Ranking 10 worst player releases by Delhi Capitals in IPL history
A deep look at the players and their stints with Delhi suggests that the franchise was good enough to eye the talent but not back it for long enough.
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2. AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers arrived in the Delhi IPL team way back in 2008. At the time, ABD was arguably the most exciting young batsman in the world. He had already shown his true potential as a Test match and ODI batsman. It almost feels weird to say but at the time Delhi might have had better batsmen among their ranks who were performing.
In the 2008 season, Shikhar Dhawan, Virender Sehwag, and Gautam Gambhir were the backbones of the batting unit. The South African played only six games and scored his 95 runs at a strike rate of less than 100. But in the 2009 edition in South Africa, ABD smashed his first IPL century. That season he averaged above 51 and his strike rate was above 130 and he has scored 465 runs.
But, AB had another bad season in 2010. 111 runs in seven games at a strike rate of 93 saw him being left out of Delhi’s retention list in the mega auction of 2011. Royal Challengers Bangalore paid a hefty INR 5 crore back then to sign the Proteas star. In his first appearance for RCB, he scored an unbeaten 54 runs to help his team win in a tough run chase. A decade later, people can’t think of any other IPL team when they think about AB de Villiers.
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