2018 Delhi Daredevils season

Delhi Daredevils

2018 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
IPL	8th
Most runs	Rishabh Pant (684)
Most wickets	Trent Boult (18)
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The Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League.

Auction

Each franchise was allowed to retain a maximum of 5 players from their current squad, subject to the following restrictions:

• A maximum of 3 players could be retained before the auction, due by January 4, 2018.
• A maximum of 3 players could be retained through a right-to-match card during the auction.
• A maximum of 3 capped Indian players could be retained.
• A maximum of 2 uncapped Indian players could be retained.
• A maximum of 2 overseas (non-Indian) players could be retained.

The auction was held on January 27—28 in Bangalore.

• Capped players are indicated in bold.
•     denotes an overseas player.

Auction #	Player	Winning Bid (₹L)	Notes
N/A	Chris Morris	1100	Retained
N/A	Shreyas Iyer	700	Retained
N/A	Rishabh Pant	1500	Retained
3	Prithvi Shaw	120
5	Abhishek Sharma	55
8	Manjot Kalra	20
21	Colin Munro	190
31	Trent Boult	220
38	Gautam Gambhir	280
44	Jason Roy	150
50	Amit Mishra	400
54	Shahbaz Nadeem	320
55	Naman Ojha	140
62	Glenn Maxwell	900
83	Harshal Patel	20
94	Rahul Tewatia	300
104	Jayant Yadav	50
111	Vijay Shankar	320
113	Mohammed Shami	300	Right-to-Match
114	Daniel Christian	150
130	Gurkeerat Singh	75
133	Kagiso Rabada	420	Right-to-Match
152	Avesh Khan	70
160	Sayan Ghosh	20
172	Sandeep Lamichhane	20

Total Spent: ₹78.4 cr

Total Available: ₹1.6 cr

Current Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
23	Gautam Gambhir		(1981-10-14) 14 October 1981	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹2.8 crore (US$335,000)
41	Shreyas Iyer		(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹7 crore (US$838,732.40)	Captain
82	Colin Munro		(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹1.9 crore (US$228,000)	Overseas
100	Prithvi Shaw		(1999-11-09) 9 November 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.2 crore (US$144,000)
—	Gurkeerat Singh		(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹75 lakh (US$90,000)
—	Manjot Kalra		(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	Left-handed		2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
2	Chris Morris		(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7.1 crore (US$850,714.30)	Overseas
4	Abhishek Sharma		(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
14	Rahul Tewatia		(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹3 crore (US$359,000)
19	Jayant Yadav		(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
32	Glenn Maxwell		(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹9 crore (US$1.1 million)	Overseas
54	Daniel Christian		(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas
59	Vijay Shankar		(1991-01-26) 26 January 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$383,000)
Wicket-keepers
48	Naman Ojha		(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹1.4 crore (US$168,000)
777	Rishabh Pant		(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹8 crore (US$958,551.30)
Bowlers
1	Sandeep Lamichhane		(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Overseas
3	Junior Dala		(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	NA	Overseas
6	Avesh Khan		(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹70 lakh (US$84,000)
11	Mohammed Shami		(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹3 crore (US$359,000)
13	Harshal Patel		(1990-11-23) 23 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
17	Liam Plunkett		(1985-04-06) 6 April 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
18	Trent Boult		(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$264,000)	Overseas
88	Shahbaz Nadeem		(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$383,000)
99	Amit Mishra		(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹4 crore (US$479,000)
—	Sayan Ghosh		(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Kagiso Rabada		(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹4.2 crore (US$503,000)	Overseas

Season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.253	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)	14	9	5	0	18	0.284
3	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.070	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	7	0	14	−0.250
5	Mumbai Indians	14	6	8	0	12	0.317
6	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	6	8	0	12	0.129
7	Kings XI Punjab	14	6	8	0	12	−0.502
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	9	0	10	−0.222

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

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Statistics

Most runs

Name	Nat	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Rishabh Pant		14	684	128*	52.61	173.60
Shreyas Iyer		14	411	93*	37.36	132.58
Prithvi Shaw		9	245	65	27.22	153.12
Vijay Shankar		13	212	54*	53.00	143.24
Glenn Maxwell		12	169	47	14.08	140.83

• Last Update: 21 May 2018.
• Source: Cricinfo

Most wickets

Name	Nat	Mat	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco
Trent Boult		14	18	2/20	25.88	8.84
Amit Mishra		10	12	3/19	22.00	7.13
Harshal Patel		5	7	3/28	23.85	9.54
Rahul Tewatia		8	6	3/18	28.83	7.86
Sandeep Lamichhane		3	5	3/36	16.40	6.83

• Last Update: 20 May 2018.
• Source: Cricinfo

External links

• IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com
• The Official Delhi Daredevils Site