Delhi Daredevils

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Delhi Daredevils [1]
Coach: Flag of Australia Greg Shipperd
Captain: Flag of India Virender Sehwag
Colors: Black and Red
Founded: 2008
Home Ground: Feroz Shah Kotla
Capacity: 40,000
Owner: GMR Holdings
CEO: Yogesh Shetty
Official Website: Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils[1] is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR group. The team is captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated Icon Player for the franchise.The

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[edit] Franchise history

During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams, the GMR group acquired the rights for the Delhi franchise for $84 million.

[edit] 2008 IPL Season

The Daredevils were well poised from the onset of the first IPL season, having most of their core players—with the exception of Daniel Vettori—available for the whole tournament. The team built their batting lineup around Delhi openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir and used the majority of their foreign player quota on their bowling attack lead by Glenn McGrath and Mohammed Asif.

The team started the tournament well, winning 4 of their first 5 games. However, they were unable to sustain this high level of play and finished the round-robin portion of the tournament with a record of 7-6. Their performance was good enough to make the semi-finals, where they were defeated by 105 runs against the Rajasthan Royals inspite the fact that they defeated Rajasthan Royals in their first game

[edit] Home Ground

The Daredevils play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground located in New Delhi, under the newly installed floodlights.

[edit] Players

Virender Sehwag has been accorded the icon player status in the Delhi team.

[edit] Current Squad

Batsmen

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
44 Virender Sehwag (Captain) ♠ 29 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 833,750 (Icon Player) ♠
Tillakaratne Dilshan 31 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 250,000
5 Gautam Gambhir 26 Flag of India India Left-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 725,000
Manoj Tiwary 22 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 675,000
Shikhar Dhawan 22 Flag of India India Left-handed Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player[2]

Wicket-keepers / All-rounders

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
Dinesh Karthik 23 Flag of India India Right-handed Wicket-keeper US$ 525,000
AB de Villiers 24 Flag of South Africa South Africa Right-handed Right-arm medium / Wicket-keeper US$ 300,000
15 Daniel Vettori 29 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Left-handed Left arm orthodox spin US$ 625,000
Shoaib Malik 26 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 500,000
68 Farveez Maharoof 23 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 225,000
23 Rajat Bhatia 28 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player [3]
Mithun Manhas 28 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player [2]
Mayank Tehlan 21 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Under 22 Player[4]

Bowlers

No. Name Age Nationality Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding/Sign-in Price
Mohammad Asif 25 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 650,000
11 Glenn McGrath 37 Flag of Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast US$ 350,000
63 Brett Geeves 26 Flag of Australia Australia Right-handed Right-arm Fast-Medium US$ 50,000
Pradeep Sangwan 17 Flag of India India Right-handed Left-arm Fast Medium India Under-19 Team
21 Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh 22 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm Fast Medium Tamil Nadu - Ranji Trophy Player [4]
Amit Mishra 25 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm Legbreak Haryana - Ranji Trophy Player[5]

[edit] Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office
Coaches

[edit] Fixtures and Results

Delhi Daredevils 2008 Season

No Date Opponent Venue Result
1 19 April Rajasthan Royals Delhi Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – Farveez Maharoof – 2/11 (4 overs)
2 22 April Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 9 Wickets, MoM – V. Sehwag – 94* (41)
3 27 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 4 Wickets
4 30 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Won by 10 Runs, MoM – Glenn McGrath – 4/29 (4 overs)
5 2 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 8 Wickets, MoM – Virender Sehwag – 1/21 (2 overs) and 71 (41)
6 4 May Mumbai Indians Navi Mumbai Lost by 29 runs
7 8 May Chennai Super Kings Delhi Lost by 4 wickets
8 11 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 3 wickets
9 13 May Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 23 runs
10 15 May Deccan Chargers Delhi Won by 12 runs, MoM – Amit Mishra – 5/17 (4 overs)
11 17 May Kings XI Punjab Delhi Lost by 6 runs (D/L Method)
12 19 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Sreevats Goswami – 52 (42)
13 22 May Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi [Match Abandoned Due to Rain]
14 24 May Mumbai Indians Delhi Won by 5 Wickets, MoM – Dinesh Karthik – 56* (32)
15 30 May Rajasthan Royals (Semi Final #1) Mumbai Lost by 105 runs


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Indian Premier League Team: Delhi Daredevils. IPLT20.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  2. ^ a b Daredevils bag Manhas Dhawan. Indiatimes (2008-02-23). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  3. ^ IPL the new mantra for domestic cricketers. Indiatimes (2008-02-24). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
  4. ^ a b Signed, signalled and sought. Cricinfo (2008-03-01). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  5. ^ Cricinfo - Haryana
  6. ^ IPL Buzz. Cricinfo (2008-03-12). Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  7. ^ GMR ropes in daredevil Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador

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