Delhi Daredevils
Predicted finish: league Stage
Delhi Daredevils are known to be a team to spend big. In the last few years, they have made some of the biggest buys. Yuvraj Singh was a showstopper when he was bought for `16 crore by Delhi. However this year, there have been certain changes. In Paddy Upton, they have a very experienced coach and with Rahul Dravid, one of the coolest characters, taking up the mentorship role, the experienced campaigner in Zaheer Khan will be all set to don the captaincy. Match winner for West Indies in final of WT20 against England, Carlos Brathwaite is another player to look out for. Daredevils has bought him for `4.2 crores.
Although Delhi have reached the semi-finals on three occasions 2008, 2009 and 2012, their performances since have been quite disappointing. However this year, Delhi fans will be hoping for some revival in fortunes with some added experience in the squad. The batting looks well settled with openers Quinton De Kock and Shreyas Iyer playing their parts in previous editions of the IPl. JP Duminy has been tremendous for them, and DD will be relying on him as well to provide the goods.
Squad: Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammad Shami, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Travis Head, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Albie Morkel, Quinton de Kock, Pawan Negi, Chris Morris, Sanju Samson, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Joel Paris, Sam Billings, Chama Milind, Pratyush Singh, Mahipal lomror, Saeed Khaleel Ahmed, Akhil Herwadkar, Pawan Suyal.