Delhi Giants (''formerly'' Delhi Jets until the 2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge) was one of the nine teams played in the now-defunct

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(ICL). This team represented the Indian capital city,

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, and its captain was

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, former skipper of Sri Lanka.

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

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; and local talent from various parts of India.

Former team

Coach -

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(Sri Lanka) * Mohnish Mishra (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) *

(Pakistan) * Abbas Ali (Madhya Pradesh) * Paul Nixon (England) *

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(South Africa) * Jai Prakash Yadav (Railways) *

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(Uttar Pradesh) *

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(Madhya Pradesh) * Anand Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh) *

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(Jammu and Kashmir) * Sachin Dholpure (Madhya Pradesh) * Abhishek Tamrakar (Madhya Pradesh) *

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) * Abhishek Sharma (Delhi) * Dishant Yagnik (Udaipur) * Dhruv Mahajan (Jammu and Kashmir) *

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* 1985 births Living people Indian cricketers Delhi cricketers Himachal Prades ...

* Raghav Sachdev *

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(New Zealand)

Coach

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

Previous performance

References

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