Gautam Gambhir has been announced as the captain of Delhi Daredevils.
Gautam Gambhir has been officially appointed as the skipper of the Delhi Daredevils franchise. The southpaw who led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles will be coming back to Delhi after 8 years. The southpaw started off his IPL journey with the Delhi Daredevils and he will be pretty happy to be back in his hometown to play the last phase of his IPL career.He was bought for Rs 2.8 crores during the IPL Auctions this year.
“I’m privileged to be captaining Delhi Daredevils. It is always great to comeback home, where you stated your IPL career, cricketing career as well,” Gambhir said after he was officially announced the team’s captain. “Hopefully this is he place I’m going to finish as well. So i am really looking forward to it and really really really excited about it.”
Dinesh Karthik is the new face of KKR after Gautam Gambhir. Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL.
After the auctions, DD head coach Ricky Ponting had revealed on the day of auction that Gambhir will be contacted for the role of captaincy. He had made it clear that Gambhir was the first choice captain and the news was officially announced today.
While playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders, Gambhir was an inspirational character, He led his troops to perfection and it was under his leadership that KKR made a revival in the tournament after pretty disappointing opening 3 years. Delhi Daredevils who has been one of the weakest teams in the tournament as per performances will also look for a revival under Gambhir’s captaincy.
Twitterati wished Gambhir all the very best for the upcoming season. Here are some of the best tweets
