Delhi Daredevils
| दिल्ली डेयरडेविल्स دہلی ڈیرڈیولز |
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| Captain: | Zaheer Khan |
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| Coach: | Paddy Upton |
| City: | New Delhi, India |
| Colours: |  |
| Owner: | GMR Group |
| Founded: | 2008 (8 years ago) |
| Home ground: |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (Capacity: 45,000) |
| Secondary home ground(s) |
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur (Capacity: 50,000) |
| Indian Premier League wins: | 0 |
| CLT20 wins | 0 |
| Official website: | delhidaredevils.com |
 Delhi Daredevils in 2016
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The Delhi Daredevils (often abbreviated as DD) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the eight founding teams of the IPL, the Delhi franchise is owned by the GMR Group. Their home grounds are the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi and the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Despite never making it to the IPL final, the team were table toppers twice (an IPL record shared only with the Chennai Super Kings) and qualified for Champions League T20 twice, making the semifinals in the 2012 edition. However, in recent seasons, the team has struggled, often ending up as wooden spooners.
The team's current captain is Zaheer Khan while the coach and mentor are Paddy Upton and Rahul Dravid respectively. The leading run-scorer of the side is Virender Sehwag while the leading wicket-taker is Irfan Pathan.
Indian Premier League is a cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and backed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). For the inaugural tournament held in April–June 2008, the BCCI had finalised a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Delhi, were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008 and the Delhi team was successfully bid for by the Indian construction and property development company GMR Group, who paid US$84 million for it.
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