Axar Patel entered his name in the history books on Tuesday, April 21, by becoming the second cricketer in the world to play 100 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches for Delhi Capitals. The ongoing IPL 2026 match between DC and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Tuesday is Axar’s 100th IPL match for the Delhi-based franchise.
Before Axar, only Rishabh Pant has managed to play 100-plus matches in the IPL for Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils).
In the list of players with most IPL appearances for Delhi Capitals, Pant and Axar are followed by Amit Mishra, David Warner and Shreyas Iyer.
While former India spinner Amit Mishra played 99 IPL matches for DC from 2008 to 2021, Warner featured in 89 IPL matches for the Delhi-based franchise across
two spells and Iyer played 87 matches from 2015 to 2021.
Most IPL matches for Delhi Capitals
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | TIME PERIOD | MATCHES | RUNS | WICKETS |
| Rishabh Pant | India | 2016-2024 | 111 | 3284 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | India | 2019-2026 | 100* | 1259* | 72* |
| Amit Mishra | India | 2008-2021 | 99 | 185 | 106 |
| David Warner | Australia | 2009-2021 | 89 | 2551 | 0 |
| Shreyas Iyer | India | 2015-2021 | 87 | 2375 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | 2008-2013 | 79 | 2174 | 6 |
| Prithvi Shaw | India | 2018-2024 | 79 | 1892 | 0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | 2008-2021 | 63 | 2066 | 0 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | India | 2011-2018 | 61 | 32 | 40 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India | 2022-2026 | 59* | 149* | 67* |
In the previous 99 IPL matches for Delhi Capitals, Axar has scored 1259 runs in addition to taking 72 wickets. Under his leadership, the Delhi Capitals won 7 matches in IPL 2025 and three so far in IPL 2026.
The record of playing most IPL matches for one team is held by Virat Kohli. The right-handed batter from Delhi has played 273 IPL matches so far for Royal Challengers Bengaluru since joining them in 2008.
Most matches for one team in IPL
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | WICKETS |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 273 | 8908 | 4 |
| MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings | 248 | 4865 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 231 | 6013 | 1 |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 195 | 1816 | 198 |
| Kieron Pollard | Mumbai Indians | 189 | 3412 | 69 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 186 | 2198 | 143 |
| Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings | 176 | 4687 | 24 |
| AB De Villiers | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 156 | 4491 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Mumbai Indians | 151 | 73 | 184 |
| Sanju Samson | Rajasthan Royals | 149 | 4027 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 145 | 213 | 157 |
| Harbhajan Singh | Mumbai Indians | 136 | 799 | 127 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 133 | 2593 | 122 |
| Hardik Pandya | Mumbai Indians | 126 | 2012 | 70 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 122 | 88 | 170 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Mumbai Indians | 118 | 3824 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 116 | 1004 | 140 |
| Ambati Rayudu | Mumbai Indians | 114 | 2416 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 113 | 32 | 139 |
| Rishabh Pant | Delhi Capitals | 111 | 3284 | 0 |
| Gautam Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders | 108 | 3035 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Chennai Super Kings | 106 | 223 | 97 |
| Yusuf Pathan | Kolkata Knight Riders | 106 | 1893 | 21 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Rajasthan Royals | 100 | 2810 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | Delhi Capitals | 100* | 1259* | 72* |
Delhi Capitals to bowl first
In the IPL 2026 match against SRH, DC skipper Axar Patel opted to field first after winning the toss. Delhi Capitals have made one change to their playing XI. In place of Jammu and Kashmir’s fast bowling all-rounder Auqib Nabi Dar, Nitish Rana is playing.
