Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals
	File:Delhidaredevils.gif
Personnel
Captain	Virender Sehwag
Coach	Greg Shipperd
Owner	GMR Holdings
Chief executive	Yogesh Shetty
Team information
Colors	Black and Red
Founded	2008
Home ground	Feroz Shah Kotla
Capacity	40,000
Official website	Delhi Daredevils

Delhi DareDevils 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 the Icon Player for the franchise.

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.

Home Ground

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

Players

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

Current Squad

Batsmen

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
44	Virender Sehwag (Captain) ♠	29	India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 833,750 (Icon Player) ♠
	Tillakaratne Dilshan	31	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 250,000
5	Gautam Gambhir	26	India	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 725,000
	Manoj Tiwary	22	India	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 675,000
	Shikhar Dhawan	22	India	Left-handed		Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player^[1]

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
	Dinesh Karthik	23	India	Right-handed	Wicket keeper	US$ 525,000
	AB de Villiers	24	South Africa	Right-handed	Right-arm medium / Wicket keeper	US$ 300,000
15	Daniel Vettori	29	New Zealand	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	US$ 625,000
	Shoaib Malik	26	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 500,000
68	Farveez Maharoof	23	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 225,000
23	Rajat Bhatia	28	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player ^[2]
	Mithun Manhas	28	India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player ^[1]
	Mayank Tehlan	21	India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Under 22 Player^[3]

Bowlers

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
	Mohammad Asif	25	Pakistan	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 650,000
11	Glenn McGrath	37	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	US$ 350,000
63	Brett Geeves	26	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast-Medium	US$ 50,000
	Pradeep Sangwan	17	India	Right-handed	Left-arm Fast Medium	India Under-19 Team
21	Yo Mahesh	22	India	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast Medium	^[3]
	Amit Mishra	25	India	Right-handed	Right-arm Legbreak	Haryana - Ranji Trophy Player^[4]

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Owners - GMR Holdings
CEO - Yogesh Shetty
President - TBA
Vice President - T. A. Sekhar^[5]
Ambassador - Akshay Kumar^[6]

Coaches:

Fixtures and Results

Delhi DareDevils 2008 Season Template:WebSlice-begin{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=5%|No ! width=10%|Date ! width=20%|Opponent ! width=10%|Venue ! width=40%|Result |- ||1 || 19 April || Rajasthan Royals || Delhi|| Won by 9 Wickets |- |- ||2 || 22 April || Deccan Chargers || Hyderabad || Won by 9 Wickets |- |- ||3 || 27 April || Kings XI Punjab || Mohali|| |- |- ||4 || 30 April || Bangalore Royal Challengers || Delhi|| |- |- ||5 || 2 May || Chennai Super Kings || Chennai || |- |- ||6 || 4 May || Mumbai Indians || Mumbai|| |- |- ||7 || 8 May || Chennai Super Kings || Delhi || |- |- ||8 || 11 May || Rajasthan Royals || Jaipur|| |- |- ||9 || 13 May || Kolkata Knight Riders || Kolkata|| |- |- ||10 || 15 May || Deccan Chargers || Delhi|| |- |- ||11 || 17 May || Kings XI Punjab || Delhi|| |- |- ||12 || 19 May || Bangalore Royal Challengers || Bangalore || |- |- ||13 || 22 May || Kolkata Knight Riders || Delhi|| |- |- ||14 || 24 May || Mumbai Indians || Delhi|| |- |}Template:WebSlice-end

References

^ ^a ^b "Daredevils bag Manhas Dhawan". Indiatimes. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ "IPL the new mantra for domestic cricketers". Indiatimes. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
^ ^a ^b "Signed, signalled and sought". Cricinfo. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
^ Cricinfo - Haryana
^ "IPL Buzz". Cricinfo. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2920

External links

[Dhawan-1] "Daredevils bag Manhas Dhawan". Indiatimes. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

[2] "IPL the new mantra for domestic cricketers". Indiatimes. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

[Sought-3] "Signed, signalled and sought". Cricinfo. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-03-03.

[4] Cricinfo - Haryana

[5] "IPL Buzz". Cricinfo. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[6] ttp://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2920

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