2017 Delhi Daredevils season

Delhi Daredevils
2017 season
Coach	Paddy Upton
Captain	Zaheer Khan
Ground(s)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Most runs	Sanju Samson
Most wickets	Pat Cummins
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Last updated April 12, 2025

Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a cricket team based in Delhi, India. They play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League.

Auction

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.^[1] The Delhi Daredevils bought the following players at the auction:

In April 2017, the Daredevils also signed Australian Ben Hilfenhaus as a replacement for JP Duminy who withdrew from the season for personal reasons. Quinton de Kock was also ruled out of the tournament in March 2017 due to an injury, but no replacement was named for him.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
17	Ankit Bawne	India	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹1 million (US$12,000)
21	JP Duminy	South Africa	(1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹22 million (US$260,000)	Overseas, Vice Captain
41	Shreyas Iyer	India	(1994-12-06)6 December 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2015	₹26 million (US$300,000)
69	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06)6 December 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016	₹40 million (US$470,000)
77	Marlon Samuels	Jamaica	(1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	Replacement signing
	Pratyush Singh	India	(1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
All-rounders
2	Chris Morris	South Africa	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹70 million (US$820,000)	Overseas
19	Jayant Yadav	India	(1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
22	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	(1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹20 million (US$230,000)	Overseas
26	Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹42 million (US$490,000)	Overseas
78	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	(1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2017	₹10 million (US$120,000)	Overseas
	Shashank Singh	India	(1991-11-21)21 November 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹1 million (US$12,000)
Wicket-keepers
7	Sam Billings	England	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed		2016	₹3 million (US$35,000)	Overseas
8	Sanju Samson	India	(1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed		2016	₹42 million (US$490,000)
12	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 24)	Left-handed		2014	₹35 million (US$410,000)	Overseas
27	Aditya Tare	India	(1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed		2017	₹2.5 million (US$29,000)
777	Rishabh Pant	India	(1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹19 million (US$220,000)
Bowlers
11	Mohammed Shami	India	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹42.5 million (US$500,000)
25	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	(1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹50 million (US$580,000)	Overseas
30	Pat Cummins	Australia	(1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹45 million (US$530,000)	Overseas
34	Zaheer Khan	India	(1978-10-07)7 October 1978 (aged 38)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹40 million (US$470,000)	Captain
88	Shahbaz Nadeem	India	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹8.5 million (US$99,000)
99	Amit Mishra	India	(1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2015	₹35 million (US$410,000)
313	Khaleel Ahmed	India	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Chama Milind	India	(1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Murugan Ashwin	India	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	₹10 million (US$120,000)
	Navdeep Saini	India	(1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing	Overseas

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.784	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Rising Pune Supergiant (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.176	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)	14	8	5	1	17	0.599	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	0	16	0.641	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Kings XI Punjab	14	7	7	0	14	−0.009
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	6	8	0	12	−0.512
7	Gujarat Lions	14	4	10	0	8	−0.412
8	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	3	10	1	7	−1.299

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[2]

The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Matches

8 April	(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 142/9 (20 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 15 runs
(D/N) Scorecard	(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 142/9 (20 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Virender Sharma (India) Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
(D/N) Scorecard	Kedar Jadhav 69 (37) Chris Morris 3/21 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 57 (36) Pawan Negi 2/3 (1 over)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

11 April	Delhi Daredevils 205/4 (20 overs)	v	Rising Pune Supergiant (H) 108 (16.1 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 97 runs
(D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 205/4 (20 overs)	v	Rising Pune Supergiant (H) 108 (16.1 overs)	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Delhi Daredevils)
(D/N) Scorecard	Sanju Samson 102 (63) Imran Tahir 1/24 (4 overs)		Mayank Agarwal 20 (18) Amit Mishra 3/11 (3 overs)
Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field. Sanju Samson (Delhi Daredevils) scored his first century in a T20.^[3]

15 April	(H) Delhi Daredevils 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 137/9 (20 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 51 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Delhi Daredevils 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 137/9 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Corey Anderson (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sam Billings 55 (40) Varun Aaron 2/45 (4 overs)		Axar Patel 44 (29) Chris Morris 3/23 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

17 April	(H) Delhi Daredevils 168/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 169/6 (19.5 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Delhi Daredevils 168/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 169/6 (19.5 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sanju Samson 39 (25) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/22 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 69* (49) Zaheer Khan 2/28 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

19 April	(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 191/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 176/5 (20 overs)	Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 15 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 191/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 176/5 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Kane Williamson 89 (51) Chris Morris 4/26 (4 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 50* (31) Mohammed Siraj 2/39 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

22 April	(H) Mumbai Indians 142/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 128/7 (20 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 14 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Mumbai Indians 142/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 128/7 (20 overs)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Mitchell McClenaghan (Mumbai Indians)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Jos Buttler 28 (18) Amit Mishra 2/18 (4 overs)		Chris Morris 52* (41) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/24 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

28 April	Delhi Daredevils 160/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 161/3 (16.2 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 160/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 161/3 (16.2 overs)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sanju Samson 60 (38) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/34 (4 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 71* (52) Kagiso Rabada 2/20 (3.2 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

30 April	Delhi Daredevils 67 (17.1 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 68/0 (7.5 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 10 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 67 (17.1 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 68/0 (7.5 overs)	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Sandeep Sharma (Kings XI Punjab)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Corey Anderson 18 (25) Sandeep Sharma 4/20 (4 overs)		Martin Guptill 50* (27) Amit Mishra 0/9 (1 over)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

2 May	Sunrisers Hyderabad 185/3 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 189/4 (19.1 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sunrisers Hyderabad 185/3 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 189/4 (19.1 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Yuvraj Singh 70* (41) Mohammed Shami 2/36 (4 overs)		Corey Anderson 41* (24) Mohammed Siraj 2/41 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

4 May	Gujarat Lions 208/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 214/3 (17.3 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Gujarat Lions 208/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 214/3 (17.3 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Suresh Raina 77 (43) Kagiso Rabada 2/28 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 97 (43) Ravindra Jadeja 1/28 (2 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

6 May	Mumbai Indians 212/3 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 66 (13.4 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 146 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Mumbai Indians 212/3 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 66 (13.4 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Lendl Simmons (Mumbai Indians)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Lendl Simmons 66 (43) Corey Anderson 1/29 (2 overs)		Karun Nair 21 (15) Karn Sharma 3/11 (3.4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. This was the largest winning margin in an IPL match.^[4]

10 May	(H) Gujarat Lions 195/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 197/8 (19.4 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 2 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Gujarat Lions 195/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 197/8 (19.4 overs)	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Aaron Finch 69 (39) Amit Mishra 1/27 (2 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 96 (57) James Faulkner 2/39 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

12 May	(H) Delhi Daredevils 168/8 (20 overs)	v	Rising Pune Supergiant 161/7 (20 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 7 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	(H) Delhi Daredevils 168/8 (20 overs)	v	Rising Pune Supergiant 161/7 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Karun Nair (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Karun Nair 64 (45) Jaydev Unadkat 2/29 (4 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 60 (45) Zaheer Khan 2/25 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

14 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore 161/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 151 (20 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Royal Challengers Bangalore 161/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 151 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: C. K. Nandan (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Virat Kohli 58 (45) Pat Cummins 2/21 (4 overs)		Rishabh Pant 45 (34) Pawan Negi 3/10 (2 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat. Avesh Khan (Royal Challengers Bangalore) made his T20 debut.

Statistics

Most runs
Player	Runs
Sanju Samson	386
Rishabh Pant	366
Shreyas Iyer	338

Most wickets
Player	Wickets
Pat Cummins	15
Chris Morris	12
Zaheer Khan	10

References

↑ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
↑ "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
↑ "Samson's maiden ton razes Rising Pune". ESPNcricinfo. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
↑ "Mumbai achieve record margin in crushing defeat of Daredevils". ESPNcricinfo. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

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[1] "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[2] "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Samson100-3] "Samson's maiden ton razes Rising Pune". ESPNcricinfo. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[margin-4] "Mumbai achieve record margin in crushing defeat of Daredevils". ESPNcricinfo. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

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Home grounds	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium (2008–present) Veer Narayan Singh Stadium ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium (2024–present)
Captains	Virender Sehwag (2008–2012) Gautam Gambhir† (2009–18) Dinesh Karthik† (2009–18) James Hopes† (2009–11) Ross Taylor† (2012) Mahela Jayawardene (2012–13) David Warner† (2013–23) Kevin Pietersen (2014) JP Duminy (2015) Zaheer Khan (2016–17) Karun Nair† (2016–17) Shreyas Iyer (2018–21) Rishabh Pant (2021–22, 2024–present) Axar Patel† (2024) KL Rahul (2025)
Coaches	Greg Shipperd (2008–11) Eric Simons (2012–13) Gary Kirsten (2014–15) Paddy Upton (2016–17) Ricky Ponting (2018–2024)
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See also	Delhi Capitals (WPL) Dubai Capitals Pretoria Capitals
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