Who has been selected as the captain of Delhi Capitals for the IPL - 2019 season?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (C) Shreyas Iyer.

Explanation:

• Shreyas Iyer was named the captain of Delhi Capitals for the IPL 2019 season.
• This was a significant season for the franchise as they rebranded from Delhi Daredevils to Delhi Capitals and changed their team logo and colors.
• Iyer had originally taken over the captaincy midway through the 2018 season after Gautam Gambhir stepped down due to the team’s poor performance.
• Under Iyer's leadership in 2019, the team broke a seven-year jinx to qualify for the playoffs, eventually finishing third in the tournament.

Information Booster:

• The 2019 season saw the return of Shikhar Dhawan to his home franchise, providing much-needed experience to a young batting core consisting of Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer.
• Ricky Ponting served as the Head Coach, while Mohammad Kaif was the Assistant Coach during this successful campaign.

Additional Knowledge:

Virender Sehwag (Option A)

• Sehwag was the captain of the franchise (then Delhi Daredevils) during the inaugural season in 2008 and again in 2012. He had retired from the IPL long before the 2019 season.

Ravichandran Ashwin (Option B)

• In the 2019 season, Ravichandran Ashwin was actually the captain of the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). He joined Delhi Capitals later in 2020 through a trade.

Shikhar Dhawan (Option D)

• Although Dhawan was a key senior player and the top run-scorer for the team in 2019 (521 runs), he played under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. He later captained the side briefly in standby roles but was never the designated full-season captain for DC in 2019.