Delhi Daredevils (DD); favorites, contenders or even potential title winners, such tags run parallel to the franchise but have never came across with one of a winner. A hard fought struggle from the past nine years saw Delhi come close to winning the title twice, but they failed. Once in 2009 and other in 2011, Delhi lasted till the semis but were eventually knocked out.
Displeasure of watching them being knocked out over and over again, the fans must have felt bad for sure but that didn’t stop them for supporting their team. On the night of a match at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the stadium is packed, noise is loud, emotions run through and Delhi players play out of their skin. They have tried, they’ll be doing and they’ll be coming out on top, one day.
Ahead of the 10th edition of the VIVO IPL, Delhi owners splurged money on some of the exciting new talents. Few of them have already made their name in the international arena while the others have their hopes intact of doing so. The squad has an experienced campaigner in the name of their captain Zaheer Khan and a quality coaching staff, mainly Rahul Dravid and Gary Kirsten.
The side has all departments covered, from openers to seam bowlers, all-rounders to spinners, but all they need to do is to unite and play as a team and show what a bunch of talented individuals can do when they join hands.
At Sportzwiki, we bring you the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats DD possess ahead of another action packed season.