CRICSTARS THE STARS OF CRICKET

Owner: GMR Holdings
Official Website: http://www.delhidaredevils.com
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_DareDevils

Captain: Virender Sehwag
Coach: Greg Shipperd

Batsmen:
Virender Sehwag
Tillakratne Dilshan
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary
Shikhar Dhawan

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders:
Dinesh Karthik
AB de Villiers
Daniel Vettori
Shoaib Malik
Farveez Maharoof
Rajat Bhatia
Mithun Manhas
Mayank Tehlan

Bowlers:
Mohammad Asif
Glenn McGrath
Brett Geeves
Pradeep Sangwan
Yo Mahesh

GMR Holdings bagged Delhi Franchise rights for $84 million and will be captained by Sehwag in the Indian Premier League. Notable absentees include young bowling sensation Ishant Sharma because of “high price” attached to him(grabbed by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping US$ 950,000). Delhi is one of the youngest team in IPL and a really good fielding squad.

Delhi Dare devils has eight international cricketers and except Maharoof and Brett Geeves would find a place in final eleven. GMR got these international players at a pretty good prices but could not understand there logic on buying Manoj Tiwary for a whooping USD 675,000 who is yet to prove his talent in international cricket , poor Glen McGrath got only USD 350,000 and Ab de Villiers got only USD 300,000

Lack of hard hitters in middle order can cost Delhi Dare devils heavily.

Akshay Kumar has been signed on by the Delhi Daredevils as its brand ambassador and Hero Honda will be main sponsor.

Strengths – Full of underdogs, Gautham Ghambir and Sehwag opening combination, great bowling line up

Weakness – lack of proper strategy at bidding, very brittle middle order, inexperience squad, no hard hitters in lower middle order

Star Players – Sehwag and Gambhir need to meet fans expectations. AB de Villiers is looking good and Glen McGrath may still have his accuracy and rhythm

Prediction – May reach semi finals, if Sehwag, Gambhir and there bowlers fired. Or end up somewhere between 4-6

Schedule –

Sat 19 Apr Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals

Tue 22 Apr Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils

Sun 27 Apr Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils

Wed 30 Apr Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers

Fri 2 May Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils

Sun 4 May Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils

Thu 8 May Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings

Sun 11 May Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils

Tue 13 May Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

Thu 15 May Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

Sat 17 May Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI

Mon 19 May Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils

Thu 22 May Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders

Sat 24 May Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians