The Delhi Capitals is one of the eight founding teams that plays in the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL). Co-owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group, Delhi Capitals was established in 2008 as Delhi Daredevils before embracing a new avatar in December 2018. The Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital is the team's home ground. In 2020, the team reached the final for the first time under Shreyas Iyer's captaincy. Former India cricketers Venu Gopal Rao and Hemang Badani are Director of Cricket and Head Coach respectively (IPL). In 2023, Delhi Capitals became one of the five founding teams to participate in the Women’s Premier League. The team is currently captained by Australian legend Meg Lanning and coached by Jonathan Batty. The team has reached the final in the first two seasons of the competition.
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