Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a cricket team based in Delhi, India. They play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League.
Auction
The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore. The Delhi Daredevils bought the following players at the auction:
Angelo Mathews Corey Anderson Kagiso Rabada Pat Cummins Ankit Bawne Aditya Tare M Ashwin Navdeep Saini Shashank Singh
In April 2017, the Daredevils also signed Australian Ben Hilfenhaus as a replacement for JP Duminy who withdrew from the season for personal reasons. Quinton de Kock was also ruled out of the tournament in March 2017 due to an injury, but no replacement was named for him.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes Batsmen17 Ankit Bawne Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 21 JP Duminy Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas, Vice Captain41 Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2015 69 Karun Nair Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 77 Marlon Samuels Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Replacement signing Pratyush Singh Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 All-rounders2 Chris Morris Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 Overseas19 Jayant Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 22 Angelo Mathews Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Overseas26 Carlos Brathwaite Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016 Overseas78 Corey Anderson Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2017 Overseas Shashank Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Wicket-keepers7 Sam Billings Right-handed 2016 Overseas8 Sanju Samson Right-handed 2016 12 Quinton de Kock Left-handed 2014 Overseas27 Aditya Tare Right-handed 2017 777 Rishabh Pant Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Bowlers11 Mohammed Shami Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 25 Kagiso Rabada Left-handed Right-arm fast 2017 Overseas30 Pat Cummins Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 Overseas34 Zaheer Khan Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2015 Captain88 Shahbaz Nadeem Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 99 Amit Mishra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2015 313 Khaleel Ahmed Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016 Chama Milind Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 Murugan Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Navdeep Saini Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 Ben Hilfenhaus Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Replacement signing Overseas
Season standings
Matches
Statistics +Most runsPlayerRunsSanju Samson386Rishabh Pant366Shreyas Iyer338 +Most wicketsPlayerWicketsPat Cummins15Chris Morris12Zaheer Khan10
References
External links IPL team Delhi Daredevils web page on official IPL T20 website - IPLT20.com The Official Delhi Daredevils Site