen joined as a mentor. ^[39]

Position	Name
Head coach	Hemang Badani
Assistant coach	Matthew Mott
Bowling coach	Munaf Patel
Fielding coach	Anton Roux Gnaneswara Rao
Mentor	Kevin Pietersen

• Source: Wisden ^[40]

League stage

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A	Punjab Kings (R)	14	9	4	1	19	0.372	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)	14	9	4	1	19	0.301
3	B	Gujarat Titans (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.254	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	1.142
5	B	Delhi Capitals	14	7	6	1	15	0.011	Eliminated
6	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	7	1	13	−0.241
7	B	Lucknow Super Giants	14	6	8	0	12	−0.376
8	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	5	7	2	12	−0.305
9	A	Rajasthan Royals	14	4	10	0	8	−0.549
10	A	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.647

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[41]
(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
Punjab Kings	2	4	6	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	15

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

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

Match 4 24 March 2025 (2025-03-24) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 209/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 211/9 (19.3 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 75 (30) Mitchell Starc 3/42 (4 overs)		Ashutosh Sharma 66* (31) Shardul Thakur 2/19 (2 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 1 wicket ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Vipraj Nigam (Delhi Capitals), Prince Yadav and Digvesh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants) made their IPL debuts. ^[42]

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Match 10 30 March 2025 (2025-03-30) 15:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 163 (18.4 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 166/3 (16 overs)
Aniket Verma 74 (41) Mitchell Starc 5/35 (3.4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 50 (27) Zeeshan Ansari 3/42 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zeeshan Ansari (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut. ^[43]

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Match 17 5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 183/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 158/5 (20 overs)
KL Rahul 77 (51) Khaleel Ahmed 2/25 (4 overs)		Vijay Shankar 69* (54) Vipraj Nigam 2/27 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Parashar Joshi (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 24 10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H) 163/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 169/4 (17.5 overs)
Phil Salt 37 (17) Kuldeep Yadav 2/17 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 93* (53) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/26 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 29 13 April 2025 (2025-04-13) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 205/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 193 (19 overs)
Tilak Varma 59 (33) Kuldeep Yadav 2/23 (4 overs)		Karun Nair 89 (40) Karn Sharma 3/36 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 12 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Karn Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 32 16 April 2025 (2025-04-16) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals (H) 188/5 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 188/4 (20 overs)
Abhishek Porel 49 (37) Jofra Archer 2/32 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 51 (28) Axar Patel 1/23 (3 overs)

Match tied (Delhi Capitals won the Super Over) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Super Over: Rajasthan Royals 11/2 (0.5 overs), Delhi Capitals 13/0 (0.4 overs)

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Match 35 19 April 2025 (2025-04-19) 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 203/8 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans (H) 204/3 (19.2 overs)
Axar Patel 39 (32) Prasidh Krishna 4/41 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 97* (54) Kuldeep Yadav 1/30 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 40 22 April 2025 (2025-04-22) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 159/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 161/2 (17.5 overs)
Aiden Markram 52 (33) Mukesh Kumar 4/33 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 57* (42) Aiden Markram 2/30 (3 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Mukesh Kumar (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 46 27 April 2025 (2025-04-27) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals (H) 162/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru 165/4 (18.3 overs)
KL Rahul 41 (39) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/33 (4 overs)		Krunal Pandya 73* (47) Axar Patel 2/19 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
• Jacob Bethell (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) made his IPL debut. ^[44]

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Match 48 29 April 2025 (2025-04-29) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 204/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 190/9 (20 overs)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 44 (32) Mitchell Starc 3/43 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 62 (45) Sunil Narine 3/29 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 55 5 May 2025 (2025-05-05) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 133/7 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
Ashutosh Sharma 41 (26) Pat Cummins 3/19 (4 overs)

No result Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated as a result of this match. ^[45]

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Match N/A 8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) 19:30 (N)

Punjab Kings (H) 122/1 (10.1 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals
Priyansh Arya 70 (34) T. Natarajan 1/4 (1.1 over)

Match abandoned and voided HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Parashar Joshi (Ind)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was abandoned midway due to technical and security issues amid the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis. ^[46]
• After the suspension and rescheduling, it was voided (no points were awarded to the teams) and rescheduled for 24 May as Match 66 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. ^[47]

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Match 60 18 May 2025 (2025-05-18) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals (H) 199/3 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans 205/0 (19 overs)
KL Rahul 112* (65) Arshad Khan 1/7 (2 overs)		Sai Sudharsan 108* (61)

Gujarat Titans won by 10 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Keyur Kelkar (Ind) Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 11 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. ^[48]
• Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. ^[49]

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Match 63 21 May 2025 (2025-05-21) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians (H) 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 121 (18.2 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 73* (43) Mukesh Kumar 2/48 (4 overs)		Sameer Rizvi 39 (35) Mitchell Santner 3/11 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 59 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 15 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. ^[48]
• Madhav Tiwari (Delhi Capitals) made his T20 debut. ^[50]
• Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs while Delhi Capitals were eliminated as a result of this match. ^[51]

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Match 66 24 May 2025 (2025-05-24) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings (H) 206/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 208/4 (19.3 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 53 (34) Mustafizur Rahman 3/33 (4 overs)		Sameer Rizvi 58* (25) Harpreet Brar 2/41 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Parashar Joshi (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Sameer Rizvi (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 8 May at the HPCA Cricket Stadium ^[52] but was abandoned midway and voided ^[46] before being rescheduled. ^[48]

Statistics

Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets (15) for Delhi Capitals in the 2025 Indian Premier League.

Most runs ^[1]

Runs	Player
539	KL Rahul
301	Abhishek Porel
300	Tristan Stubbs
263	Axar Patel
204	Ashutosh Sharma

Most wickets ^[2]

Wickets	Player
15	Kuldeep Yadav
14	Mitchell Starc
12	Mukesh Kumar
11	Vipraj Nigam
5	Axar Patel

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General references

• "IPL Season Schedule 2025" (PDF). Indian Premier League Schedule. 18 (1). Board of Control for Cricket in India. 16 February 2025.
• "IPL Season Schedule 2025" (PDF). Indian Premier League Schedule. 18 (3). Board of Control for Cricket in India. 12 May 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Delhi Capitals on IPLT20 Website
• 2025 Indian Premier League at ESPNcricinfo