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The Delhi Capitals are a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, and are one of the teams participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Capitals played their first match in the first season of the IPL against the Rajasthan Royals.[2] The Capitals reached the IPL playoffs three times, and have topped the group stage table twice.[3][4][5] Their performances in the competition have resulted in their qualification for the 2009 and 2012 Champions League Twenty20,[2][6] in which they reached the semi-finals on the second occasion.[7] In total, 108 players have played for the Capitals,[8] of whom Rishabh Pant has played the most matches: 111 since his debut for the franchise in 2016.[1]

The leading run-scorer for the Capitals is Rishabh Pant with 3,284 runs.[9] Rishabh Pant's innings of 128 not out against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 is the highest individual score in an innings by a Capitals batsman.[10] David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan both have scored two centuries each for the Capitals,[10] whereas Virender Sehwag, AB de Villiers, Kevin Pietersen, Quinton de Kock, Sanju Samson, and Rishabh Pant have scored one each.[10] Albie Morkel has the team's best batting average: 86.00, though among batters who has scored more than 1,000 runs, JP Duminy has the best average with 44.13.[11][α] Among Capitals's bowlers, Amit Mishra has taken more wickets than any other, with 106.[12] The best bowling average is Tristan Stubbs's 5.00, though among bowlers who have bowled more than 20 overs, Farveez Maharoof has the best average with 19.26.[13] Mishra has the best bowling figures in an innings: he got a five wicket haul against the Deccan Chargers in a 2008 match, while conceding only 17 runs.[14] Rishabh Pant has taken the most catches as wicket-keeper for the Capitals,[15] with 75, while also making the most stumpings: 23.[15] Axar Patel has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 47.[16]
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- § – Member of the current squad[17]
- † – Captain[18]
- ‡ – Wicket-keeper[15]
- First – Year of Twenty20 debut for the Capitals
- Last – Year of latest Twenty20 match for the Capitals
- * – Batsman remained not out
Statistics are correct as of the Capitals's match against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi, 2025 IPL, 29 April 2025.
These statistics do not cover practice matches or matches abandoned without a toss.
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- First – Year of first match captained for the Capitals
- Last – Year of latest match captained for the Capitals
Statistics are correct as of the Capitals's match against the Mumbai Indians at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, 2018 IPL, 20 May 2018.
These statistics do not cover practice matches or matches abandoned without a toss.
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