Delhi Capitals will play its first game in the capital on April 13 against Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Its first two home matches, however, will be held at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Formerly known as Feroze Shah Kotla, the Arun Jaitley Stadium will host five of DC’s seven home games and could be crucial to its chances of making the IPL 2025 playoffs.
Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium
Matches played – 85
Won – 38
Lost – 45
Tied – 1
No Result – 1
Batting average – 26.57 | Batting run rate – 8.38
Bowling average – 26.81 | Bowling economy – 8.39
In the IPL 2024, DC enjoyed great success winning four out of its five games.
Arun Jaitley Stadium – Key stats
Highest team score – 266/7 by Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (2024)
Lowest team score – 66 all-out by Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) vs MI (2017)
Most runs scored – David Warner – 1048
Most wickets taken – Amit Mishra – 58
Highest individual score – 128 not out by Chris Gayle (RCB) vs DD (2012)
Best bowling performance – 5/13 – by Lasith Malinga (MI) vs DD (2011)
Arun Jaitley Stadium slightly favours teams chasing, but the advantage isn’t significant.
Arun Jaitley stadium slightly favours chasing
Matches played – 90
Wins for teams batting first – 43
Wins for teams chasing – 45
Tied – 1
No Result – 1