Under-performing Gautam Gambhir has stepped down as the captain of Delhi Daredevils after the team’s disastrous showing in the ongoing IPL so far, on Wednesday. Swashbuckling batsman Shreyas Iyer has been named his replacement after Gambhir opted to vacate the hotseat.
Delhi is currently at the bottom of the IPL table, having registered just one win in six matches under the leadership of Gambhir. Moreover, his own form with the bat hasn’t been great either as he has struggled to change the fortunes of Delhi, something which he did exceedingly well during his time at Kolkata Knight Riders in previous seasons.
In six matches, Gambhir has managed to score just 85 runs, which includes an innings of 55 that he scored against Kings XI Punjab in Delhi’s opening match of the season in Mohali. Since then, Gambhir has poor scores of DNB, 15, 8, 3 and 4 respectively.
