Delhi Daredevils Cricket Team Players List & Players information

 

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Varun Aaron 

Full Name	Varun Raymond Aaron
Born	October 29, 1989, Singhbhum, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast

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Unmukt Chand           

Full Name	Unmukt Chand
Born	March 26, 1993, Delhi
Playing role	Top-order batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Mahela Jayawardene

 

Full Name	Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Born	March 20, 1979, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Playing role	Batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium

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Shahbaz Nadeem               

Full Name	Shahbaz Nadeem
Born	August 12, 1989, Bokaro, Bihar
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox

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Pawan Negi           

Full Name	Pawan Negi
Born	January 6, 1993, Delhi
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox

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Irfan Pathan

Full Name	Irfan Khan Pathan
Born	October 27, 1984, Baroda, Gujarat
Playing role	Allrounder
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm medium-fast

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Andre Russell          

Full Name	Andre Dwayne Russell
Born	April 29, 1988, Jamaica
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast

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Virender Sehwag          

 

Full Name	Virender Sehwag
Born	October 20, 1978, Delhi
Playing role	Top-order batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Roelof van der Merwe

 

Full Name	Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe
Born	December 31, 1984, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Playing role	Allrounder
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox

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David Warner

 

Full Name	David Andrew Warner
Born	October 27, 1986, Paddington, New South Wales
Playing role	Opening batsman
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak

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Ajit Agarkar

 

Full Name	Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born	December 4, 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium

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Sunny Gupta

 

Full Name	Sunny Gupta
Born	September 27, 1988, Jamshedpur, Bihar
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Morne Morkel

 

Full Name	Morne Morkel
Born	October 6, 1984, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast

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Yogesh Nagar

 

Full Name	Yogesh Nagar
Born	January 6, 1990, Wazirabad, Delhi
Playing role	Allrounder
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Naman Ojha

 

Full Name	Naman Vinaykumar Ojha
Born	July 20, 1983, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Playing role	Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat

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Kevin Pietersen 

Full Name	Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born	June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Playing role	Top-order batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Aavishkar Salvi

Full Name	Aavishkar Madhav Salvi
Born	October 20, 1981, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium

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Ross Taylor

Full Name	Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor
Born	March 8, 1984, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Playing role	Middle-order batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Venugopal Rao

 

Full Name	Yalaka Venugopal Rao
Born	February 26, 1982, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Playing role	Middle-order batsman
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak

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Umesh Yadav

 

Full Name	Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav
Born	October 25, 1987, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Playing role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium

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Sehwag's return a damp squib | IPL 6 2013

Virender Sehwag’s inclusion in the Delhi Daredevils squad against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Friday raised expectations, but his return proved to be a damp squib.

Much was expected from the former Daredevils captain, but he was dismissed for a 10-ball 12, which included two boundaries.

Delhi had already lost explosive Australian opener David Warner, and with the fall of Sehwag there was a pin drop silence at the
Ferozeshah Kotla grounds.

The 34-year-old tried to play square off to Ishant Sharma’s bowling but edged the delivery to Cameron White at wideslip.
Sehwag missed the opening three matches, which Delhi lost, of the sixth edition of the IPL due to his back spasms.

IPL 2013: Chris Gayle’s highest score

Gayle has faced a total of 311 deliveries this season, 134 of which were dot balls. Yet, Chris Gayle has a stupendous strike-rate of 162.37, as he has plundered 505 runs from the other 177 balls he has faced © IANS By Nishad Pai Vaidya

Chris Gayle is undoubtedly the greatest batsman in the short history of T20 cricket. The big-hitting West Indian has mastered the art of pacing the innings in a format that tests the best in business. Since the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL), the southpaw has unleashed his fury on bowlers. Despite his aggression, there is an air of dependability when he bats.

According to statistician Mohandas Menon, Gayle has faced a total of 134 dot balls so far this season — which is only second to Michael Hussey’s tally. Considering the fact that they lead the run-charts, this detail isn’t surprising. However, bring Gayle’s strike-rate into the picture and you would be astonished. Despite facing 134 dot balls, he has maintained a mind-boggling strike-rate of 162.37.

For batsmen with over 300 runs in IPL 2013, Gayle has the second highest strike-rate — marginally behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 165.77. Gayle has faced a total of 311 deliveries this season and has bludgeoned his 505 runs in 177 of them. That is absolutely astounding and one can only imagine the carnage keeping that in perspective. He doesn’t believe in taking too many singles and targets the boundaries. Off the 505 runs he has scored this season, 402 have come in fours and sixes.

The paucity of overs in T20 demands that the batsmen maintain a good run-rate and keep the momentum going. A couple quiet overs can build the pressure and result in a few dismissals. It is thus imperative to keep the scoreboard ticking, hit boundaries at regular intervals and build a solid platform for assault in slog overs.

Gayle has redefined “anchoring” a T20 innings. A player of his calibre can afford a few sighters as he can shift gears like no other batsman. He starts off with caution and then tees off with destructive intent. There are times when his strike-rate is below 100. Then, in a matter of a few overs, he shifts into his sensational gear.

The perfect example of his measured approach came during Bangalore’s season opener against Mumbai Indians. Gayle guided a stuttering Bangalore innings calmly and took the attack in the slog overs. At the half-way stage, he had scored 23 off 22 balls. He farmed the strike in the last ten overs and finished unbeaten on 92 off 58 balls. Gayle’s monumental innings of 175 was a different innings compared to his other efforts; he attacked from the word go.

While Gayle is in the middle, Bangalore feels a sense of assurance and calm, no matter what the asking rate.  Bangalore have five more games in the league phase and look good to qualify for the next round.

Should helmets be ever made compulsory for spectators in cricket anywhere in the world, the biggest reason for that would be the frequency of missiles fired in the stands by Christopher Henry Gayle.