South African all-rounder Chris Morris played a crucial role for IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils in last two seasons. However, he was bought for a whopping $625,000 by the Chennai Super Kings, which was approximately 31 times his base price of $20,000.

Morris failed to make an impact and consequently, didn’t get too many opportunities in the star-studded squad. His fortunes took a turn when DD bought him for $1 million in 2016. The move paid rich dividends to the franchise as he emerged as one of their crucial cogs.

After a disappointing season in 2017, in the recent IPL retention program, they retained three of their most consistent performers- Chris is one of them. After the retention, Morris took to Twitter and expressed his joy to his fans. He tweeted, “Over the moon to be retained by @DelhiDaredevils Looking forward to this season! #DilDilli.”

Over the moon to be retained by @DelhiDaredevils Looking forward to this season! #DilDilli

— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris) January 4, 2018

Morris has been lethal with the bat in his hand especially against that one game against the Gujarat Lions, where he scored a whirlwind 82 runs off 32 balls and almost won the game for his team, He also impressed with the ball all throughout and picked up wickets at crunch moments of the contest.

Apart from Morris, the franchise has retained Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, both of whom have performed well for them in the erstwhile seasons.