User:Vibhijain/List of Delhi Daredevils records

Delhi Daredevils (DD) is a franchise cricket team based in Delhi, India, and one of the participating teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL). They played their first Twenty20 match in the first season of the IPL against Rajasthan Royals. Since then, it has played 79 matches, against 12 other teams. DD has reached the IPL playoffs thrice, and it has topped the group stage table twice. Their performances in the competition have resulted in their qualification for the 2009 and 2012 Champions League Twenty20. DD player Virender Sehwag hold the IPL record of highest strike rate, whereas AB de Villiers holds the record of most catches in a series. David Warner shares the record of most catches in an innings with two other players.

Sehwag holds several DD batting records. He has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket, and is the record holder for the highest number of half-centuries and over. The 119 runs made by him against Deccan Chargers in 2011 is the highest individual score by a DD player. It is also the fifth-highest individual score in IPL. He also scored 47 runs with a strike rate of 247.36 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008, which is the highest strike rates in an innings by a DD player.

Amit Mishra has took the most number of wickets for DD. He is also the only DD bowler who has taken five wickets per innings. Morne Morkel has taken the most number of wickets in a series for DD. Roelof van der Merwe has the best economy rate among other DD players.

Key
The top five records are listed for each category, except in "team wins, losses, and draws" and "highest wicket partnerships". Tied records for the fifth place are listed as well. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate.

Team wins, losses, and draws
Last updated: 25 May 2012

Result records
A Twenty20 match is won when one side has scored more runs than the runs scored by the opposing side during its innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the amount of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the amount of wickets that were still to fall.