Delhi Capitals reveal new jersey for the upcoming IPL season

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Indian Premier League side Delhi Capitals revealed their jersey for the upcoming season of the IPL. The revelation of the new jersey was done by the Delhi side on their official Twitter handle. 

The IPL is scheduled to start from 9th April and the Capitals play their first game on 10th April at the Wankhede Stadium. In the last edition of the IPL which took place in the UAE, the Capitals under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer made it to their first-ever finals in the 13-year history of the league. 

For the upcoming edition of the league, the Capitals have signed Tom Curran and Umesh Yadav as early replacement for their South African superstars Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada. 

Although both Rabada and Nortje have not been named in the South Africa T20 squad, which will play Pakistan during the early phase of IPL, even then they will miss the initial matches, as playing the ODI series and the following quarantine would delay their availability for the Delhi side.  

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