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 Hous ...
, and its captain was
Marvan Atapattu, 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 language, 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 cricket, Test opening batsman for thre ...
; 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 (Sri Lanka)
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Mohnish Mishra (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
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Taufeeq Umar
Taufeeq Umar (Punjabi language, 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 cricket, Test opening batsman for thre ...
(Pakistan)
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Abbas Ali (Madhya Pradesh)
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Paul Nixon (England)
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Dale Benkenstein (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 (Madhya Pradesh)
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Anand Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
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Abid Nabi (Jammu and Kashmir)
* Sachin Dholpure (Madhya Pradesh)
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Abhishek Tamrakar (Madhya Pradesh)
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Shalabh Srivastava (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.
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Delhi cricketers
Himachal Pradesh cricketers
Cricketers fro ...
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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, O ...
(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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