DC entered their participation in the IPL auction with only 5 slots remaining to fill with a an amount that was Rs19.45 crores. The most expensive overseas purchases were Rilee Rossouw (Rs4.6 crores) and Phil Salt (Rs2 crores). Ishant Sharma Manish Pandey as well as Mukesh Kumar were among their Indian acquisitions during the sale in Kochi on 23 December.
Delhi has built a solid team. They have retained the majority of their core players and chose excellent replacements during their IPL auction. We provide an SWOT analysis of the DC team ahead of IPL 2023.
Strengths
Delhi Capitals arguably have one of the most exciting batsmen in the IPL and David Warner, Prithvi Shaw Mitchell Marsh/Rilee Rosouw, Rishabh Pant Sarfaraz Khan as well as Rovman Powell are most likely to be their top six.
Warner is among the most outstanding T20 batters of all time. Shaw is a promising young talent that plays an offensive game. Marsh brings years of experience to the table, and is a top pace-hitter. Powell was also a solid season in the past for DC.
Delhi also has a reputable spin duo consisting of Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel. They can cause havoc during home games , if Kotla surfaces help spinners during the tournament.
Weaknesses
Rishabh Pant has endured an unforgiving year – both as a captain and batter for the T20 format. He was unable to make an impact on the national team, and was in the sidelines during the majority of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. He’ll need to play in a way in order for DC want to take home their first IPL title.
India’s Indian pace bowling options are not the most exciting. It’s going to be challenging to take in each of Nortje as well as Rahman. Thus, Indian fast-bowlers will occupy two slots on the playing side. This is something that teams from the opposition are likely to look at.
Opportunities
Prithvi Shaw has fallen not popular with the national team even though he was a great performer at the IPL. But the DC opener should have a big season, so the team’s selectors will be aware and give him a long period within the format.
This is also an excellent opportunity for Rilee Rossouw as well as Phil Salt. While they aren’t an integral part of the first choice playing XI, they’ll certainly be considered when players are not performing well or do not show up during the tournament.
Threats
It is believed that the Delhi Capitals’ batting ends at 7 and their sixth pitcher is Rovman Powell. This could make their first choice playing XI somewhat less flexible.
They’ll have to pray that their experts in both bat and ball – perform in their specific roles to ensure that the insufficient depth doesn’t cause a significant problem for the team.
Also Read: IPL 2023 Mumbai Indians (MI) SWOT Analysis and Full Team
DC’s (Delhi Capitals) entire team for IPL 2023
Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw.
This is the full team from DC (Delhi Captains) for IPL 2023.
