2017 Delhi Daredevils season

Delhi Daredevils
2017 season
Coach	Paddy Upton
Captain	Zaheer Khan
Ground(s)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
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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 2017 Indian Premier League.

Auction

The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,^[1] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.^[2] On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it.^[3] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.^[4]

The Delhi Daredevils bought the following players at the auction:

Player	Team	Base price (in ₹ lakhs)	Winning bid (in ₹ lakhs)
Angelo Mathews	Delhi Daredevils	200	200
Corey Anderson	Delhi Daredevils	100	100
Kagiso Rabada	Delhi Daredevils	100	500
Pat Cummins	Delhi Daredevils	200	450
Ankit Bawne	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
Aditya Tare	Delhi Daredevils	20	25
M Ashwin	Delhi Daredevils	10	100
Navdeep Saini	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
Shashank Singh	Delhi Daredevils	10	10

In April 2017, the Daredevils also signed up Australian Ben Hilfenhaus as a replacement for JP Duminy who withdrew from the season due to personal reasons. Quinton de Kock was also ruled out of the tournament in March 2017 due to an injury, but no replacement has been named for him yet.

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	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary v t e	Notes
Batsmen
17	Ankit Bawne	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹1 million (US$13,000)
21	JP Duminy	(1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 40)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹22 million (US$280,000)	Overseas
41	Shreyas Iyer	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2015	₹26 million (US$330,000)
69	Karun Nair	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹40 million (US$500,000)
77	Marlon Samuels	(1981-02-05) 5 February 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	Replacement signing
	Pratyush Singh	(1994-09-04) 4 September 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	₹1 million (US$13,000)
All-rounders
2	Chris Morris	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹70 million (US$880,000)	Overseas
19	Jayant Yadav	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹1 million (US$13,000)
22	Angelo Mathews	(1987-06-02) 2 June 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹20 million (US$250,000)	Overseas
26	Carlos Brathwaite	(1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹42 million (US$530,000)	Overseas
78	Corey Anderson	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2017	₹10 million (US$130,000)	Overseas
	Shashank Singh	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹1 million (US$13,000)
Wicket-keepers
7	Sam Billings	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed		2016	₹3 million (US$38,000)	Overseas
8	Sanju Samson	(1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed		2016	₹42 million (US$530,000)
12	Quinton de Kock	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed		2014	₹35 million (US$440,000)	Overseas
27	Aditya Tare	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed		2017	₹2.5 million (US$31,000)
777	Rishabh Pant	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹19 million (US$240,000)
Bowlers
11	Mohammed Shami	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹42.5 million (US$530,000)
25	Kagiso Rabada	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹50 million (US$630,000)	Overseas
30	Pat Cummins	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹45 million (US$560,000)	Overseas
34	Zaheer Khan	(1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 45)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹40 million (US$500,000)	Captain
88	Shahbaz Nadeem	(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014 (since 2011)	₹8.5 million (US$110,000)
99	Amit Mishra	(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2015	₹35 million (US$440,000)
313	Khaleel Ahmed	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	₹1 million (US$13,000)
	Chama Milind	(1994-09-04) 4 September 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	₹1 million (US$13,000)
	Murugan Ashwin	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	₹10 million (US$130,000)
	Navdeep Saini	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹1 million (US$13,000)
	Ben Hilfenhaus	(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing	Overseas

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.784	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Rising Pune Supergiant (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.176	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)	14	8	5	1	17	0.599	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	0	16	0.641	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Kings XI Punjab	14	7	7	0	14	−0.009
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	6	8	0	12	−0.512
7	Gujarat Lions	14	4	10	0	8	−0.412
8	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	3	10	1	7	−1.299

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[5]

The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Match summary

Template:2017 Indian Premier League Group stage

Matches

8 April (D/N)
Scorecard

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Kedar Jadhav 69 (37) Chris Morris 3/21 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 57 (36) Pawan Negi 2/3 (1 over)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 15 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Virender Sharma (India)
Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

11 April (D/N)
Scorecard

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Sanju Samson 102 (63) Imran Tahir 1/24 (4 overs)		Mayank Agarwal 20 (18) Amit Mishra 3/11 (3 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 97 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Delhi Daredevils)

Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.
Sanju Samson (Delhi Daredevils) scored his first century in a T20.^[6]

15 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Sam Billings 55 (40) Varun Aaron 2/45 (4 overs)		Axar Patel 44 (29) Chris Morris 3/23 (4 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 51 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India)
Player of the match: Corey Anderson (Delhi Daredevils)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

17 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Sanju Samson 39 (25) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/22 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 69* (49) Zaheer Khan 2/28 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

19 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 21
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 25
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

28 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 32
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

30 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 36
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

2 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 40
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

4 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 42
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

6 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 45
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

10 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 50
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

12 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 52
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

14 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 56
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Statistics

**Top 3 Players Most runs**
Player	Runs
Sanju Samson	386
Rishabh Pant	366
Shreyas Iyer	338

**Top 3 Players Most wickets**
Player	Wickets
Pat Cummins	15
Chris Morris	12
Zaheer Khan	10

References

^ "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "Samson's maiden ton razes Rising Pune". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

External links

[1] "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[2] "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[3] "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[4] "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Samson100-6] "Samson's maiden ton razes Rising Pune". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

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