DC Most Expensive Player in IPL History

Delhi Capitals made their start in the Indian Premier League with two back-to-back semi-finals in the first two seasons. But in the next nine seasons, from 2010 to 2018, they only reached the playoffs once. The best season for DC was in 2020 when they finished runners-up after losing to Mumbai Indians. However, despite not winning any seasons, DC has always gone for big names in the auction.

Over the years, the franchise has signed the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Gautam Gambhir, and many more superstars. And in doing so, they have also invested big bucks at the auction. Most recently, they spent INR 5.5 crore on uncapped Indian pacer Mukesh Kumar. So we will discuss the highest paid cricketers for DC in one season of the league.

Delhi Capitals Most Expensive Player in IPL History

5. Axar Patel – INR 9 Crore in 2022

Indian spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has been a season-long campaigner in the IPL. He joined the Delhi team in 2019 and quickly established himself as a regular. Axar was one of the team members retained in 2022, and he will be paid INR 9 crore for a single season. He has taken 40 wickets for them in 54 games and also scored 449 runs at a strike rate of 132.44.

4. Shardul Thakur – INR 10.75 Crore in 2022

Shardul Thakur had a fair amount of success between 2021 and 2022, which earned him big money in the IPL. He was part of CSK from 2018 to 2021, and then they released him. Shardul was then acquired by DC after a bidding war, which earned him a price of INR 10.75 crore. And he became the fourth-highest paid cricketer for the Delhi franchise. He played 14 games and took 15 wickets and scored 120 runs in 2022 for them.

3. Dinesh Karthik – INR 12.5 Crore in 2014

Veteran Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has been part of six IPL franchises in his IPL career. He started with Delhi for the first three seasons in 2008, 2009, and 2010. But then, the franchise once again signed him in 2014 and it took them a whopping amount of INR 12.5 crore to them. DK played 14 games in that season and scored 325 runs at 23.21 and a strike rate of 125.96 with three half-centuries.

2. Yuvraj Singh – INR 16 Crore in 2015

Former Indian star Yuvraj Singh is one of the biggest names to have played for the franchise in the IPL’s history. He was part of the Delhi team in 2015, but it was a big deal. Delhi acquired him for a whopping price of INR 16 crore in the auction, making him the costliest player for the franchise to acquire in the auction. He played 14 games and scored 248 runs with two half-centuries in that season. Later, Delhi released him.

1. Rishabh Pant – INR 16 Crore in 2022

The star Indian wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is the joint-highest paid cricketer in a season for the franchise. Pant made his IPL debut in 2016 for Delhi, and since then, he has been part of the franchise. He was given the captaincy job in the absence of Shreyas Iyer in 2021, and then he became the permanent captain of the team. DC paid INR 16 crore to Pant for one season in 2022, which is his fee per season for the next three editions.

Season-wise DC Most Expensive Player in IPL History