The New Delhi Tigers with one win from 10 games are last in the eight team table. The man in question Dev, played two games as an opener, scored 0 off 2 balls against South Delhi Superstarz and 16 off 24 balls against West Delhi Lions.
The inclusion of a cricketer called Dev Chaudhary by DPL franchise New Delhi Tigers has brought a lot of disrepute for Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) which will now “review” the rule which allows teams to field three players from local league post auction. It is his innings against West Delhi Lions, where his unconventional batting stance and ineptness to even play one powerful shot, raised a lot of questions. Playing five dot balls to a spinner in the Powerplay had players, coaches and officials questioning in hushed tones as to how Dev made it to the playing eleven.
“It has been an absolute shame. I was the first one who had raised my voice about this rule. They made a criteria that five DDCA League games would be enough to qualify for a place in DPL without auction. The club from which he played DDCA League games to qualify for DPL is Sporting Club from which India pacer Prince Yadav had also played. The team is coached by Dronacharya Awardee and Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma with Bantoo Singh as assistant coach.
