Delhi Capitals in 2020

Ashwin was traded in from Kings XI Punjab in exchange for Jagadeesha Suchith.

In July 2019, Delhi have added a new leggie Mayank Markande to their squad, after trading Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians.[3]

Kings XI Punjab on Thursday 7 November 2019 traded Ravichandran Ashwin to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore and Karnataka spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, ending a series of intense negotiations over the Indian spinner's IPL future.

On 13 November New Zealand fast-bowler Trent Boult was traded to defending champions Mumbai Indians for the next season of Indian Premier League (IPL).

On 14 November Ajinkya Rahane has was traded to Delhi Capitals, with spinners Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia moving in the opposite direction, to Rajasthan Royals.

In November 2019,Delhi Capitals retained 12 players from their 2019 squad & released nine players.[4]

Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Keemo Paul.

Released players: Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh and Bandaru Ayyappa.

Traded In: Mayank Markande, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane

Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult and Rahul Tewatia

The Capitals went into the auction with a purse of 27.85 Cr INR. Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and bought 8 players in the IPL Auction 2020. Their best purchases are Shimron Hetmyer for INR 775L and Marcus Stoinis for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at their base price. In addition to that, Delhi Capitals got Alex Carey for 240L INR.

Players bought: Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.

ESPNcricinfo' wrote The team of Delhi Capitals wanted to buy Eoin Morgan, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Curran, Pat Cummins and Jaydev Unadkat these players in the auction, but this could not happen. In such a situation, the team had to turn to other options. The team will have to use their limited resources to dominate the home ground. No batsman of the team can bowl. And the lack of accurate backups of Rabada could be overshadowed by the team. However, the franchise did a good job by buying Hetmyer and Alex Carrie.[5]

In March 2020, it was confirmed that Chris Woakes will not play upcoming IPL season in order to stay fresh ahead of his England's home Test series. In auction 2019, Delhi capitals were the only team to register a bid for Chris Woakes of ₹1.5 crore.[6]

In this season of IPL, fast bowler Mohit Sharma will play for Delhi Capitals. Mohit is very excited about playing for his new franchise team.[7] Mohit said

I am in a situation where a good advice can change my career. I am very excited to learn from Ponting and the rest of the coaching staff. He said winning the IPL means a lot to the domestic players. I believe we can do better this year. The Delhi Capitals team has never been able to win an IPL title till date.

• The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
•      advanced to Qualifier 1
•      advanced to the Eliminator