The Adventures Of The Delhi Dare Devils

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All through India and in many other parts of the world people are waiting for the latest IPL updates. And right now they are anticipating the results of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi DareDevils. Virat Kohli of the Royal Challenger won the toss earlier this day amd keeping in terms with the fact that the match is taking place in Chinnaswamy Stadium; he opted to start with bowling. Kohli was able to dismiss Virendra Sehwag at mid wicket after twenty three runs. After 7.1 overs, Delhi had barely crossed the fifty run milestone. But all hope is not lost and things are beginning to look favorable for the Daredevils. There is very little chance of the game turning the other way around with the likes of Ashish Nehra and Ben Rohrer and other superstars.

It looks like Delhi Daredevils news will include their first win of the tournament. Here are few highlights of their journey through the Indian Premier league from its conception until now.

• The Delhi Daredevils franchise id owned by the GMR Group. They were bought for a whopping 84 million.

• Mahela Jayawardane is the current ...
... captain of the cricket team while the team is coached by none other than Eric Simons, the former South African cricketer.

• The player with highest number of runs in the team has been adjudged as Virendra Sehwag.

• Meanwhile, Irfan Pathan is considered as the leading wicket taker for the team.

• The brand ambassadors have changed since the first edition. Akshay Kumar was the first brand ambassador.

• Virendra Sehwag was the captain of the team for the first two seasons.

• The D D D had a good season under the leadership of Gautam Ghambir in 2009. They came third in the position.

• The Australian bowler- Glenn McGrath was offended at the fact that he was not picked to play any match during the whole season and hence dropped out of the team.

• The Delhi daredevils play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.

• Mohammad Asif had to sit out during the 2009 season because of his positive drug test results.

• The franchise paid six hundred and ten thousand dollars for Wayne Parnell during the 2012 Indian Premier League auction.

• All the people those who are loves cricket are waiting for the latest IPL updates.

• The team anthem sung by Bollywood singer Khailash Kher is played at every Delhi Daredevils match.