| No | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 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 |
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| Coach: |  Greg Shipperd |
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| Captain: |  Gautam Gambhir |
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| Colours: | Dark Blue and Red  |
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| Founded: | 2008 | ||
| Home Ground: | Feroz Shah Kotla | ||
| Capacity: | 40,000 | ||
| Owner: | GMR Holdings | ||
| 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 Gautam Gambhir.
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Franchise history
During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams, Sandeep Reddy purchased the Delhi Daredevils for $84 million.
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 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.
Drug Scandal
On 14 July 2008, it was revealed by the IPL that Daredevils pace bowler Mohammad Asif tested positive for an unnamed 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]
2009 IPL season
The Daredevils dominated for much of the 2009 IPL, finishing at the top of the table after the league stages despite a mid-tournament injury to icon and captain Virender Sehwag and the relatively poor form of Gautam Gambhir. A.B. de Villiers and Tillekeratne Dilshan both had developed greatly since the last season and set up many large totals for the Daredevils, with deVilliers hitting one of only two centuries in the 2009 IPL. The bowling, which in 2008 was composed mainly of overseas players (Maharoof, Vettori, McGrath, Asif) was bolstered by a trade to gain former Team India paceman Ashish Nehra in exchange for Shikhar Dhawan. Pradeep Sangwan and Amit Mishra had both improved since last season, and the offseason signing of Dirk Nannes from Australia created a bowling lineup that was strong. In fact, the Daredevils left Vettori, Collingwood and McGrath on the bench for most of the tournament, preferring to go with the overseas combination of Nannes, de Villers, Dilshan and David Warner.
However, despite dominating for the regular season, the Daredevils crumbled in the semi-final under a fierce batting assault by Adam Gilchrist, who hit the fastest fifty in IPL history (just 17 balls). Nannes in particular, who was again picked over McGrath, was punished by Gilchrist and later Andrew Symonds. The disappointing semifinal meant Delhi did not qualify for the Champions League and did not contest the final of the 2009 IPL despite having the best record in the league stages. However, Delhi managed to qualify for champions league twenty20 because of their performance in group stage.
On May 22, 2009, the Daredevils entered a partnership with Eastern Titans of the South African domestic cricket competition to help develop young talent on both teams.[1]
Iconic Australian pace bowler Glen McGrath has expressed disappointment that he was not picked to play any match during the whole season, and has placed a question mark over his participation in the IPL 2010 with the Daredevils. [2]
Home Ground
The Daredevils play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground located in New Delhi, under the newly installed floodlights.
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. However, Akshay was seen at a few of the team's games cheering them on.
Famous Bollywood playback singer Kailash Kher has sung the team anthem - "Khel Front Foot Pe" a.k.a. " We Are Fighters". It is played at every Delhi Daredevils match.
Players
Virender Sehwag has been accorded the icon player status in the Delhi team and was also the captain of the side. However, he resigned and passed on the reigns to the other star player Gautam Gambhir. The team also boasts of 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 promising, young Indian players - Dinesh Karthik, 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 275,000
Owais Shah USD 275,000
Current squad
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Delhi Daredevils Roster
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Wicket Keepers
Bowlers
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Former players
Mohammad Asif 2008 season
Shoaib Malik 2008 season
Brett Geeves 2008 season
Shikhar Dhawan 2008 season - traded for Nehra
Administration and Coaching staff
- Front Office
- Owners - GMR group
- Vice President - Amrit Mathur
- Vice President - T. A. Sekhar[3]
Coaches
- Head Coach - Greg Shipperd
- Assistant Head Coach - David Saker
- Physiotherapist - Justin Steer
- Ambassador
Fixtures and results
2008 season
2009 season
| No | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | 19 April | Kings XI Punjab | Cape Town | Won by 10 wickets (D/L Method), MoM- Daniel Vettori - 15/3 (3 overs) |
| 2 | 23 April | Chennai Super Kings | Durban | Won by 9 runs, MoM- AB de Villiers - 105* |
| 3 | 26 April | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Port Elizabeth | Won by 6 wickets, MoM- Tillakaratne Dilshan - 67* |
| 4 | 28 April | Rajasthan Royals | Centurion | Lost by 5 wickets |
| 5 | 30 April | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | Won by 6 wickets, MoM- Dirk Nannes -2/16 (4 overs) |
| 6 | 2 May | Chennai Super Kings | Johannesburg | Lost by 18 runs |
| 7 | 5 May | Kolkata Knight Riders | Durban | Won by 9 Wickets, MoM- Gautam Gambhir -71*(57) |
| 8 | 8 May | Mumbai Indians | East London | Won by 7 Wickets |
| 9 | 10 May | Kolkata Knight Riders | Johannesburg | Won by 7 Wickets, MoM- Amit Mishra - 3/14 (4 overs) |
| 10 | 13 May | Deccan Chargers | Durban | Won by 12 runs, MoM- Rajat Bhatia - 4/15 (2.4 overs) |
| 11 | 15 May | Kings XI Punjab | Bloemfontein | Lost by 6 Wickets |
| 12 | 17 May | Rajasthan Royals | Bloemfontein | Won by 14 runs, MoM- AB de Villiers- 79* (55) |
| 13 | 19 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Johannesburg | Lost by 7 Wickets |
| 14 | 21 May | Mumbai Indians | Centurion | Won by 4 Wickets |
| 15 | 22 May | Deccan Chargers(Semi Final #1) | Centurion | Lost by 6 Wickets |
References
- ^ a b "Indian Premier League Team: Delhi Daredevils". IPLT20.com. http://www.iplt20.com/delhi_daredevils_team_details.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Mohammad Asif tested positive, says IPL - News - News - The Times of India Cricket
- ^ "IPL Buzz". Cricinfo. 2008-03-12. http://blogs.cricinfo.com/iplbuzz/. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
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