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{{Infobox cricket team<br />
|name = Delhi Giants<br />
|image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Delhijetsl.JPG|150px]] --><br />
|coach = {{flagicon|India}} [[Madan Lal]]<br />
|captain = {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Marvan Atapattu]]<br />
|overseas = [[Marvan Atapattu]] (Sri Lanka), [[Dale Benkenstein]] (South Africa), [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]] (Ireland), [[Taufeeq Umar]] (Pakistan), [[Paul Nixon]] (England), [[Shane Bond]] (New Zealand)<br />
|founded = 2007<br />
|ground =<br />
|capacity =<br />
|champs =<br />
|nlwins =<br />
|fptwins =<br />
|t20_wins =<br />
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'''Delhi Giants''' (''formerly'' Delhi Jets until the 2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge) was one of the nine teams played in the now-defunct [[Indian Cricket League]] (ICL). This team represented the Indian capital city, [[New Delhi]], and its captain was [[Marvan Atapattu]], former skipper of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite news |author = Rediff staff|url = http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/nov/14icl.htm|title = ICL announces team lists|publisher =Rediff|date = 14 November 2007|access-date = 2007-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author = Cricinfo staff|url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320289.html|title = IPlayer roster for six teams finalised|publisher = Cricinfo |date = 14 November 2007|access-date = 2007-11-14}}<br />
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== Players ==<br />
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The squad announced for the inaugural tournament comprises five international cricketers. Delhi Giants had a well-balanced team with international-level players such as [[Marvan Atapattu|Atapattu]] as captain and experienced players like [[Paul Nixon]] and [[Taufeeq Umar]]; and local talent from various parts of India.<br />
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=== Former team ===<br />
'''Coach''' - [[Madan Lal]]<br />
* [[Marvan Atapattu]] (Sri Lanka)<br />
* [[Mohnish Mishra]] (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[Taufeeq Umar]] (Pakistan)<br />
* [[Abbas Ali (cricketer)|Abbas Ali]] (Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[Paul Nixon]] (England)<br />
* [[Dale Benkenstein]] (South Africa)<br />
* [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai Prakash Yadav]] (Railways)<br />
* [[Ali Murtaza]] (Uttar Pradesh)<br />
* [[TP Sudhindra]] (Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[ Anand Pratap Singh]] (Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[Abid Nabi]] (Jammu and Kashmir)<br />
* [[Sachin Dholpure]] (Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[Abhishek Tamrakar]] (Madhya Pradesh)<br />
* [[Shalabh Srivastava]] (Uttar Pradesh)<br />
* [[Abhishek Sharma (cricketer, born 1985)|Abhishek Sharma]] (Delhi)<br />
* [[Dishant Yagnik]] (Udaipur)<br />
* [[Dhruv Mahajan]] (Jammu and Kashmir)<br />
* [[Abhinav Bali]]<br />
* [[Raghav Sachdev]]<br />
* [[Shane Bond]] (New Zealand)<br />
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== Coach ==<br />
The coach for this Delhi Giants team is former Indian international Madan Lal.<br />
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==Previous performance==<br />
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! width=175px | Tournament !! Placement<br />
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|[[ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08]] || 3rd place<br />
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|2008 Indian Cricket League 50s || '''Winners'''<br />
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|[[ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08]] || 5th place<br />
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|2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament || 4th place<br />
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|2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 || 6th place<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian Cricket League teams}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian Cricket League teams]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 2007]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Former senior cricket clubs of India]]<br />
[[Category:2007 establishments in Delhi]]<br />
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