Delhi Daredevils

In the Indian Premier League the GMR group owns the Delhi franchise called as the Delhi Daredevils. The rights for this franchise were acquired by the GMR group during the auction for 84 million USD. The CEO of this team is Yogesh Shetty while the home ground is Feroz Shah Kotla.

In the opening season of the Indian Premier League the Delhi Daredevils won the following matches. On 19th April 2008 at Delhi it defeated the Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets. On 22nd April 2008 at Hyderabad it defeated the Deccan Chargers by 9 wickets. On 30th April 2008 at Delhi it defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 10 runs. On 2nd May 2008 at Chennai it defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets. On 15th May 2008 at Delhi it defeated the Deccan Chargers by 12 runs. On 19th May 2008 at Bangalore it defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets. On 24th May 2008 at Delhi it defeated the Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets.

The prominent players in the team are as follows. The captain of the team is Virender Sehwag from India who was paid 0.833 million USD. The wicket keepers in the team are Dinesh Karthik from India for 0.525 million USD and AB de Villiers from South Africa for 0.3 million USD. The all rounders are Daniel Vettori from New Zealand for 0.625 million USD, Shoiab Malik from Pakistan for 0.5 million USD and Farveez Maharoof from Sri Lanka for 0.225 million USD. The batsmen in the team are Tillakaratne Dilshan from Sri Lanka for 0.25 million USD, Gautam Gambhir from India for 0.725 million USD and Manoj Tiwary from India for 0.675 million. The bowlers in the team are Mohammad Asif from Pakistan for 0.65 million USD, Glenn McGrath from Australia for 0.35 million USD and Brett Geeves from Australia for 0.05 million USD.

Major achievements

In the 2008 season of Indian Premier League in April-May the Delhi Daredevils played in 15 matches against the other IPL teams and won 7 of them .

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