IPL 2019: 3 key overseas players for Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals, formerly known as Delhi Daredevils, is one of the teams with the poorest record in IPL. They were the semifinalists in the first 2 editions and managed to enter playoff in 2012. Apart from that, their performance has been poor in IPL.

Individual performance-wise, Delhi Capitals’ players have won 1 Purple Cap and 2 Emerging Player of the Year titles.

Some of the key players retained by Delhi are Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Colin Munro, Prithvi Shaw, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Amit Mishra, Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada. They have also traded Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the auction, they bought some players including Sherfane Rutherford, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul and Jalaj Saxena.

This year, the team will be captained by Shreyas Iyer and the coach of the team is Ricky Ponting.

On that note, here’s a look at 3 key overseas players for DC in this edition of IPL.

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#3 Kasigo Rabada

Rabada has 103 ODI wickets from 65 matches

23-year-old Kagiso Rabada is one of the latest pace sensations in world cricket. He is a permanent member of the South African squad across all formats. At the age of 22, he topped ICC’s ODI and Test bowling charts.

At the age of 23, he became the youngest bowler to pick 150 Test wickets. In 2018 Rabada picked 52 Test wickets, the most by any bowler in that year. He also became only the second player to take a hat-trick on ODI debut.

So far, Rabada has picked 176 Test wickets from 37 matches at an average of 21.77 and 103 ODI wickets from 65 matches at an average of 26.71. He constantly hits the mid-140s with the ball and he is known for his raw pace.

Rabada made his IPL debut in 2017 for the Delhi Daredevils. But he had a poor first season with just 6 wickets in 6 matches. He was ruled out of IPL 2018 due to an injury.

He is expected to lead the bowling attack along with Trent Boult, and there is no doubt that this pair is going to be a nightmare for any batting lineup.

#2 Trent Boult

Boult has 33 wickets from 28 IPL matches

29-year-old Trent Boult is a left-arm fast bowler. He was the joint leading wicket-taker in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. He became the ICC's No.1 Ranked ODI Bowler in January 2016. In 2018, he became the third bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in ODIs.

He made his Test debut in December 2011 and his One-Day International debut 2012 July.

He is currently playing the Test series against Bangladesh and he has already picked 13 wickets in 2 Tests.

Boult has picked 147 wickets from 79 ODIs at an average of 24.70 and 37 wickets from 25 T20Is, averaging 21.18. In first-class cricket, he has picked 347 wickets from 93 matches at an average of 26.93.

In IPL, he has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad (2015-2016), Kolkata Knight Riders (2017), Delhi Daredevils (2018-present). In IPL, he has picked 33 wickets from 28 matches. He is known for his toe-crushing yorkers. He is also known for his deceptive pace and the ability to swing the ball both directions. This year, he is expected to open the bowling along with Rabada.

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#1 Sandeep Lamichhane

Lamichhane has 15 wickets from 6 ODIs

18-year-old Sandeep Lamichhane is a right-handed leg spin bowler from Nepal. He has represented Nepal in U-19 Cricket World Cup. He finished the tournament as the second highest wicket taker with 14 wickets at an average of 17.07 and a strike rate of 21.9. He also took a hat-trick in the tournament against Ireland U-19.

He has picked 15 wickets from 6 ODIs at an average of 14.80. In 5 T20Is he has picked 5 wickets. He has played 27 List-A matches and picked 57 wickets at an average of 17.08.

In the recently-concluded BBL, he played for Melbourne Stars. He picked 11 wickets from 7 matches at an average of 16.30 and has an impressive economy rate of 6.97.

He is currently playing PSL for Lahore Qalandars and so far he has picked 11 wickets from 7 matches.

He made his IPL debut in 2018 for Delhi Capitals and picked 5 wickets from 3 matches. He is expected to bowl in the middle overs for DC.

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