IPL 2019: Delhi Daredevils Changes Name to Delhi Capitals, Twitter Pokes Fun

In the presence of the stakeholders in New Delhi o Tuesday, IPL franchise, Delhi Daredevils had altered their name ahead of the 2019 auction. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer-led DD would now be known as Delhi Capitals. Although the owners seemed excited about the new name, Twitter found it funny and left some comments as well.

Delhi changes name ahead of IPL 2019 auction

Dilliwasiyon, say hello to Delhi Capitals!#ThisIsNewDelhi pic.twitter.com/KFW8f3GIP7

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 4, 2018

However, the franchise will now hope to do something new and try to put hands on the trophy for the first time in twelve years. Moreover, the owners of the Delhi franchise – Kiran Kumar Grandhi and Parth Jindal were confident the new partnership would work better for the upcoming edition. They were also cheerful about the fact that they have lots of young talent in their lineup. Also, they also pointed out the presence of young guns benefitting them in a longer run.

In addition to, Delhi Capitals traded three new players in their squad. Shikhar Dhawan who previously served Sunrisers Hyderabad is the new entrance for the franchise. He will now be opening with Prithvi Shaw while the likes of Rishabh Pant and the skipper, Shreyas Iyer will follow them next.

Furthermore, Delhi Daredevils had failed to deliver excellent results in spite of making frequent changes in their combinations. However, the franchise will now be keen to start up fresh by picking some decent players in the auction. They have Rs 25.50 crores left in their purse and can still buy ten players in their set-up.

Meanwhile, the fans were against the name of the franchise – Delhi Capitals and started hilariously trolling the owners. The social media has come up with some memes while many doubts whether this will help them in changing their game or not.

Here are the twitter reactions:

Delhi Smoggers could have been a better title. #DelhiCapitals

— z N e D (@MadMart05) December 4, 2018

I haven't renamed Delhi Capitals – Yogi Adityanath#DelhiCapitals

— Udit (@udit_buch) December 4, 2018

Such a terrible name #DelhiCapitals

— Aatma NirbharJohnnyBoy (@JohnnyBuoooy) December 4, 2018

Delhi changed their name thinking the acronym 'DC' will win them lPL. #DelhiCapitals

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) December 4, 2018

Delhi changed their name thinking the acronym 'DC' will win them lPL. #DelhiCapitals

— sumita (@sumita35674451) December 4, 2018

Why DC? why not MARVEL? #DelhiCapitals

— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) December 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/AshirwadKarande/status/1069922201703313408

Ek naam hi acha tha… Sigh. #DelhiCapitals

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) December 4, 2018

Daredevils to Capitals ??‍♂️ #DelhiCapitals

— Raghav (@Im_RaghavVR) December 4, 2018

It took 11 @IPL seasons for Delhi to understand that they are capitals not daredevils.. ???#DelhiCapitals

— Aman Bansal (@AmanBansal4u) December 4, 2018

This could be the first sign of Delhi pollution messing up the heads of its residents. #DelhiCapitals

— cricBC (@cricBC) December 4, 2018

If they think renaming Dehi Derdevils to Delhi Capitals will change the fortunes of the team then…#DelhiCapitals

— Charudatt Prabhu (@charu_prabhu) December 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/_amiteshSingh_/status/1069922646744227840

Delhi Daredevils is now Delhi Capital? #puke

— Venkata Krishna B (@venkatatweets) December 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/BadriNPadhi/status/1069937311977074689