New Delhi:&nbsp;Hoping to make a comeback into&nbsp;the Indian cricket team with stellar showings in the IPL, new&nbsp;Delhi Daredevils recruits Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan on Tuesday&nbsp;said they will make their stint with the franchise count to&nbsp;revive their international careers.
Delhi bagged Yuvraj for a record fee of Rs 16 crore in&nbsp;the February auctions and the all-rounder wants to make the most of it.&nbsp;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/yuvi-zak.jpg" alt="Yuvraj and Zaheer" />Yuvraj and Zaheer will turn up in IPL for Delhi Daredevils. File Pic
"Definitely yes, it's been a couple of hard years for me&nbsp;since I have come back from my treatment. I am in good shape,&nbsp;I have worked very hard and I have had a good domestic season.&nbsp;I am confident of doing well and hope that things get better&nbsp;from here and I make it back into the team," Yuvraj said at a&nbsp;function.
Zaheer was bought for four crore by DD this season after&nbsp;the left-arm pacer pulled out midway from IPL last year due to&nbsp;an injury while playing for Mumbai Indians. Zaheer believes&nbsp;that IPL will be a step in the right direction.
"I am enjoying playing cricket again. I have been away&nbsp;from cricket for a while now, so just looking forward to getting&nbsp;back. Taking one step at a time and IPL is definitely the&nbsp;first step," said Zaheer, who stood beside Yuvraj and South&nbsp;Africa's Albie Morkel wearing the new DD jersey.
The 36-year-old veteran has been out of action for a&nbsp;while after playing his last international match against New Zealand in early 2014.&nbsp;
Zaheer is happy to once again team up with Gary Kirsten,&nbsp;who joined the DD unit in 2013, after a successful World Cup&nbsp;campaign in 2011 with the South African as India's coach.
"Gary is a very good coach and we have spent a lot of&nbsp;time together, so I hope that we are able to replicate our&nbsp;success with DD this time around. We know his working style,&nbsp;even he knows what to expect from us. So hope that we combine&nbsp;well this season to turn it around for Delhi this time&nbsp;around," said Zaheer.
"We are up for it. It's a new challenge. Lot of new faces&nbsp;this time in DD, so looking forward to it. We hopefully will&nbsp;be able to turn this season around for Delhi," he added.
Yuvraj, who last played an ODI for India in 2013,&nbsp;believes it's an important season not only for his career but&nbsp;also for Delhi, who ended last in the eight-team event last&nbsp;year.
"It's an important season. I have had a good domestic&nbsp;season so hoping that I carry the same form into the IPL. It&nbsp;will be different because T20 is a different ball game," he&nbsp;said.
"Like Zak said that DD did not do too well last season,&nbsp;so it'll be great that as a unit we do well and help the team&nbsp;move forward. Delhi had some good first three seasons, so we&nbsp;hope that all goes well and we live up to our potential," he&nbsp;added.
The Chandigarh-born Yuvraj, who has represented India in&nbsp;293 ODIs and 40 Tests, feels at home in Delhi and hopes to&nbsp;give all the love back to the fans.
"Dilli dilwalon ka hai (Delhi is for heartful souls). I&nbsp;fell at home here. I have been born and brought in North, so&nbsp;the culture and people are not new to me. Have played a lot of&nbsp;my cricket here so it's like a family and I hope that we play&nbsp;good cricket for our supporters," he said.
One of the many South African recruits in the DD unit,&nbsp;Albie Morkel is also excited to be part of the Jean-Paul&nbsp;Duminy-led unit.&nbsp;"Obviously coming from South Africa it's an opportunity&nbsp;to play cricket in India gain. It's a country where I really&nbsp;love playing the game. It's lovely be associated with&nbsp;Daredevils and as Zak said an opportunity to do something&nbsp;great. To try help the team achieve new goals . So from my&nbsp;point of view it's very exciting," Albie signed off.

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