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The Delhi Capitals are a relatively new team in the Indian Premier League (IPL), founded in 2008 as the Delhi Daredevils. The team has gone through several changes in ownership, branding, and personnel, but has managed to make a mark in the tournament in recent years. In this article, we will discuss the team details, team and performance of Delhi Capitals.

Team Description:

Delhi Capitals is based in the national capital of India, Delhi and is owned by GMR Group and JSW Group. The team was founded in 2008 and is currently captained by young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant of the Indian cricket team. Former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is the head coach of the team.

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With a mix of experienced players and young talent, Delhi Capitals have a balanced squad for IPL 2023. The list of players in the DC team is as follows:

1. Rishabh Pant (C)

2. Shreyas Iyer

3. Prithvi Shaw

4. Kagiso Rabada

5. Marcus Stoinis

6. Chris Woakes

7.R Ashwin

8. Akshar Patel

9. Enrich Nortje

10. Tom Curran

11. Shikhar Dhawan

12. Ishant Sharma

13. Shimron Hetmyer

14. Amit Mishra

15.Lalit Yadav

16. Avesh Khan

17. Umesh Yadav

18.Steven Smith

19. Sam Billings

20. Luqman Meriwala

21. Vishnu Vinod

22. Ripple Patel

23. Manimaran Siddhartha

24. Praveen Dubey

25. Anirudh Joshi

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Delhi Capitals have been one of the best teams in IPL history, with their best performance coming in 2020, where they finished as runners-up. The team had a relatively disappointing season in IPL 2021, where they finished fifth, but will be looking to bounce back in IPL 2023.

DC have a strong batting lineup with the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant. The team also boasts of some of the best all-rounders of the tournament including Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes and Axar Patel. In the bowling department, DC have some of the best fast bowlers of the tournament including Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Tom Curran.