2024 Delhi Capitals (WPL) season

{{short description|WPL cricket team in 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox cricket club season

|club=Delhi Capitals

|season=2024

|captain=Meg Lanning

|coach=Jonathan Batty

|comp1=WPL League

|comp1 result=Qualified for Playoffs{{Cite web |title=WPL 2024 playoffs qualification scenario: 3 teams fight for two spots |url=https://www.business-standard.com/cricket/news/wpl-2024-playoffs-qualification-scenario-four-teams-fight-for-two-spots-124031000218_1.html |website=Business Standard}} (Final){{Cite news |title=Delhi Capitals defeat Gujarat Giants by seven wickets to take direct flight to WPL Final |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/delhi-capitals-defeat-gujarat-giants-by-seven-wickets-to-take-direct-flight-to-wpl-final/articleshow/108473688.cms |website=The Economic Times|date=14 March 2024 }}

|comp2=WPL Final

|comp2 result=Runner-up{{Cite web |date=2024-03-17 |title=DC vs RCB Highlights, WPL 2024 Final: RCB conquer Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets, clinch maiden title |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/dc-vs-rcb-wpl-final-2024-live-cricket-score-delhi-capitals-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-womens-premier-league-t20-101710671013418.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

|most runs=Meg Lanning (331)

|most wickets=Marizanne Kapp (11)

|most catches=Radha Yadav (6)

|most dismissals=Taniya Bhatia (5)

|prevseason=2023

|nextseason=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.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=Sciver-Brunt and Wong lead Mumbai Indians to inaugural WPL title |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-premier-league-2022-23-1348825/delhi-capitals-women-vs-mumbai-indians-women-final-1358950/match-report |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}

Delhi Capitals direct qualified for the WPL Final as the League stage table topper for the consecutive 2nd year. Delhi Capitals lost the Final to Royal Challengers Bangalore finishing as the runner-up for the consecutive 2nd year.

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
  • Ages as of 23 February 2024

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class="wikitable"

!Name

!Nationality

!Birth date

!Batting style

!Bowling style

!Notes

colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc" |Batters
Sneha Deepthi

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1996|9|10|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|

Laura Harris

|{{crw|AUS}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1990|8|18|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Slow left-arm orthodox

|Overseas player

Meg Lanning

|{{crw|AUS}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1992|3|25|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|Captain. Overseas player

Aparna Mondal

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1996|6|2|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|–

|

Jemimah Rodrigues

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2000|9|5|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|Vice-captain

Shafali Verma

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2004|1|28|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|

colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc" |All-rounders
Alice Capsey

|{{crw|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2004|8|11|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|Overseas player

Jess Jonassen

|{{crw|AUS}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1992|11|5|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Slow left-arm orthodox

|Overseas player

Marizanne Kapp

|{{crw|RSA}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1990|1|4|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|Overseas player

Ashwani Kumari

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1997|8|25|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|

Minnu Mani

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1999|3|24|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Right-arm off break

|

Annabel Sutherland

|{{crw|AUS}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2001|10|12|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|Overseas player

colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc" |Wicket-keepers
Taniya Bhatia

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1997|11|28|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|–

|

colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc" |Bowlers
Shikha Pandey

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1989|5|12|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|

Arundhati Reddy

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1997|10|4|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|

Titas Sadhu

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2004|9|29|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium

|

Poonam Yadav

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|1991|8|24|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm leg break

|

Radha Yadav

|{{crw|IND}}

|{{Birth date and age2|2024|02|23|2000|4|21|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Slow left-arm orthodox

|

  • Source:{{Cite web |title=WPL 2024 squads: Full player list for all teams {{!}} The Cricketer |url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/wpl/wpl_2024_squads_full_player_list_all_teams.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.thecricketer.com |language=en}}

Support staff

class="wikitable"

!Position

!Name

Head coach

|Jonathan Batty

Assistant coach

|Hemlata Kala

Assistant coach

|Lisa Keightley

Fielding coach

|Biju George

  • Source: Official website{{cite web |date=11 February 2023 |title=Delhi Capitals announce Coaching Staff Ahead of Women's Premier League 2023 |url=https://www.delhicapitals.in/delhi-capitals-announce-coaching-staff-ahead-of-womens-premier-league-2023 |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=Delhi Capitals}}

Sponsors

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League stage

{{2024 Women's Premier League Points table}}

= Fixtures and results =

{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 1}}Match 1|date=23 February 2024|time=20:00|night=y|team1=Delhi Capitals|team2=Mumbai Indians|score1=171/5 (20 overs)|runs1=Alice Capsey 75 (53)|wickets1=Nat Sciver-Brunt 2/33 (4 overs)|score2=173/6 (20 overs)|runs2=Yastika Bhatia 57 (45)|wickets2=Alice Capsey 2/23 (2 overs)|result=Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417716.html Scorecard]|venue=M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru|umpires=Abhijeet Bengeri and Vrinda Rathi|motm=Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)|toss=Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.|rain=|notes=}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 4}}Match 4|date=26 February 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=UP Warriorz|team2=Delhi Capitals|score1=119/9 (20 overs)|runs1=Shweta Sehrawat 45 (42)|wickets1=Radha Yadav 4/20 (4 overs)|score2=123/1 (14.3 overs)|runs2=Shafali Verma 64* (43)|wickets2=Sophie Ecclestone 1/31 (3.3 overs)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 9 wickets|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417719.html Scorecard]|venue=M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru|umpires=Mohit Krishnadas and Pashchim Pathak|motm=Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.|rain=|notes=}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 7}}Match 7|date=29 February 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=Delhi Capitals|team2=Royal Challengers Bangalore|score1=194/5 (20 overs)|runs1=Shafali Verma 50 (31)|wickets1=Sophie Devine 2/23 (3 overs)|score2=169/9 (20 overs)|runs2=Smriti Mandhana 74 (43)|wickets2=Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417722.html Scorecard]|venue=M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru|umpires=Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani|motm=Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.|rain=|notes=}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 10}}Match 10|date=3 March 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=Delhi Capitals|team2=Gujarat Giants|score1=163/8 (20 overs)|runs1=Meg Lanning 55 (41)|wickets1=Meghna Singh 4/37 (4 overs)|score2=138/8 (20 overs)|runs2=Ashleigh Gardner 40 (31)|wickets2=Radha Yadav 3/20 (4 overs)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417725.html Scorecard]|venue=M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru|umpires=Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi|motm=Jess Jonassen (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to field.|rain=|notes=Sayali Satghare (Gujarat Giants) replaced Dayalan Hemalatha as a concussion substitute in the second innings.{{Cite web |title=Satghare comes in for Hemalatha to become the first concussion substitute in the WPL |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/gujarat-giants-sayali-satghare-comes-in-for-d-hemalatha-as-the-first-concussion-substitute-in-the-wpl-1423415 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 March 2024}}}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 12}}Match 12|date=5 March 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=Delhi Capitals|team2=Mumbai Indians|score1=192/4 (20 overs)|runs1=Jemimah Rodrigues 69* (33)|wickets1=Pooja Vastrakar 1/20 (4 overs)|score2=163/8 (20 overs)|runs2=Amanjot Kaur 42 (27)|wickets2=Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 29 runs|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417727.html Scorecard]|venue=Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi|umpires=Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani|motm=Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.|rain=|notes=}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 15}}Match 15|date=8 March 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=UP Warriorz|team2=Delhi Capitals|score1=138/8 (20 overs)|runs1=Deepti Sharma 59 (48)|wickets1=Radha Yadav 2/16 (3 overs)|score2=137 (19.5 overs)|runs2=Meg Lanning 60 (46)|wickets2=Deepti Sharma 4/19 (4 overs)|result=UP Warriorz won by 1 run|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417730.html Scorecard]|venue=Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi|umpires=Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi|motm=Deepti Sharma (Delhi Capitals)|toss=UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to bat.|rain=|notes=Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz) became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Women's Premier League.{{cite web | url=https://femalecricket.com/wpl-2024/38730-deepti-sharma-becomes-first-indian-bowler-to-pick-hat-trick-in-wpl.html | title=Deepti Sharma becomes first Indian bowler to pick Hat-Trick in WPL | work=Female Cricket | date=9 March 2024 | accessdate=10 March 2024}}}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 17}}Match 17|date=10 March 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=Delhi Capitals|team2=Royal Challengers Bangalore|score1=181/5 (20 overs)|runs1=Jemimah Rodrigues 58 (36)|wickets1=Shreyanka Patil 4/26 (4 overs)|score2=180/7 (20 overs)|runs2=Richa Ghosh 51 (29)|wickets2=Alice Capsey 1/5 (1 over)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 1 run|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417732.html Scorecard]|venue=Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi|umpires=Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani|motm=Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.|rain=|notes=Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-premier-league-2023-24-1411373/delhi-capitals-women-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-women-17th-match-1417732/match-report |title=Heartbreak for Ghosh as Capitals qualify for playoffs in thriller |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=10 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024}}}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match|round={{Anchor|Match 20}}Match 20|date=13 March 2024|time=19:30|night=y|team1=Gujarat Giants|team2=Delhi Capitals|score1=126/9 (20 overs)|runs1=Bharti Fulmali 42 (36)|wickets1=Minnu Mani 2/9 (2 overs)|score2=129/3 (13.1 overs)|runs2=Shafali Verma 71 (37)|wickets2=Tanuja Kanwar 2/20 (4 overs)|result=Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets|report=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1417735.html Scorecard]|venue=Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi|umpires=Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi|motm=Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals)|toss=Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.|rain=|notes=}}

Playoffs

{{#section:2024_Women's_Premier_League_(cricket)|playoffs}}

= Final =

{{Excerpt|2024 Women's Premier League (cricket) final|hat=no|section=Summary|bold=yes}}

References

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