The youngest captain of IPL 2022 is 24 years old Rishabh Pant who is leading the team of Delhi Capitals(DC).
DC is a cricket franchise based on Delhi and plays in Indian Premier League(IPL).
DC’s current coach is Ricky Ponting and its chairman is Parth Jindal.
Its home ground is in Arun Jaitley stadium, New Delhi and its secondary home ground is Shahid Veer Narayan Singh International cricket stadium, Naya Raipur.
It is jointly owned by JSW group and GMR Group.
It was founded in 2008 as Delhi Daredevils. Later, they changed its name to Delhi Capitals in December 2018.
In the first IPL 2008, they won their first two matches against Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers. They reached the semi finals but they were defeated by Rajasthan Royals. After which Rajathan Royals won their first IPL title.
DC’s performance over the years :-
| Year | Matches Played | Matches Won | Matches Lost | No Result |
| 2008 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2009 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2012 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
The Chart above indicates that they are getting better in every season.
This franchise has never won an IPL season but its been to playoffs six times and once in the IPL finals 2020. In which they lost from Mumbai Indians.
DC’s still looking for its first title and they placed their beliefs on the young players rather than experienced players.
This year they can be the biggest challenger for the IPL 2022 trophy.
DC’s Squad fot IPL 2022 is given Below :-
