Delhi Capitals (DC) are one of the three sides that are yet to win an IPL title after having played since the league’s inception in 2008. But the team had some star-studded players, both batters and bowlers, in their ranks during the course of these years.
Thus far, DC have reached the final once in 2020, went beyond the league stages five other times, and found themselves in last place three times. While the trophy has eluded them and their journey has been rather inconsistent, we can’t discount the efforts put in by their batters.
And here we will see the batters with the most runs for Delhi Capitals in IPL history.
Most Runs for DC in IPL
| Player | Innings | Runs | High Score | SR | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishabh Pant | 110 | 3284 | 128 | 148.93 | 1/18 |
| David Warner | 89 | 2551 | 109 | 135.54 | 2/22 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 87 | 2375 | 96 | 123.96 | 0/16 |
| Virender Sehwag | 79 | 2174 | 119 | 160.32 | 1/15 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 63 | 2066 | 106 | 131.01 | 2/16 |
| Prithvi Shaw | 79 | 1892 | 99 | 147.46 | 0/14 |
| Axar Patel | 73 | 1230 | 66 | 138.51 | 0/3 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 44 | 1182 | 86 | 122.86 | 0/9 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 49 | 1036 | 69 | 126.49 | 0/6 |
| JP Duminy | 35 | 1015 | 78 | 130.79 | 0/6 |
Key Insights
The former skipper, Rishabh Pant, leads the run tally for the Delhi Capitals with 3284 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 148.93. He has also scored a solitary century (128* vs SRH in 2018) in the process.
Overall, eight batters from DC have scored at least a century in the IPL while representing this team. Apart from the four batters on the list, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Sanju Samson, and Kevin Pietersen are the other batters who struck a ton in the Capitals’ colours.
Similarly, 47 different batters have scored at least a fifty in an innings while playing for DC in the IPL.
160.32 is the highest strike rate for a Delhi Capitals batter with a minimum run tally of 500. This belongs to Virender Sehwag, who scored 2174 runs for the team.
David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan are the only batters to have scored at least 2000 runs for two different sides. They achieved a similar feat while playing for the SRH franchise as well.
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