The young teenager started racing in the year 2014  in the Rookie Cup at Bangalore’s Meco Kartopia. Later, Daniyal also competed in karting championships across Asia, United States and Middle East.

In 2015, the Indian racer competed in the British Karting Championship; and also raced for one of India’s top rated karting outfit, Rayo Racing, in the Indian National Karting Championship; and KartOpen Championship.

In 2016, Daniyal graduated to single-seater racing, as he competed in the JK Tyre National Racing Series. He also raced in the FIA Formula 4 South East Asia Series, which acted as the support event to the Formula 1 World Championship, the Asian Le Mans series, Asian Touring Car and GT Car Series and the Sepang 24 Hours Endurance Championship.

For 2017, Daniyal made a switch to Touring car racing and competed in the UK-based Mini Cooper Challenge series in the JCW (John Cooper Works) category with ExcelR8 Motorsport Team.