2016 Delhi Daredevils season

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Delhi Daredevils
2016 season
CoachPaddy Upton
CaptainZaheer Khan
Ground(s)Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
IPL6th
Most runsQuinton de Kock (445)
Most wickets Chris Morris (13)
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Delhi Daredevils (DD) were a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, which played in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams to compete in the 2016 Indian Premier League.

Squad[edit | edit source]

  • Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL are listed in bold.[1]
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
14 Mayank Agarwal  India (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 25) Right-handed 2014 ₹1.6 crore (US$240,000)
21 JP Duminy  South Africa (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹2.2 crore (US$330,000) Overseas
41 Shreyas Iyer  India (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2015 ₹2.6 crore (US$390,000)
69 Karun Nair  India (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹4 crore (US$600,000)
All-rounders
2 Chris Morris  South Africa (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹7 crore (US$1.04 million) Overseas
6 Pawan Negi  India (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 23) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹8.5 crore (US$1.26 million)
19 Jayant Yadav  India (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
26 Carlos Brathwaite  Barbados (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹4.2 crore (US$630,000) Overseas
Akhil Herwadkar  India (1994-10-31)31 October 1994 (aged 21) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Mahipal Lomror  India (1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 16) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 24) Right-handed 2016 ₹30 lakh (US$45,000) Overseas
9 Sanju Samson  India (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 21) Right-handed 2016 ₹4.2 crore (US$630,000)
12 Quinton de Kock  South Africa (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 23) Left-handed 2014 ₹3.5 crore (US$520,000) Overseas
777 Rishabh Pant  India (1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 18) Left-handed 2016 ₹1.9 crore (US$280,000)
Bowlers
11 Mohammed Shami  India (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹4.25 crore (US$630,000)
13 Nathan Coulter-Nile  Australia (1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 ₹4.25 crore (US$630,000) Overseas
18 Amit Mishra  India (1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2015 ₹3.5 crore (US$520,000)
28 Gurinder Sandhu  Australia (1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 22) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹1.7 crore (US$250,000) Overseas
34 Zaheer Khan  India (1978-10-07)7 October 1978 (aged 37) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹4 crore (US$600,000) Captain
88 Shahbaz Nadeem  India (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 26) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹85 lakh (US$126,000)
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2014 ₹1 crore (US$150,000) Overseas
313 Khaleel Ahmed  India (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 18) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Joel Paris[lower-alpha 1]  Australia (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 23) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹30 lakh (US$45,000) Overseas
Pawan Suyal  India (1989-10-15)15 October 1989 (aged 26) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Chama Milind  India (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 21) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Pratyush Singh  India (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break googly 2016 ₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
  1. ↑ ruled out of the season with an injury

Season standings[edit | edit source]

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Gujarat Lions (3) 14 9 5 0 18 −0.374
2 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU) 14 8 6 0 16 0.932
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (C) 14 8 6 0 16 0.245
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (4) 14 8 6 0 16 0.106
5 Mumbai Indians 14 7 7 0 14 −0.146
6 Delhi Daredevils 14 7 7 0 14 −0.155
7 Rising Pune Supergiants 14 5 9 0 10 0.015
8 Kings XI Punjab 14 4 10 0 8 −0.646
Source: [2]
  • The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to the Eliminator

Match log[edit | edit source]

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Man of the Match Scorecard
1 10 April 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard
2 15 April 2016 Kings XI Punjab Delhi Won by 8 wickets Amit Mishra - 4/11 (3 Overs) Scorecard
3 17 April 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 7 wickets Quinton de Kock 108(51) Scorecard
4 23 April 2016 Mumbai Indians Delhi Won by 10 runs Sanju Samson 60(48) Scorecard
5 27 April 2016 Gujarat Lions Delhi Lost by 1 run Chris Morris 82*(32) & 2/35(4 overs) Scorecard
6 30 April 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Won by 27 runs Carlos Brathwaite 34(11) & 3/47 (4 overs) Scorecard
7 3 May 2016 Gujarat Lions Rajkot Won by 8 wickets Rishabh Pant 69(40) Scorecard
8 5 May 2016 Rising Pune Supergiant Delhi Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard
9 7 May 2016 Kings XI Punjab Nagpur Lost by 9 runs Scorecard
10 12 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 7 wickets Chris Morris 1/19 (4 Overs) Scorecard
11 15 May 2016 Mumbai Indians Visakhapatnam Lost by 80 runs Scorecard
12 17 May 2016 Rising Pune Supergiant Visakhapatnam Lost by 19 runs (D/L) Scorecard
13 20 May 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad Raipur Won by 6 wickets Karun Nair 83*(59) Scorecard
14 22 May 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore Raipur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard
Overall record: 7–7. Failed to advance.

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Most runs
Player Runs
Quinton de Kock 445
Karun Nair 357
Sanju Samson 291
Most wickets
Player Wickets
Chris Morris 13
Amit Mishra 13
Zaheer Khan 10

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delhi Indian Premier League 2016 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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