27 Facts About Delhi Daredevils

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However, the Delhi Daredevils lost in four straight matches, breaking the streak with a win against the Deccan Chargers.

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Delhi Daredevils lost to eventual champions, the Rajasthan Royals, in the semi-final.

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The batting of the Delhi Daredevils featured Sehwag, Gambhir, power hitter Dilshan, AB de Villiers, and Manoj Tiwary.

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The Delhi Daredevils consisted of new and then uncapped players like Australia Captain Aaron Finch and Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who went on to become successful in T20 circuits.

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However, despite finishing at the top of the points table during the regular season, the Delhi Daredevils crumbled in the semi-final after Deccan Chargers' captain Adam Gilchrist hit the then fastest 50 in the IPL history .

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The semi-final loss meant Delhi Daredevils did not contest the final of the 2009 IPL season, despite having the best record in the league stages.

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However, Delhi Daredevils managed to qualify for the now-defunct 2009 Champions League Twenty20 as a result of their performance in the group stage.

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Delhi Daredevils lost their first six matches of IPL 2013 and won their first match in their seventh game against the Mumbai Indians.

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Delhi Daredevils failed to gain momentum throughout the match and eventually lost by 33 runs.

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Delhi Daredevils bowled first and the Pune Warriors posted a total of 171 runs.

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11.

Ahead of the IPL 2014 auction, on 10 January 2014, the Delhi Daredevils announced that they would not retain any players from their current squad for season seven.

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12.

The Delhi Daredevils won their next match against the Mumbai Indians, having restricted them to 125.

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13.

The Delhi Daredevils won only two out of their fourteen matches, both of which took place in the adopted venue in the UAE.

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Delhi Daredevils released many of their players, including the previous year's most expensive purchase, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, whom they had bought for ?16 crores.

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The Delhi Daredevils released former Sri Lankan skipper and all-rounder Angelo Mathews, who was bought for ?7.

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16.

The Delhi Daredevils were the favourites to qualify for the playoffs; however, they finished in sixth with fourteen points in fourteen games.

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17.

Delhi Daredevils lost South Africans de Kock and Duminy before the tournament, placing dependence on a young batting line-up and a bowling line-up of former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan, Indian pacer Mohammed Shami, South African all-rounder Chris Morris, Aussie bowling all-rounder Pat Cummins, South African young pacer Kagiso Rabada, Indian spinner Amit Mishra, young spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav and Ben Hilfenhaus.

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Delhi Daredevils ended up in the sixth position again with six wins and eight losses for the season.

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19.

Delhi Daredevils retained Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris and Rishabh Pant.

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20.

Delhi Daredevils Capitals retained 14 players and traded their former player and India opener Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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21.

Delhi Daredevils Capitals brought the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly as their official advisor and later traded Jayant Yadav to the Mumbai Indians after the IPL 2019 auction.

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Delhi Daredevils Capitals released Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Saxena, Manjot Kalra, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayappa, Chris Morris, Colin Ingram, and Colin Munro from their 2019 roster.

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Delhi Daredevils Capitals had 3 matches at the Wankhede Stadium, followed by 2 in Chennai, 4 in Ahmedabad and 5 in Kolkata.

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Delhi Daredevils Capitals had won 6 games out of 8 matches and were placed at the top of the points table before the season was indefinitely suspended following a breach of the COVID-19 bio secure bubble.

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25.

Delhi Daredevils launched their new anthem "Munday Dilli Ke", sing by Jaspreet Jasz and composed by Arijit Datta and Micu Patel on 5 March 2012 on YouTube.

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26.

The Delhi Daredevils signed uncapped Indian all-rounder Pawan Negi, batsmen Manpreet Juneja and Kuldeep Rawal ahead of the 2012 season.

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On 29 February 2012, the Delhi Daredevils signed Kiwi Batsman Ross Taylor from the inaugural Champions Rajasthan Royals in a trade for an undisclosed amount.

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