DC
Delhi Capitals

Arun Jaitley Stadium · Delhi
Founded 2008
Head Coach: Ricky Ponting

7
Wins 2025
5th
Final position
187
Avg 1st inn
9.2
PP econ (best)
+0.166
NRR 2025
63%
Chase W%
Last 8 results · IPL 2025
WLLLLWLL
Pace-heavyPace-heavy10 overseas

Team standing · League position

Where they rank · 5-team comparison

Bar = position within league range. Left = worst, right = best. Dot = DC.

Key team metrics · IPL 2025
Avg 1st innings186.8· 22th of 114
Best: SER 226.0 · Worst: IC 32.7
PP economy (bowl)9.24· 109th of 118
Best: ARG 11.62 · Worst: TUR 4.84
Death economy (bowl)10.56· 100th of 118
Best: CAN 15.33 · Worst: IRE 4.51
Chase win %62.5%· 42th of 116
Best: SYT 100.0% · Worst: LNS 0.0%
Boundary % (bat)20.6%· 18th of 118
Best: BUL 30.9% · Worst: IC 1.9%
league medianDC

Phase run-rate · DC vs league avg

Team batting RPO by over bucket. Exposes where the engine fires and where it stalls.

0.03.77.411.2PP(1-6)7-1011-1415-1617-20RPO
DC RPOLeague avg

Batting order · Depth and load

Batting order depth · Expected run contribution by position

Bar = avg contribution from that position. OS flag. Form badge from last 5 outings.

3
Abishek Porel
18.5
4
KL Rahul
22.2
5
Axar Patel
18.3
6
Tristan Stubbs
OS21.4
7
Ashutosh Sharma
19.8
8
Vipraj Nigam
16.5
9
Mitchell Starc
OS1.2
10
Kuldeep Yadav
4.3
Pos 1–3 · above league avg contributionPos 4+ · below league avg · depth cliff

Batting-first vs chase · Win rate split

Structural preference. Toss wins correlated with batting choice.

Batting first
25%
1W · 4G · avg set 187
Chasing
63%
5W · 8G

Chase lean is significant — 63% win rate chasing vs 25% setting (+38pp edge). Fielding first after winning the toss is the structural preference.

Bowling phase profile · Economy index

Index 100 = league avg. Above 100 = more economical. Exposes PP strength and death drag.

10082powerplay91middle86death
DC Eco+ by phaseLeague avg (100)

Venue win % · Current season grounds

Venue win % · Ranked vs league baseline (50%)

Bars diverge from 50% win rate (random baseline). Green = above, red = below.

← Below 50% win rate  |  50% baseline  |  Above 50% →
Arun Jaitley · Delhi
n 90 matches
41%
Wankhede · Mumbai
n 18 matches
28%
Chepauk · Chennai
n 12 matches
33%
Chinnaswamy · Bengaluru
n 12 matches
50%
Eden Gardens · Kolkata
n 10 matches
20%
Uppal · Hyderabad
n 10 matches
60%
SMS · Jaipur
n 9 matches
44%
NM Stadium · Ahmedabad
n 8 matches
63%
Mullanpur · Chandigarh
n 8 matches
13%
Brabourne · Mumbai
n 6 matches
67%
DY Patil · Navi Mumbai
n 6 matches
50%
MCA · Pune
n 4 matches
50%
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal B…
n 4 matches
75%

Squad composition — IPL 2025

Composition summary

  • BCIPace-heavy
  • Pace / spin (count)5 pace · 3 spin
  • Bowling depth8 bowlers
  • Batting depth7
  • Allrounder ratio0.36
  • Overseas in squad10

Squad — IPL 2025

PlayerRoleStyleOS
JA RichardsonBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm fastYes
Sediqullah AtalTOP-ORDERleft-hand batYes
Mustafizur RahmanOPENERleft-hand bat · left-arm fast-mediumYes
AK MandalBOWL-SPIN
HC BrookTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm mediumYes
J Fraser-McGurkOPENERright-hand bat · legbreak googlyYes
F du PlessisOPENERright-hand bat · legbreakYes
Tristan StubbsTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
Abishek PorelWKleft-hand bat
KL RahulWKright-hand bat
Donovan FerreiraWKright-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
Axar PatelBOWL-ARleft-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
Sameer RizviTOP-ORDERright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Ashutosh SharmaIMPACT-BATright-hand bat · right-arm medium
DG NalkandeBAT-ARright-hand bat · right-arm fast-medium
Vipraj NigamBOWL-SPINright-hand bat · legbreak
M TiwariBAT-ARright-hand bat · right-arm medium-fast
Monu KumarBAT-ARright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Tripurana VijayTOP-ORDER
Kuldeep YadavBOWL-SPINleft-hand bat · left-arm wrist-spin
Dushmantha ChameeraBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm fastYes
Mitchell StarcBOWL-PACEleft-hand bat · left-arm fastYes
Kartik SharmaBOWL-PACE
T NatarajanBOWL-PACEleft-hand bat · left-arm fast-medium
Mukesh KumarBOWL-PACEright-hand bat · right-arm medium