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Delhi Capitals
2024 season
CoachJonathan Batty
CaptainMeg Lanning
WPL LeagueQualified for Playoffs[1] (Final)[2]
WPL FinalRunner-up[3]
Most runsMeg Lanning (331)
Most wicketsMarizanne Kapp (11)
Most catchesRadha Yadav (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsTaniya Bhatia (5)
← 2023 2025 →

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

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  • 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 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Laura Harris  Australia (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player
Aparna Mondal  India (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 28) Right-handed –
Jemimah Rodrigues  India (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) 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 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
Jess Jonassen  Australia (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32) 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 27) 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 23) 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 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Titas Sadhu  India (2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Poonam Yadav  India (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) 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

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

Sponsors

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League stage

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Pos Team
 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

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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.
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.
Match 7
29 February 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
194/5 (20 overs)
v
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.
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]
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.
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)
Match 17
10 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
181/5 (20 overs)
v
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]
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

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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

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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

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Most runs

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

Most wickets

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

References

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  1. ^ "WPL 2024 playoffs qualification scenario: 3 teams fight for two spots". Business Standard.
  2. ^ a b "Delhi Capitals defeat Gujarat Giants by seven wickets to take direct flight to WPL Final". The Economic Times. 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "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.
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