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
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India. Its two seasons included tournaments between four international teams (World XI, India, Pakistan ...
(ICL). This team represented the Indian capital city,
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...
, and its captain was
Marvan Atapattu
Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer who played for 17 years for Sri Lanka. Considered one of the most technically sound batsman in his era, Atapattu has scored six double ...
, former skipper of Sri Lanka.
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Players
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
Taufeeq Umar ( Punjabi: توفیق عمر, born 20 June 1981) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2014. Umar was a regular Test opening batsman for three seasons, before being dropped ...
; and local talent from various parts of India.
Former team
Coach -
Madan Lal
Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma (; born 20 March 1951) is a former Indian cricketer (1974–1987) and Indian national cricket coach. He was a member of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning India squad.
Playing career
Madan Lal enjoyed outstanding all ...
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Marvan Atapattu
Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer who played for 17 years for Sri Lanka. Considered one of the most technically sound batsman in his era, Atapattu has scored six double ...
(Sri Lanka)
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Mohnish Mishra (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
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Taufeeq Umar
Taufeeq Umar ( Punjabi: توفیق عمر, born 20 June 1981) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2014. Umar was a regular Test opening batsman for three seasons, before being dropped ...
(Pakistan)
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Abbas Ali (Madhya Pradesh)
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Paul Nixon (England)
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Dale Benkenstein
Dale Martin Benkenstein (born 9 June 1974) is a former South African cricketer who was an all-rounder. He is currently first-team coach at Gloucestershire, having previously held the same role at Hampshire.
Early life
Benkenstein was born in S ...
(South Africa)
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Jai Prakash Yadav (Railways)
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Ali Murtaza
Ali Ghulam Murtaza (born 1 January 1990) is an Indian first-class cricketer. He plays for Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Indian World Team in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition. He bowled well in ICL and earned a reputation as a ...
(Uttar Pradesh)
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TP Sudhindra
TP Sudhindra (born 24 April 1984) is an Indian first-class cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler who bowls consistently at around 130 km/h and relies on accuracy, and bats left-handed. He is banned from taking part in any officia ...
(Madhya Pradesh)
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Anand Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
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Abid Nabi
Abid Nabi (born 26 December 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu and Kashmir. He is a right-arm fast bowler and is identified as one of the fastest bowlers in India. He also played for the Delhi Giants in the now-defunct Indian Cri ...
(Jammu and Kashmir)
* Sachin Dholpure (Madhya Pradesh)
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Abhishek Tamrakar (Madhya Pradesh)
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Shalabh Srivastava
Shalabh Jagdishprasad Srivastava (born 22 September 1981 in Allahabad) is an Indian first-class cricketer. He is a left arm fast-medium bowler who played for Uttar Pradesh, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Giants before he was banned.
Srivastava re ...
(Uttar Pradesh)
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Abhishek Sharma (Delhi)
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Dishant Yagnik (Udaipur)
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Dhruv Mahajan (Jammu and Kashmir)
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Abhinav Bali
Abhinav Bali (born 2 June 1985) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Himachal Pradesh cricket team, Himachal Pradesh.
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Delhi cricketers
Himachal Prades ...
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Raghav Sachdev
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Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond (born 7 June 1975) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer and present bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He represented New Zealand in Test, OD ...
(New Zealand)
Coach
The coach for this Delhi Giants team is former Indian international Madan Lal.
Previous performance
References
Indian Cricket League teams
Cricket clubs established in 2007
Cricket in Delhi
Former senior cricket clubs of India
2007 establishments in Delhi
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