The Delhi Giants spearheaded by Maravan Atapattu from Sri Lanka convincingly defeated the Kolkata tigers in the 3rd place playoff. They are bitter after the nail biting defeat by the Chandigarh Lions in the 1st semi final of the ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007-08. Though Delhi Giants got a shaky start, they won over the remaining teams to give challenge to the finalist. Though it was quite clear that Maravan Atapattu would be the captain of the team, he joined the camp only in the final hours.

That might have been the reason for the shaky start but in future Delhi Giants will prove to be a force to reckon with. Apart from the captain other notable players of this team are Dale Benkenstein (SA), Taufeeq Umar (Pak), Neil O’Brien (Ire) and Paul Nixon. Noted cricket player and former team India coach Mr. Madan Lal coached Delhi Giants team. It also included other Indian players such as JP Yadav and Ali Murtaza.

The Team

• Coach : Madan Lal

• Captain : Maravan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)

• Squad : Taufeeq Umar (Pak), Paul Nixon (Eng), Nial O'Brien (Ire), Dale Benkenstein (SA), Abbas Ali, Abid Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, JP Yadav, Shalabh Srivastav, Mohnish Mishra, Abhishek Tamrakar, Dishant Yagnik, Raghav Sachdev,  Sachin Dholpure, Ali Murtaza, T Sudhindra, Abhinav Bali, and Dhruv Mahajan.