Indian Premier League 2015: Squad-wise Analysis of Franchises

DELHI DAREDEVILS (DD):

A team that has been changing every year since its inception. Unlike other teams that have a core squad maintained, DD have gone through changes every single season. This year too they retained just 11 players from a squad of 25.

DD Strong Points:

They have the guidance of India’s 2011 World Cup winning coach Gary Kirsten. He will certainly bring a fresh outlook this time along with the new players that they have bought in the auction. The other plus point for the Delhi Daredevils is the acquisition of some quality all-rounders in Yuvraj Singh, Albie Morkel and Angelo Mathews who can be their leader and captain. Delhi have also acquired 2 of the best leg spinners in business today in Amit Mishra and Imran Tahir.

Weak Points:

Too many new faces in the team means they have to do a lot on bonding in very less time. That means their chances of working as a team will be very tough.
The other weak point is there is no back up spinners or any off spinners in the team to compliment and back Tahir and Mishra.

Prediction:

DD have made major changes in their team this year in hopes of better returns and avoiding the wooden spoon this year. Let’s hope their hope of new beginning and a better result turn true.

DD Squad for IPL 2015:
JP Duminy, Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Mohammed Shami, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton De Kock, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Imran Tahir, Jayant Yadav, Angelo Mathews, Yuvraj Singh, Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Gurinder Sandhu, Shreyas Iyer, CM Gautam, Dominic Muthuswamy, Albie Morkel, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Kona Srikar Bharat, KK Jiyaz, Zaheer Khan