Delhi Giants

Delhi Giants
Personnel
Captain	Marvan Atapattu
Coach	Madan Lal
Overseas player(s)	Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Dale Benkenstein (South Africa), Niall O'Brien (Ireland), Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan), Paul Nixon (England), Shane Bond (New Zealand)
Team information
Founded	2007

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

Players[edit]

The squad announced for the inaugural tournament comprises five international cricketers. Delhi Giants had a well-balanced team with international-level players such as Atapattu as captain and experienced players like Paul Nixon and Taufeeq Umar; and local talent from various parts of India.

Former team[edit]

Coach - Madan Lal

Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
Mohnish Mishra (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan)
Abbas Ali (Madhya Pradesh)
Paul Nixon (England)
Dale Benkenstein (South Africa)
Jai Prakash Yadav (Railways)
Ali Murtaza (Uttar Pradesh)
TP Sudhindra (Madhya Pradesh)
Anand Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
Abid Nabi (Jammu and Kashmir)
Sachin Dholpure (Madhya Pradesh)
Abhishek Tamrakar (Madhya Pradesh)
Shalabh Srivastava (Uttar Pradesh)
Abhishek Sharma (Delhi)
Dishant Yagnik (Udaipur)
Dhruv Mahajan (Jammu and Kashmir)
Abhinav Bali
Raghav Sachdev
Shane Bond (New Zealand)

Coach[edit]

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

Previous performance[edit]

Tournament	Placement
ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08	3rd place
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s	Winners
ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08	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[edit]

↑ Rediff staff (14 November 2007). "ICL announces team lists". Rediff. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
↑ Cricinfo staff (14 November 2007). "IPlayer roster for six teams finalised". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2007.

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[1] Rediff staff (14 November 2007). "ICL announces team lists". Rediff. Retrieved 14 November 2007.

[2] Cricinfo staff (14 November 2007). "IPlayer roster for six teams finalised". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2007.

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