Gautam Gambhir to lead Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018
Cricket | January 28, 2018 0:21 ISTBesides Gambhir, Delhi bought Colin Munro, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell for Rs 1.9 crore, Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 9 crore respectively.
Besides Gambhir, Delhi bought Colin Munro, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell for Rs 1.9 crore, Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 9 crore respectively.
Yuvraj Singh was sold at his base price Rs 2 crore to KXIP, a franchise with which he debuted in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.
Chand, playing his second match of the tournament, produced the timely knock after in-form Rishabh Pant (13) and veteran Gautam Gambhir (27) got out cheaply as Delhi put on board 153 for six.
On a day India veteran Gautam Gambhir failed to get a big score, Rishabh Pant again did the star turn smashing 34-ball 58.
Gambhir has played first three years for Delhi Daredevils but he dead-batted queries on whether the franchise is looking at him as rumours are to be believed.
The most important question that the KKR fans will be asking themselves is - who will lead Kolkata Knight Riders this time in this edition?
In the group B fixtures at Eden Gardens, Pant made mockery of the 146-run chase as his 33-ball 58 (7x4s, 3x6s) saw Delhi cruise home with 5.4 overs to spare.
Gambhir was conspicuous by his absence during Delhi's training session on Saturday at the Eden Gardens and the manager informed the media that the left-handed opener will join the team tonight.
Sehwag pointed out that whenever a player gets dropped from the Indian team, it affects his price in the T20 League.
Yuvraj scored 50 off 40 balls, an innings that was overshadowed by Manan Vohra's 74 off 50 balls, as Punjab scored a decent 170/3 in 20 overs.
Under the leadership of Gambhir, the Kolkata-based franchise lifted the coveted IPL trophy twice, in 2012 and 2014.
KKR have instead elected to retain West Indies duo Sunil Narine for Rs 8.5 crore and Andre Russell for Rs 7 crore.
The BWF had earlier received a lot of flak after it made it mandatory for top shuttlers to play at least 12 tournaments in a revamped schedule for 2018.
Under the captaincy of Gambhir, KKR have reached the playoffs on three occasions besides winning two seasons of the IPL.
Gambhir's remarks came a day after a BJP legislator in Madhya Pradesh, Pannalal questioned the patriotism of Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma for not getting married in India.
India's bygone batting hero Gautam Gambhir firmly believes that the world's No.1 Test side should win in "every condition".
In this Ranji season, Gambhir has scored 632 runs which includes three centuries and two fifties. He is eight in the top-scorers chart.
The young speedster bowled one of the most devastating spells of recent times in Indian domestic cricket as Delhi humiliated Bengal by an innings and 26 runs to enter the Ranji Trophy final.
Speedster Navdeep Saini bowled one of the most devastating spells of recent times in Indian domestic cricket as Delhi humiliated Bengal by an innings and 26 runs to enter the Ranji Trophy final.
Gambhir was an epitome of calmness during his 42nd first-class hundred in the company of Chandela (113 off 192 balls), who is playing only his third first-class match.
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