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Delhi Capitals
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Personnel
CaptainIndia Virender Sehwag
CoachAustralia Greg Shipperd
OwnerGMR Holdings
Team information
ColorsDark Blue and Red Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Founded2008
Home groundFeroz Shah Kotla
Capacity40,000
Official websiteDelhi 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.

Franchise history

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

The Official Members Club for Delhi Daredevils

In 2009, GMR launched the official delhi daredevils club. The purpose of this club is to bring together the fans on a single platform. The Gold membership fee is just Rs. 999/- and in lieu of this, the fans get loads and loads of benefits and services. For starters, they recieve a goody bag which contains team T-shirt, Key Chains, Tatoos, Cap etc. Since, the IPL got shifted to South africa in the season 2, the members club went ahead and organized free live match screenings for their members and common people at various places in delhi. For more details on the members club, one can visit their website, http://members.delhidaredevils.com/


2008 IPL Season

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.

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]

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.

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

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AB de Villiers playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2009 IPL against Chennai Super Kings during his knock of 105*.

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 275,000
Owais Shah USD 275,000

Current squad

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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
Coaches

Fixtures and Results

2008 season

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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

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2009 season

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No Date Opponent Venue Result
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
11 15 May Kings XI Punjab Bloemfontein
12 17 May Rajasthan Royals Bloemfontein
13 19 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Johannesburg
14 21 May Mumbai Indians Centurion

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References

  1. ^ a b "Indian Premier League Team: Delhi Daredevils". IPLT20.com. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  2. ^ Mohammad Asif tested positive, says IPL - News - News - The Times of India Cricket
  3. ^ "IPL Buzz". Cricinfo. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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