DC
Delhi Capitals

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

5
Wins 2026
7th
Final position
165
Avg 1st inn
9.9
PP econ (best)
-0.993
NRR 2026
57%
Chase W%
Last 8 results · IPL 2026
WLLWLLLW
Pace-heavyPace-heavy8 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 2026
Avg 1st innings164.7· 42th of 84
Best: SPA 257.0 · Worst: TIM 47.8
PP economy (bowl)9.92· 81th of 88
Best: SPA 11.04 · Worst: MI 3.69
Death economy (bowl)10.44· 72th of 88
Best: SPA 15.00 · Worst: RAW 3.12
Chase win %57.1%· 33th of 85
Best: SRH 100.0% · Worst: TIM 0.0%
Boundary % (bat)20.1%· 10th of 88
Best: PBKS 24.5% · Worst: TIM 2.9%
league medianDC

Phase run-rate · DC vs league avg

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

0.03.46.910.4PP(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.

1
P Nissanka
OS26.1
2
KL Rahul
55.5
3
Nitish Rana
27.1
4
Sameer Rizvi
29.9
5
David Miller
OS19.8
6
Tristan Stubbs
OS33.4
7
Ashutosh Sharma
16.5
8
David Miller
OS19.0
9
Kuldeep Yadav
2.0
10
Lungi Ngidi
OS1.5
11
T Natarajan
1.0
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
0%
0W · 3G · avg set 165
Chasing
57%
4W · 7G

Chase lean is significant — 57% win rate chasing vs 0% setting (+57pp 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.

10077powerplay79middle86death
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 2026

Composition summary

  • BCIPace-heavy
  • Pace / spin (count)6 pace · 3 spin
  • Bowling depth9 bowlers
  • Batting depth11
  • Allrounder ratio0.45
  • Overseas in squad8

Squad — IPL 2026

PlayerRoleStyleOS
KL RahulWicketkeeperright-hand bat
Karun NairBatterright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Abishek PorelWicketkeeperleft-hand bat
Tristan StubbsBatterright-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
Axar PatelAll-rounderleft-hand bat · slow left-arm orthodox
Sameer RizviBatterright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Ashutosh SharmaBatterright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Vipraj NigamAll-rounderright-hand bat · legbreak
Tripurana VijayAll-rounder
M TiwariAll-rounderright-hand bat · right-arm medium-fast
Mitchell StarcBowlerleft-hand bat · left-arm fastYes
T NatarajanBowlerleft-hand bat · left-arm fast-medium
Mukesh KumarBowlerright-hand bat · right-arm medium
Dushmantha ChameeraBowlerright-hand bat · right-arm fastYes
Kuldeep YadavBowlerleft-hand bat · left-arm wrist-spin
Nitish RanaBatterleft-hand bat · right-arm medium
Auqib DarAll-rounder
David MillerBatterleft-hand bat · right-arm offbreakYes
Lungi NgidiBowlerright-hand bat · right-arm fast-mediumYes
Prithvi ShawBatterright-hand bat · right-arm offbreak
Kyle JamiesonBowlerright-hand bat · right-arm fast-mediumYes
AK MandalAll-rounder
BM DuckettWicketkeeperYes
P NissankaBatterYes
SU ParakhBatter