The Victoria Bush Rangers coach guided the Delhi side to the semi-finals of the inaugural edition, where the Virender Sehwag-led team lost to Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals.
And the Australian seemed quite upbeat about his team's chances before the second edition commenced in South Africa.
"We have experienced international players in our side who have played all around the world and in all conditions," he was quoted as saying.
"There is also a match-winner like AB de Villiers and his information about the home conditions will come in very handy for the team. We have the capability of matching our last year's performance and possibly go a couple of steps further."
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Shipperd's squad was bolstered by the addition of Englishmen Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood and his Victorian understudy, David Warner, who scored a swashbuckling 89 off 43 balls against South Africa on his international debut.
They made a great start to the second edition, winning their opening three matches before coming up short against Rajasthan Royals in the fourth.
More importantly, this early success was achieved with the reliable Glenn McGrath not making the final eleven (first four matches) and the failure of the famed opening combine of Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag.
So, this Greg (Shipperd) has managed what the other Greg (Chappell) failed to -- convert a group of stars into a formidable team.
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