Owais Shah Names Delhi Daredevils The Best IPL Team He Played For

Former English middle-order batsman, Owais Shah has said that the Delhi Daredevils squad was the best IPL squad that he played for. The Delhi Daredevils signed Owais Shah for $275,000 during their second player auction. He was then traded to Kolkata Knight Riders in exchange of Moises Henriques. He was bought by the new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000 and played for them in the fourth season of the IPL. In IPL 5 he played for Rajasthan Royals.

Owais went on to play 23 matches in the Indian Premier League during his stint in the cash-rich league. The middle-order batsman for England scored a total of 503 runs at an average of 33.73. He had also smashed four half-centuries in the tournament and played with a strike-rate of above 130.

Now, in an exclusive interview with CricketAddictor.com, Owais has said that the Delhi Daredevils is the best squad he has played for in the IPL.

Owais Shah Names Delhi Daredevils The Best IPL Team He Played For

“I would probably say that the best team was Delhi when I was in my first year in IPL. We had a very very strong team, we had the likes of Ashish Nehra, Virender Sehwag, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Amit Mishra. We had nine international players four overseas, five Indians, we had a great team. It’s a shame that the team got dispersed,” Owais said.

Uncertainty Looms Large Over IPL 2020 Future

With the coronavirus outbreak bringing the world to a standstill, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was postponed from March 29 to April 15. India is currently on a 21-day lockdown to combat the deadly virus.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now looking at the October-November window for the IPL. But the move can be possible only if the ICC decides to postpone the men’s T20 World Cup that is to be held later in the year, according to some sources in the board.

On Friday, latest reports suggested that the BCCI is probing into the July window to conduct the IPL and it could take place behind closed doors.

However, all hopes have once again vanished as the BCCI. On Thursday suspended the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 indefinitely in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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