along with the story telling and the premise of the series, the cast also received widespread appreciation for their performances in the series. priyanka roy of "the telegraph" said: "and while the rest of it is worth a watch, shefali shah is reason number one why you shouldn’t give delhi crime a miss." nandini ramnath from "scroll" wrote: " rajesh tailang, anurag arora, adil hussain, jaya bhattacharya, gopal dutt and vinod sharawat are among the numerous actors who display the same dedication to their craft as did their fictionalised selves to the investigation." namrata joshi from "the hindu" said: "tailang’s control, poise and measured way plays out beautifully against shah’s dynamism to give us arguably the best on-screen buddy-cop team seen yet in india."