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IPL 2018: Delhi Daredevils a pro at losing, trying hard to hit the bottom

Captain Gautam Gambhir needs to make some really good and effective decisions to ensure Delhi Daredevils does not dethrone Mumbai Indians at the bottom of the points table

IPL 2018, Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat celebrates after taking wicket of  Delhi Daredevils batsman Rishabh Pant during an IPL cricket match  at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur
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Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat celebrates after taking wicket of Delhi Daredevils batsman Rishabh Pant during an IPL cricket match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur Photo: PTI

Anish KumarShivansh Jauhri
There's something about a tournament like Indian Premier League (IPL): All competing teams fight their hearts out to stay on the top. And then there are some like Delhi Daredevils that do the exact opposite. They appear to be striving hard to remain at the bottom.

At Kolkata’s Eden Gandens on Monday, it was a homecoming match for DD captain Gautam Gambhir, who used to lead Kolkata Knight Riders until last year. Ideally, the Delhi team and Gambhir should have done everything to win this game, but all they won was the toss. After they invited KKR to bat