Team Profile: Delhi DareDevils
Mar 23rd, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: Teams, Top Stories
The Delhi DareDevils will are my favorites to win the IPL. I think they have a very well balanced team, and more importantly, plenty of options to shuffle players around to match the opposition’s strengths and weaknesses.
The Batting line up is absolutely solid. Lead by Virender Sehwag, who playes test matches just like he plays Twenty20 matches, the team also has the services of Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary. Tiwary is not well known in the ODI circles, but has demonstrated a very powerful bat in first class cricket, scoring 1000 runs in less 14 matches at an average of 56. Incidentally, the GMR owned team thought it appropriate to pay him a salary of $ 675,000! Even Shikhar Dhawan, who’s just 22, top scored in the ‘04 U-19 world cup. And they even have Tillakaratne Dilshan, who’s more than handy with the bat.
The Delhi Team also has the services of Dinesh Karthik, who will also serve as the primary wicketkeeper (AB de Villers is only part-time keeper). The thing I really like about the Delhi Team is that they’ve got a bunch of batsman/part time bowlers that can really change strategy on the fly. I mean, think about it - You have a bunch of batsman like deVillers, Daniel Vettori, Shoaib Malik in additional to the regular line up who can come in for 2-3 overs and smash the ball around. And then, Sehwag can have his pick of 7-8 bowlers and shuffle them around like crazy to upset the opposition’s rhythm.
The only problem I see is that Delhi are lacking a serious pace attack, if it comes down to that. The aging Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif are the only 2 recognized pacers. I can’t help but get the feeling that the fast bowlers are going to be key in the Twenty20 format in India. The Indian batsman, who’ll probably dominate the opposition team’s batting lineup, will feel right at home facing spinners. The pace attack will hold the key, especially you’re in a hurry to score in the only 20 overs!
But what I like about the Daredevils is that they have a really good website (http://www.delhidaredevils.com), complete with an Orkut Community and a Facebook group too! Super Cool!
Full Team
Virender Sehwag (c)
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary
Mohammad Asif
Daniel Vettori
Dinesh Karthik
Shoaib Malik
Glenn McGrath
AB de Villiers
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Farveez Maharoof
Rajat Bhatia
Shikhar Dhawan
Brett Geeves
Yo Mahesh
Mithun Manhas
Pradeep Sangwan
Mayank Tehlan
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Woah Man…
I was watching the movie “SAW” before I read this post. I had headphones on. And the Delhi DAredevils website…Man it had some kind of loud ear crushing noise.
Aaarghh…my eardrums are still painin’…
Hey!!
Amazing post!!
I would like to tell you that Delhi Daredevils Has its official blog now.You could check it out on http://www.delhidaredevils.com/blog/
You will also get to see various interviews and videos.You could also discuss your vies and opinion on the same.