Watch Cape Cobras vs Delhi Daredevils Live Streaming Online for FREE. Daredevils have the force to attract people to their games, and they also boast of having the highest entertainment quotient amongst all other IPL teams. They have the best Test batsmen, best T20 batsman, best left-arm spinner, a pace bowling legend, a comeback man of the year, and then they have Sehwag. What Daredevils don't have, though, is a trophy in the cabinet.
If club and franchisee cricket is the latest alternative to the international calendar, then Delhi Daredevils are the IPL's byword for South Africa. In three competitive stages - IPL I and II and now the Champions League - Daredevils have choked at the critical moment. Despite boasting of a galaxy of stars like Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Farveez Maharoof and Andrew McDonald, despite earning plaudits for plucking the best raw talent in Dirk Nannes and David Warner and getting the best trade of Ashish Nehra in the transfer window, Daredevils have flattered to deceive.
The Daredevils are feeling the pinch of accommodating quality bowling all-rounders. During the past seasons, Daredevils loaded their squad with batting and bowling stars, which meant there was little space for foreign all-rounders in the XI. In the Champions League too, most of them are either playing against them or not playing at all.
Chances are the Daredevils will once again stick with Dilshan, de Villiers, Nannes and Vettori in IPL III, but it's the lack of steady all-round performers like McDonald, Maharoof and Collingwood breaking into the XI that has been a problem in alignment.