# 2018 Delhi Daredevils season

Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League.

## Auction

Each franchise was allowed to retain a maximum of five players from their current squad, subject to the following restrictions:
* A maximum of 3 players could be retained before the 2018 IPL auction
* A maximum of 3 players could be retained through a right-to-match card during the auction.
* A maximum of 3 capped Indian players could be retained.
* A maximum of 2 uncapped Indian players could be retained.
* A maximum of 2 overseas (non-Indian) players could be retained.
The auction was held on 27–28 January in Bangalore.
The following three players were retained by Delhi:
* Chris Morris
* Shreyas Iyer
* Rishabh Pant
The franchise acquired the following players during the auction:
* 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

## Current squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 23 | Gautam Gambhir | India | (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981 (age 43) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹2.8 crore (US$320,000) | |
| 41 | Shreyas Iyer | India | (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$801,071.00) | Captain |
| 82 | Colin Munro | New Zealand | (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1.9 crore (US$217,000) | Overseas |
| 100 | Prithvi Shaw | India | (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.2 crore (US$137,000) | |
| — | Gurkeerat Singh | India | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹75 lakh (US$86,000) | |
| — | Manjot Kalra | India | (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 2 | Chris Morris | South Africa | (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7.1 crore (US$812,514.90) | Overseas |
| 4 | Abhishek Sharma | India | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹55 lakh (US$63,000) | |
| 14 | Rahul Tewatia | India | (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$343,000) | |
| 19 | Jayant Yadav | India | (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹50 lakh (US$57,000) | |
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹9 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
| 54 | Daniel Christian | Australia | (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹1.5 crore (US$172,000) | Overseas |
| 59 | Vijay Shankar | India | (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$366,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 48 | Naman Ojha | India | (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹1.4 crore (US$160,000) | |
| 777 | Rishabh Pant | India | (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹8 crore (US$915,509.80) | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 1 | Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | Overseas |
| 3 | Junior Dala | South Africa | (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | NA | Overseas |
| 6 | Avesh Khan | India | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹70 lakh (US$80,000) | |
| 11 | Mohammed Shami | India | (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$343,000) | |
| 13 | Harshal Patel | India | (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 17 | Liam Plunkett | England | (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹2 crore (US$229,000) | Overseas |
| 18 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹2.2 crore (US$252,000) | Overseas |
| 88 | Shahbaz Nadeem | India | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$366,000) | |
| 99 | Amit Mishra | India | (1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹4 crore (US$458,000) | |
| — | Sayan Ghosh | India | (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| — | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹4.2 crore (US$481,000) | Overseas |

## Season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (RU) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.284 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.253 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.070 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Rajasthan Royals (4) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.250 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.317 | |
| 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.129 | |
| 7 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.502 | |
| 8 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.222 | |

### Fixtures

* 8 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Daredevils 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Kings XI Punjab (H) 167/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Gautam Gambhir 55 (42) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/28 (4 overs) | | K. L. Rahul 51 (16) Daniel Christian 1/12 (2 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
* Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Kings XI Punjab) became the youngest cricketer to play in the IPL.
* K. L. Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) scored the fastest fifty in the IPL.
* 11 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals 153/5 (17.5 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils 60/4 (6 overs) |
| Ajinkya Rahane 45 (40) Shahbaz Nadeem 2/34 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 20 (14) Ben Laughlin 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 10 runs (DLS method) Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain during play ended the Rajasthan Royals innings at 17.5 overs and Delhi Daredevils were set a target of 71 runs from 6 overs.
* 14 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Mumbai Indians 194/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils 195/3 (20 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 53 (32) Daniel Christian 3/35 (3 overs) | | Jason Roy 91* (53) Krunal Pandya 2/21 (3 overs) |
* Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Delhi Daredevils)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 200/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils 129 (14.2 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 59 (35) Rahul Tewatia 3/18 (3 overs) | | Glenn Maxwell 47 (22) Sunil Narine 3/18 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 71 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Daredevils 174/5 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 176/4 (18 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 85 (48) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/22 (3 overs) | | AB de Villiers 90* (39) Glenn Maxwell 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kings XI Punjab 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils (H) 139/8 (20 overs) |
| Karun Nair 34 (32) Liam Plunkett 3/17 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 57 (45) Ankit Rajpoot 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Kings XI Punjab won by 4 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Ankit Rajpoot (Kings XI Punjab)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Daredevils) made his T20 debut.
* 27 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 219/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 164/9 (20 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 93* (40) Andre Russell 1/28 (3 overs) | | Andre Russell 44 (30) Glenn Maxwell 2/22 (2 overs) |
* Delhi Daredevils won by 55 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (india) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Chennai Super Kings 211/4 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Daredevils 198/5 (20 overs) |
| Shane Watson 78 (40) Glenn Maxwell 1/5 (1 over) | | Rishabh Pant 79 (45) K. M. Asif 2/43 (3 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
* Chennai Super Kings recorded their 100th T20 victory.
* 2 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 196/6 (17.1 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 146/5 (12 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 69 (29) Jaydev Unadkat 3/46 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 67 (26) Trent Boult 2/26 (3 overs) |
* Delhi Daredevils won by 4 runs (DLS method) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain before start of play reduced the match to 18 overs per side.
* Rain during play ended the Delhi Daredevils innings at 17.1 overs and Rajasthan Royals were set a target of 151 runs from 12 overs.
* 5 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Daredevils 163/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 164/3 (19.5 overs) |
| Prithvi Shaw 65 (36) Rashid Khan 2/23 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 45 (31) Amit Mishra 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Bruce Oxenford (Australia) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 191/1 (18.5 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 128* (63) Shakib Al Hasan 2/27 (4 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 92* (50) Harshal Patel 1/32 (4 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* 12 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 181/4 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 187/5 (19 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 61 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 72* (37) Trent Boult 2/40 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Sandeep Lamichhane and Abhishek Sharma (both Delhi Daredevils) made their T20 debuts.
* Delhi Daredevils were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 18 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 128/6 (20 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 38 (26) Lungi Ngidi 2/14 (3 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 50 (29) Trent Boult 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Daredevils won by 34 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Vineet Kulkarni (India) Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Delhi Daredevils)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Delhi Daredevils 174/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 163 (19.3 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 64 (44) Krunal Pandya 1/11 (2 overs) | | Evin Lewis 48 (31) Amit Mishra 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Daredevils won by 11 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils)
* Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR |
| Rishabh Pant | 14 | 684 | 128* | 52.61 | 173.60 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 14 | 411 | 93* | 37.36 | 132.58 |
| Prithvi Shaw | 9 | 245 | 65 | 27.22 | 153.12 |
| Vijay Shankar | 13 | 212 | 54* | 53.00 | 143.24 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 12 | 169 | 47 | 14.08 | 140.83 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Name | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco |
| Trent Boult | 14 | 18 | 2/20 | 25.88 | 8.84 |
| Amit Mishra | 10 | 12 | 3/19 | 22.00 | 7.13 |
| Harshal Patel | 5 | 7 | 3/28 | 23.85 | 9.54 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 8 | 6 | 3/18 | 28.83 | 7.86 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 3 | 5 | 3/36 | 16.40 | 6.83 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo