10 players you might not know played for Delhi Daredevils

8. Shikhar Drawn (2008)

Shikhar Dhawan

Many people may fondly associate Shikhar Dhawan with Sunrisers Hyderabad, but Gabbar once used to play for Delhi Daredevils. He only played for Delhi in the inaugural edition of the IPL.

He played 14 matches and scored 340 runs at an average of 37.77. He also scored 4 half centuries. His efforts paid off as Delhi qualified to the semi-finals, but Dhawan wasn’t retained for the next season.

This raised a lot of questions. He performed well and even went on to become a prolific opener for India, yet he wasn't retained. Maybe it was his poor strike-rate. He was striking at 115.25.

Delhi has this habit of making irrational decisions in the auctions. They had a lot of great players but didn’t give them time to settle into their roles within their franchise.