Delhi DareDevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. The team will be captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated the Icon Player for the franchise.
Franchise History
During the franchise auction for the Indian Premier League teams GMR group acquired the rights for the Delhi franchise for $84 million.
Team Name
After a citywide SMS campaign, Daredevils was chosen as the name of the team for the multi million dollar Twenty20 tournament starting April 18.
The logo is a fast moving cricket ball emitting fire with Delhi Daredevils written in bold red on the fiery tail of what looks a bit like a comet.
Greg Shipperd, coach of national title-winning Victoria state in Australia, and his assistant David Sacker have been appointed coach and assistant-cum-trainer of the Daredevils.
Though GMR officials kept their cards close to their chest when asked about the players they are targeting in Wednesday's player auction in Mumbai, the company said it has asked the IPL governing council to add Virender Sehwag in the iconic players' category so that they don't have to bid for him and can most likely name him captain.
"Virender Sehwag is the star of Delhi and we have requested the IPL governing council to name him an iconic player. We are waiting for the decision to come so that we don't have to bid for him," said GMR CEO Yogesh Shetty.
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IIM-A Graduate, paratrooper, national level sailor & cricket follower to manage Delhi Daredevils team
Ahmedabad, India - March 15, 2008
The Indian Premier League (IPL) now has a connection the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
GMR, Mukesh Ambani, Shahrukh, Vijay Mallya win bids for teams in Indian Premier League
Mumbai, India - Jan 24, 2008
Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan and industrialist Mukesh Ambani won bids on Thursday to own teams in the star-studdded Twenty20 Indian Premier League,organisers said. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, film actress Preity Zinta and four companies also earned the right
to own franchises for the DLF Indian Premier League to be played across India in April-May.
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