Delhi Giants

Delhi Giants
Delhi Giants
Coach: India Madan Lal
Captain: Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu
Founded: 2007
Home ground:

Delhi Giants (formerly Delhi Jets until the 2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge) was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). This team represents the Indian capital city, New Delhi, India and its captain is Marvan Atapattu, former skipper of Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Contents

Players

The squad announced for the inaugural tournament comprises five international cricketers. Delhi Giants has a well-balanced team with Atapattu as captain and experienced players like Paul Nixon and Taufeeq Umar.

Former Team

Coach - Madan Lal

  • Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
  • Mohnish Mishra (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan)
  • Abbas Ali (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Paul Nixon (England)
  • Dale Benkenstein (South Africa)
  • J.P. Yadav (Railways)
  • Ali Murtaza (Uttar Pradesh)
  • T. Sudhindra (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Abid Nabi Ahanger (Jammu and Kashmir)
  • Sachin Dholpure (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Abhishek Tamrakar (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Shalabh Srivastav (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Abhishek Sharma (Delhi)
  • Dishant Yagnik (Udaipur)
  • Dhruv Mahajan (Jammu and Kashmir)
  • Abhinav Bali
  • Raghav Sachdev
  • Shane Bond (New Zealand)

Coach

The coach for this Delhi Giants team is former Indian international Madan Lal.

Previous performance

Tournament Placement
2007 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship 3rd place
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s Winners
2008 Indian Cricket League Edelweiss 20s Challenge 5th place
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament 4th place
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 6th place


References

  1. ^ Rediff staff (November 14, 2007). "ICL announces team lists". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/nov/14icl.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 
  2. ^ Cricinfo staff (November 14, 2007). "IPlayer roster for six teams finalised". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320289.html. Retrieved 2007-11-14.