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Gautam Gambhir to lead Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018

Gambhir had led KKR in winning two IPL trophies.

Gautam Gambhir to lead Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018

Gautam Gambhir (Photo Credit-Twitter)

Delhi Daredevils, on Wednesday, announced that veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir will lead the team in the 11th edition of Indian Premier League.

Who else? 😃@GautamGambhir has officially been announced as #DilliKaKaptaan!#DilDilli

 

 

Notably, Gambhir had led Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders in winning two IPL trophies. Gambhir was the skipper of KKR for seven years before getting snubbed the Kolkata franchise in 2018.

Earlier, after not getting retained by KKR, Gambhir had gone under the hammer in the much-talked-about IPL auction on 27th January and was bought by DD. Interestingly Delhi Daredevils was Gambhir’s first IPL franchise.

After the auction, DD’s head coach Ricky Ponting had said that Gambhir will be captaining the team. “We’ve had a few conversations with Gautam, who’d been looking to return to his first IPL franchise, and he’ll be captaining the DareDevils,” said Ponting, adding, “Indeed, we’re happy to have Gautam and he’ll deliver.”

“It’s hard to find fault with anything Gautam did at KKR. He’s won the IPL twice and brings with him a wealth of experience,” Ricky Ponting added.

Delhi Daredevils squad: Prithvi Shaw, Abhishek Sharma, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Trent Boult, Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Naman Ojha, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Daniel Christian, Gurkeerat Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Sayan Ghosh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant.

 

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