{ "id": "38124", "author": "13", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua disappointed with poor show", "lang": "en", "series": "331", "cup_year": "2018", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "New Delhi, May 13 (CRICKETNMORE):  After Delhi Daredevils once again failed to reach the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs, the capital franchise's CEO Hemant Dua on Sunday expressed disappointment and blamed injuries to key players for the team's poor show.", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

New Delhi, May 13 (CRICKETNMORE):  <\/strong>After Delhi Daredevils once again failed to reach the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs, the capital franchise's CEO Hemant Dua on Sunday expressed disappointment and blamed injuries to key players for the team's poor show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Shreyas Iyer-led side suffered their ninth loss in 12 games on Saturday, which also shattered their hopes of advancing to the next stage of the cash-rich Twenty20 cricket league.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The last time Delhi managed to reach the play-offs was in 2012. Delhi have never won the IPL title, having reached the semi-finals in 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dua, disappointed with the team's performance this season, however, said that the squad comprises of youngsters, on whom the success of the team depends.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In a series of tweets, the CEO said: "It's been another tough year and yes we have failed again in front of you #DD fans! I have read all your tweets and we are as disappointed as you all are! I know you might not believe but that's the truth."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We all want to win and no one wants it more desperately than all of us here at @DelhiDaredevils ... we have hired the best coaches and bought players which are the best and most of you agreed post auction," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dua further said the injuries to pacers Chris Morris and Kasigo Rabada hurt his side while a few other players took time to get in touch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Injuries took away @Tipo_Morris and @KagisoRabada25 and few of our senior players were not in form or took while to click," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, Dua hoped that having youngsters in the team will help them in the long run.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"But what we have is a great nucleus of youngsters in @RishabPant777 @PrithviShaw #Abhisekh #Shreyas @IamSandeep25 #Manjot #Avesh #Sayan #Tewatia #Jayant and #Harshal with strong internationals next year we can do well! #DilDilli #ThankYou for #Support," concluded Dua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Delhi will now look to salvage pride when they host Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on May 18 and 20.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hemant-dua.jpg", "alt_img": "Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua disappointed with poor show", "alt_title": "Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua disappointed with poor show", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua disappointed with poor show", "seo_desc": ".", "seo_keywords": "", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "delhi-daredevils-ceo-hemant-dua-disappointed-with-poor-show", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2312", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2018-05-13 23:22:14", "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "img_from": "\u00a9 IANS", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2018-05-13 23:22:14", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2018-05-13 23:22:14", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/delhi-daredevils-ceo-hemant-dua-disappointed-with-poor-show-38124" }