Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Delhi Daredevils





Delhi Daredevils is the team representing the national capital of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team is led by ace batsman Virender Sehwag and is  coached by Greg Shipperd.Bollywood celebrity Akshay Kumar is the team's brand ambassador.The Rights for Delhi franchise of IPL were acquired by GMR group. The franchise was bought for $84 millions. The home ground of Delhi Daredevils is Feroz Shah Kotla stadium located in New Delhi.Tejaswi Yadav the son of Union Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav played for Delhi Daredevils in IPL.Delhi Daredevils captain, Virender Sehwag was the only skipper to win six consecutive tosses between May 15 and May 30, 2008.




During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams, the GMR Group purchased the Delhi Daredevils for $84 million.


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 ofGautam Gambhir. A.B. de Villiers and Tillakaratne 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 forShikhar 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 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 22 May 2009, the Daredevils entered a partnership with Eastern Titans of the South African domestic cricket competition to help develop young talent on both teams.






Owner
GMR Holdings


Virendra Sahwag(Captain)


Not Auctioned


India
Irfan Pathan
Rs. 8.64 Crore ($ 1,900,000)
India
Umesh Yadav
Rs. 3.45 Crore ( $750,000)
India
David Warner
Rs. 3.45Crore ($ 750,000)
Australia
Venugopal Rao
Rs. 3.18 Crore ($ 700,000)
India
Morne Morkel
Rs. 2.2. Crore ($ 475,000)
South Africa
Ashok Dinda
Rs. 1.70 Crore ($ 375,000)
India
James Hopes
Rs. 1.60 Crore ($ 350,000)
Australia
Aaron Finch
Rs. 1.35 Crore ($ 300,000)
Australia
Naman Ojha
Rs. 1.25 Crore ($ 270,000)
India
Ajit Agarkar
Rs. 95 Lakh ( $ 210,000)
India
Matthew Wade
Rs. 45.50 Lakh ($ 100,000)
Australia
Colin Ingram
Rs. 45.50 Lakh ($ 100,000)
South Africa
Andrew McDonald
Rs. 36.40 Lakh ( 80,000
Australia
Roelof van der Merwe
Rs. 22.75 Lakh ( $ 50,000)
South Africa
Travis Birt
Rs. 9.10 Lakh ($ 20,000)
Australia
Robert Frylinck
Rs. 9.10 Lakh ($ 20,000)
South Africa

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