2018 Delhi Daredevils season

Delhi Daredevils (DD) are a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2018 Indian Premier League.

Auction
Each franchise was allowed to retain a maximum of five players from their current squad, subject to the following restrictions:
 * A maximum of 3 players could be retained before the 2018 IPL auction
 * A maximum of 3 players could be retained through a right-to-match card during the auction.
 * A maximum of 3 capped Indian players could be retained.
 * A maximum of 2 uncapped Indian players could be retained.
 * A maximum of 2 overseas (non-Indian) players could be retained.

The auction was held on 27–28 January in Bangalore.

The following three players were retained by Delhi:


 * Chris Morris
 * Shreyas Iyer
 * Rishabh Pant

The franchise acquired the following players during the auction: • Prithvi Shaw

• Abhishek Sharma

• Manjot Kalra

• Colin Munro

• Trent Boult

• Gautam Gambhir

• Jason Roy

• Amit Mishra

• Shahbaz Nadeem

• Naman Ojha

• Glenn Maxwell

• Harshal Patel

• Rahul Tewatia

• Jayant Yadav

• Vijay Shankar

• Mohammed Shami

• Daniel Christian

• Gurkeerat Singh

• Kagiso Rabada

• Avesh Khan

• Sayan Ghosh

• Sandeep Lamichhane

Current squad

 * Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Most runs

 * Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

 * Source: ESPNcricinfo