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.

[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

[edit] Performance
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 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 lost by 105 runs against the Rajasthan Royals. Royals, who had lost to the Daredevils in their first encounter, went on to win the title.

[edit] Drug Scandal
On 14 July 2008, it was revealed by the IPL that Daredevils pace bowler Mohammad Asif tested positive for an unamed banned substance. As Asif had not applied for any therapeutic use exemption, the positive test was considered a breach of the IPL's drug policy. The case will be reviewed by the IPL's three-member drug tribunal of medical and legal experts.[2]

[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] Brand Ambassador
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar was the brand ambassador of the team during the 2008 Season but opted not to return for the 2009 season due to a busy schedule.

[edit] Players
Virender Sehwag has been accorded the icon player status in the Delhi team and is also the captain of the side. The team includes star players like AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Paul Collingwood, David Warner, Andrew McDonald and Owais Shah. Bowling attack includes Glenn McGrath, Daniel Vettori, Farveez Maharoof and Dirk Nannes.
Team also includes young Indian promising players - Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwary, Yo Mahesh and Amit Mishra.
IPL 2009 Additions:Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Malik go out.David Warner, Andrew McDonald are new signings.Ashish Nehra comes in from Mumbai Indians as a trade-off for Shikhar Dhawan.
IPL 2009 Auction Addition:Paul Collingwood USD 275,000Owais Shah USD 275,000

[edit] Current squad
Delhi Daredevils Roster
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Batsmen
44 Virender Sehwag(Captain)
17 AB de Villiers
03 Owais Shah
05 Gautam Gambhir
09 Manoj Tiwary
31 David Warner
-- Tejashwi Yadav
All Rounders
04 Andrew McDonald
05 Paul Collingwood
23 Rajat Bhatia
28 Farveez Maharoof
55 Tillakaratne Dilshan
-- Yogesh Nagar
Wicket Keepers
17 AB de Villiers
46 Dinesh Karthik
-- Mithun Manhas
Bowlers
11 Glenn McGrath
15 Daniel Vettori
21 Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
64 Ashish Nehra
99 Amit Mishra
26 Dirk Nannes
18 Pradeep Sangwan
20 Aavishkar Salvi
-- Umesh Yadav
Coaches
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Assistant Head Coach: David Saker
Bowling Consultant: Dennis Lillee
Physiotherapist: Justin Steer
Selector : Adhishwar
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