India
In the Indian Premier League the GMR group owns the Delhi franchise originally called 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 . and also Full Name: Virender SehwagBorn: October 20, 1978, DelhiMajor teams: India, Delhi, ICC World XI, Leicestershire,Batting style: Right-hand batBowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Achievements:
- First ever Indian to score 300 runs in a Test innings
- Highest individual score by an Indian in Tests (309)
- Highest-ever Test score at over a run-a-ball (254 off 247 balls against Pakistan)
- Involved in the highest opening partnership for a Test played away from India (410 with Dravid)
Virender Sehwag, fondly known as Viru, is an Indian Cricket player and considered to be one of the best batsmen India has got. He is a right handed batsman and a casual Off Spin bowler. Sehwag has a number of records to his credit, including the highest score by an Indian player in a Test match that he achieved in a match against South Africa played at Chennai on 26th of March 2008. He scored 319 runs off just 278 balls in the match, which was also the fastest Triple Century in Test Cricket. Sehwag is one of the three batsmen in the world who have scored 2 Triple Centuries in Test Cricket, and scored the fastest ODI century by an Indian Cricketer in March 2009 off just 60 balls in an ODI match against New Zealand on 11th of March 2009 at Hamilton.
