Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League.
Auction Each franchise was allowed to retain a maximum of five players from their current squad, subject to the following restrictions: A maximum of 3 players could be retained before the 2018 IPL auction 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 27–28 January in Bangalore.
The following three players were retained by Delhi:
Chris Morris Shreyas Iyer Rishabh Pant
The franchise acquired the following players during the auction:
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen23 Gautam Gambhir Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 41 Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Captain82 Colin Munro Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas100 Prithvi Shaw Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Gurkeerat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Manjot Kalra Left-handed 2018 All-rounders2 Chris Morris Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas4 Abhishek Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 14 Rahul Tewatia Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 19 Jayant Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 32 Glenn Maxwell Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Overseas54 Daniel Christian Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas59 Vijay Shankar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Wicket-keepers48 Naman Ojha Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 777 Rishabh Pant Left-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Bowlers1 Sandeep Lamichhane Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas3 Junior Dala Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 NA Overseas 6 Avesh Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 11 Mohammed Shami Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 13 Harshal Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 17 Liam Plunkett Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas18 Trent Boult Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2018 Overseas88 Shahbaz Nadeem Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 99 Amit Mishra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Sayan Ghosh Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Kagiso Rabada Left-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas
Season League table
Fixtures
Statistics
Most runs Name Mat Runs HS Ave SRRishabh Pant14684128*52.61173.60Shreyas Iyer1441193*37.36132.58Prithvi Shaw92456527.22153.12Vijay Shankar1321254*53.00143.24Glenn Maxwell121694714.08140.83 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Name Mat Wkts BBI Ave EcoTrent Boult14182/2025.888.84Amit Mishra10123/1922.007.13Harshal Patel573/2823.859.54Rahul Tewatia863/1828.837.86Sandeep Lamichhane353/3616.406.83 Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com The Official Delhi Daredevils Site