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Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
హైదరాబాద్ డెక్కన్ చార్జర్స్
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Coach: Australia Darren Lehmann
Captain: Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
Colours: DC
Founded: 2008
Home ground:
Owner: The Deccan Chronicle
IPL wins: 1 (2009)
Official website: http://www.deccanchargers.com/

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Telugu: హైదరాబాద్ డెక్కన్ చార్జర్స్) known in short as DC or 'Chargers' is a cricket franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.[1] They won the Second season held in South Africa in 2009. For season 4 of the IPL the team was led by Kumar Sangakkara first and later by Cameron White and coached by Darren Lehmann, former Australian Test and One-Day Cricketer.

They finished last in the inaugural season of the IPL, and as the champions in the next season.

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[edit] Franchise history

The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by the Deccan Chronicle corporation. The media group acquired the franchise for an amount of USD 107 million on 24 January 2008. Later, another media group, Group M India picked up a 20% stake in the franchise.[2]

The team's name reflects the Rohit Sharma's association with the Deccan Chronicle newspaper, which in turn derives its name from the Deccan plateau that makes up the majority of the southern portion of the Indian peninsula.

The Chargers logo is a charging bull.[3] From the 2009 season, the team changed the colour of the jersey (from beige and black to sparkling silver and blue) and the logo (from gold and red to white and blue).

There is no Icon Player for the team as the former captain V.V.S. Laxman rejected the offer to be an icon player in order to free funds and enable the franchise to buy & encourage younger players.

There were reports suggesting a buyout of the franchise by Gujarat based Adani Group for a sum of $300 million, almost three times the value the team was purchased for initially.

[edit] Indian Premier League

[edit] 2008 season

[edit] Players

The franchise initially acquired star players Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Scott Styris and Herschelle Gibbs. The main bowlers purchased by the franchise were R.P. Singh, Nuwan Zoysa,and Chaminda Vaas.The other Indian players are Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao.

[edit] Performance

Despite the fact that the team was one of the favourites to win the inaugural edition of the IPL, the team failed to reach the semi-finals. Andrew Symonds, who was Deccan's most expensive player, batted only 3 innings before leaving to play for the Australian national team. In addition,the team captain V.V.S. Laxman had an injury which ended his season after 6 games. Only three bowlers R. P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Shahid Afridi took more than 4 wickets in the competition. In this 14 match period, the team went winless at home and only managed 2 wins overall, one against the Mumbai Indians and one against the Chennai Super Kings and as a result they finished at the bottom of the table.

[edit] 2009 season

[edit] New administration and support staff

After the debacle of 2008, the team management sacked the entire administration associated with the tournament in that year. They removed their CEO J.Kalyankrishnan, Coach Robin Singh and the Captain V.V.S.Laxman and replaced them with Tim Wright, the former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann and former Australian Wicket-Keeper Adam Gilchrist respectively. Many new players were taken from domestic circuit and also few new international players were signed. The 2008 sponsor Jaypee Group withdrew its sponsorship due to the 2008 debacle. After this, Deccan chargers went through a complete makeover from the previous season, colors of the team were changed from pale brown to vibrant blue, the logo was changed to display a more vibrant charging bull and Deccan Chronicle became the primary sponsor for the team.

Deccan chargers players posing along with Tollywood Actor Venkatesh during 2009 season Jersey Launch

[edit] Tradings

In low key trading of players, the Deccan Chargers management had placed Shahid Afridi and Herschelle Gibbs up for sale, a direct result of their below par performance during the 2008 season. However, no franchise owners were interested in purchasing these two players. Later, the Deccan Chargers management severed all ties with Shahid Afridi, due to his disagreement with former Deccan Chargers captain V.V.S.Laxman. Also, Former India all-rounder Sanjay Bangar was transferred to the Kolkata Knight Riders.

[edit] New signings

Before the second player auction took place the management signed Queensland all-rounder Ryan Harris owing to a strong recommendation from Coach Darren Lehmann. In the resulting auction the Deccan Chargers franchise acquired two West Indian players, Fidel Edwards for a fee of $150,000, and Dwayne Smith for $100,000. Seven new domestic players were also signed up; Tirumalasetti Suman and Abhinav Kumar who are batsmen, bowler Shoaib Maqsusi from the Hyderabad team signed after their consistent performances on the domestic circuit. Baroda batsman Azhar Bilakhia and two fast bowlers from Punjab, Jaskarandeep Singh and Harmeet Singh.

[edit] Performance

With the below-par performance in the inaugural season and finishing at the bottom, Deccan staged an inspired comeback in 2009 by winning the second IPL season. After having an undefeated run in the initial league stage, the team suffered minor setbacks by losing some close matches. But the return of Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma regaining form and the continuing exuberance of captain Adam Gilchrist bolstered the side. Some luck came in Deccan's way, towards the end of the league stage, with Kings Punjab and Rajasthan Royals losing key matches, enabling the Chargers into the semi-finals. During the semi-finals against the Delhi Daredevils, who were at the top of the table, few gave the Chargers a chance of an outside win. But against the odds, Gilchrist scored a sensational 85 off just 35 balls to put the Daredevils out of the competition and give the Chargers their first IPL final against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In the final match, Gilchrist got out for a duck in the first over, however the Chargers managed to recover and posted a total of 143 for the loss of 6 wickets. Many felt that a good defending total could have been a further 20-30 runs. The Chargers came out with all guns blazing right from the first ball, and this spirited effort ensured that they successfully defended the total, winning the game by 6 runs and lifting the prized IPL trophy.

[edit] 2010 season

[edit] New COO

On 11 August 2009, Dinesh Wadhwa, former Regional Manager of ICICI Bank was appointed chief operating officer for 2010.

[edit] New Signing

Foreign Inclusions-

Domestic Inclusions-

Contracts Bought Out-

[edit] Champions League Twenty20

The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League

[edit] 2008 season

2008 Season was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks but Qualifying teams from India, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were compensated for the losses incurred.

[edit] 2009 season

On account of emerging as the winners of the 2009 season of the Indian Premier League, the team participated in the inaugural edition of the T20 Champions League, along with two other Indian teams; the runners-up of IPL 2009, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Daredevils, the toppers of the league-stage points table.

They were knocked out in the group stages after losing to the Somerset Sabres and Trinidad & Tobago, who they were drawn against in Group A.



10 October, 2009 20:00
Scorecard
Bulletin
Deccan Chargers India
153/9 (20.0 overs)
v England Somerset Sabres
157/9 (20.0 overs)
Somerset Sabres won by 1 wicket
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Alfonso Thomas
VVS Laxman 46
Ben Phillips 3/31
Alfonso Thomas 30
RP Singh 3/23



14 October, 2009 20:00
Scorecard
Bulletin
Trinidad and Tobago 
149/7 (20.0 overs)
v India Deccan Chargers
146/9 (20.0 overs)
Trinidad & Tobago won by 3 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo
William Perkins 38
Fidel Edwards 3/32
Adam Gilchrist 51
Dwayne Bravo 3/24


[edit] 2010 Season

The Deccan Chargers having lost to the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 3rd place play-off failed to quailfy for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 while the IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, runners-up Mumbai Indians along with Royal Challengers proceeded to the event that was played in South Africa.

[edit] IPL Auction 2011

The much awaited Auction on 8th & 9th Jan 2011, lived up to the expectation; in fact it exceeded in many ways. Daniel Christian was termed as million dollar baby as he was hardly known to the world cricket at that point of time. Chargers did pick very good players in Cameron White, JP Duminy, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn & not to forget the obvious skipper Kumar Sangakkara.

[edit] IPL 2011 season

The Chargers got to play IPL matches at Home after almost 3 years, but dismal performance at home ground continued with win against RCB being only exception. However in the away matches Chargers did beat DD, MI, KTK, PWI & KXIP in their den. They ended on a high with 3 consecutive wins but could not scale up above 7th position in the league standings.

[edit] Chargers Squad And Administration

[edit] Current squad

Deccan Chargers Roster

Batsmen


All Rounders

Wicket Keepers

Bowlers


Support Staff
  • Captain: Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
  • Vice-Captain: Australia Cameron White
  • Head Coach: Australia Darren Lehmann
  • Assistant Coach: India Kanwaljit Singh
  • Assistant Coach (Fielding): United States Mike Young
  • Team Manager: Barbados Paul Skinner
  • Team Doctor: India Dr. Mohammed Zahoorul Hussain
  • Physiotherapist: Australia Dr Sean Slattery
  • Trainer: Australia David Bailey
  • Masseuse: Australia Grant Baldwin
  • Video Analyst: India BM Santosh


[edit] Former Squad

Former Chargers Roster

Foreign Players

Indian Players


[edit] Administration

Team Administration Table
Position Name
Owner India Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures Ltd
COO & Director, Operation India E. Venkatram Reddy
General Manager, Operation India Girish Dongre
Manager - Brand & Marketing India Ajitabh Rajan
Brand Ambassador India Saina Nehwal

[edit] Team Sponsors

Team Sponsors Table
Sponsor Type Sponsor Name
Principal Sponsors UltraTech Cement
Apparel Sponsor Puma AG
Co-Sponsors Linc Pens, Kingfisher, McDowell's No.1,playup.
Electronic Media Partner TV5
Radio Media Partner BIG FM 92.7
Medical Partner Apollo Hospitals

[edit] Fixtures and results

[edit] Indian Premier League

[edit] Overall results

Matches Wins Loses No Result  % Win Position
2008 14 2 12 0 14% 8
2009 16 9 7 0 56% 1
2010 14 8 6 0 57% 4
2011 14 6 8 0 42% 7
Total 56 25 33 0 45.66%

[edit] 2008 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 20 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets
2 22 April Delhi Daredevils Hyderabad Lost by 9 Wickets
3 24 April Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad Lost by 3 wickets
4 27 April Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 10 Wickets, MoMAustralia Adam Gilchrist – 109* (48)
5 1 May Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad Lost by 7 wickets
6 3 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 3 runs
7 6 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 7 wickets, MoMAustralia Adam Gilchrist – 54 (36)
8 9 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 8 wickets
9 11 May Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad Lost by 23 runs
10 15 May Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 12 runs
11 18 May Mumbai Indians Hyderabad Lost by 25 runs
12 23 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 6 wickets
13 25 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Lost by 5 wickets
14 27 May Chennai Super Kings Hyderabad Lost by 7 wickets
Total Overall Record - Won 2 of 14 games

Failed to make Playoffs

[edit] 2009 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 19 April Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town Won by 8 wickets, MoMIndia R. P. Singh – 4/22(3.4 ov)
2 22 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Cape Town Won by 24 Runs, MoMAustralia Adam Gilchrist - 71 runs(45 balls)
3 25 April Mumbai Indians Durban Won by 12 Runs, MoM - India Pragyan Ojha 3/21(4Ov)
4 27 April Chennai Super Kings Durban Won by 6 wickets, MoM - South Africa H Gibbs - 69 runs(56 balls)
5 30 April Delhi Daredevils Centurion Lost by 6 wickets
6 2 May Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth Lost by 3 wickets
7 4 May Chennai Super Kings East London Lost by 78 runs
8 6 May Mumbai Indians Centurion Won by 19 Runs, MoMIndia Rohit Sharma - 38, 4/6 (2 overs, Hat-trick)
9 9 May Kings XI Punjab Kimberley Lost by 3 Wickets
10 11 May Rajasthan Royals Kimberley Won by 53 runs, MoM - Barbados Dwayne Smith - 47 runs(32 balls - 4 Sixes)
11 13 May Delhi Daredevils Durban Lost by 12 runs
12 16 May Kolkata Knight Riders Johannesburg Won by 6 wickets, MoM - India Rohit Sharma 32 runs(13 balls - 3 Fours - 2 Sixes)
13 17 May Kings XI Punjab Johannesburg Lost by 1 run
14 21 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Centurion Lost by 12 runs
15 22 May(semi-final) Delhi Daredevils Centurion Won by 6 wickets, MoMAustralia Adam Gilchrist - 85 runs(35 balls - 10 Fours - 5 Sixes)
16 24 May (final) Royal Challengers Bangalore Johannesburg Won by 6 runs.
Total Overall Record - Won 9 of 16 games

Qualified for Champions League Twenty20 - 2009

Deccan Chargers Won the - DLF IPL 2009.

[edit] 2010 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 12 March Kolkata Knight Riders Navi Mumbai Lost by 11 Runs.
2 14 March Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 31 Runs - MoM - Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas - 4/21
3 19 March Kings XI Punjab Cuttack Won by 6 Runs - MoM - Australia Andrew Symonds - 53 runs
4 21 March Delhi Daredevils Cuttack Won by 10 Runs -MoM- Australia Andrew Symonds - 3 wickets
5 26 March Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Lost by 8 wickets
6 28 March Mumbai Indians Navi Mumbai Lost by 41 Runs
7 1 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 24 Runs
8 3 April Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 63 Runs
9 5 April Rajasthan Royals Nagpur Lost by 2 Runs
10 8 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 7 wickets - MoM - India Tirumalasetti Suman - 78 runs
11 10 April Chennai Super Kings Nagpur Won by 6 wickets - MoM - Australia Ryan Harris - 3/18
12 12 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Nagpur Won by 13 runs - MoM - India Harmeet Singh
13 15 April Kings XI Punjab Dharamsala Won by 5 wickets MoM - India Rohit Sharma - 68* runs
14 18 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 11 Runs MoM - Australia Andrew Symonds - 54 runs
15 22 April [Semi Final] Chennai Super Kings Navi Mumbai Lost by 38 Runs.
16 24 April [3rd Place Play-off] Royal Challengers Bangalore Navi Mumbai Lost by 9 Wickets.
Total Overall Record - Won 8 of 16 Games

[edit] 2011 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 9 April Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad Lost by 8 wickets
2 11 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 9 runs
3 14 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Won by 33 runs MoM - South Africa Dale Steyn 3/24(4 ov)
4 16 April Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad Lost by 8 wickets
5 19 April Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 16 Runs,MoM - India Sunny Sohal - 62 Runs
6 24 April Mumbai Indians Hyderabad Lost by 37 Runs
7 27 April Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kochi Won by 55 runs,MoM - India Ishant Sharma - 5/12(3 ov)
8 1 May Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 19 Runs
9 3 May Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad Lost by 20 runs
10 5 May Delhi Daredevils Hyderabad Lost by 4 wickets
11 10 May Pune Warriors India Hyderabad Lost by 6 wickets
12 14 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai

Won by 10 runs MoM - India Amit Mishra - 18/6 balls and took 1/18

13 16 May Pune Warriors India Navi Mumbai Won by 6 wickets MoM - India Amit Mishra - 26/2(4 ov)
14 21 May Kings XI Punjab Dharamsala Won by 82 runs MoM - India S Dhawan - 95 runs (not out)
Total Overall Record: Won 6 of 14 games

Failed to make it to Playoffs

[edit] 2012 season

No. Date Opponent Venue Result
1 7 April 2012 Chennai Super Kings Vishakapatnam
2 9 April 2012 Mumbai Indians Vishakapatnam
3 14 April 2012 Delhi Daredevils Delhi
4 17 April 2012 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur
5 19 April 2012 Delhi Daredevils TBA
6 22 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders TBA
7 24 April 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
8 26 April 2012 Pune Warriors India Navi Mumbai
9 29 April 2012 Mumbai Indians Mumbai
10 1 May 2012 Pune Warriors India Hyderabad
11 4 May 2012 Chennai Super Kings Chennai
12 6 May 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore
13 8 May 2012 Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad
14 13 May 2012 Kings XI Punjab Mohali
15 18 May 2012 Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad
16 20 May 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad
Total

[edit] Awards. Records and Statistics

[edit] Awards Won

Award Player name Year Achievement
Player of the Tournament Adam Gilchrist 2009 495 Runs and 15 dismissals
Under-23 Success of the Tournament Rohit Sharma 2009 362 runs and 11 wickets ( including a hat-trick )
Purple Cap RP Singh 2009 23 Wickets
Purple Cap Pragyan Ojha 2010 21 Wickets

[edit] Results Summary

Opposition Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR  %
Chennai Super Kings 2008-2011 8 4 4 0 0 50.00
Delhi Daredevils 2008-2011 8 3 5 0 0 42.85
Kings XI Punjab 2008-2011 8 3 5 0 0 33.33
Kolkata Knight Riders 2008-2011 8 2 6 0 0 28.57
Mumbai Indians 2008-2011 8 4 4 0 0 50.00
Rajasthan Royals 2008-2011 7 1 6 0 0 14.29
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008-2011 9 5 4 0 0 55.56
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Pune Warriors India 2011 2 1 1 0 0 50.00

[edit] Most catches

Player Span Mat Inns Ct Max Ct/Inn
HH Gibbs 2008-2010 33 33 22 2 0.666
RG Sharma 2008-2010 45 45 22 3 0.488
A Symonds 2008-2010 28 28 16 2 0.571
RP Singh 2008-2010 42 42 16 3 0.380
RJ Harris 2009-2010 16 16 10 2 0.625
PP Ojha 2008-2010 44 44 9 2 0.204
Y Venugopal Rao 2008-2010 33 33 7 2 0.212

[edit] DC Facts and Trivia

  • Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures, owners of the franchise, is being sued by former CEO Tim Wright for £10m for alleged breach of contract.
  • Adam Gilchrist holds the record for Highest number of sixes hit in all the IPL matches. He hit 54 sixes until now.
  • Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist held the records for scoring the fastest hundred and fifty in IPL for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, though Yusuf Pathan broke the record for scoring the fastest century in the 2010 IPL.
  • 155 - The highest partnership for any wicket in IPL was made by Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman for the first wicket against Mumbai Indians.
  • Lost all but one game that were played at Hyderabad.
  • Deccan Chronicle owns Deccan Chargers in collaboration with M Group.
  • Andrew Symonds is the most expensive player for the Deccan Chargers.
  • Adam Gilchrist won the Player of Tournament Award for IPL 2009.
  • Rohit Sharma won the best Under-23 Player of the Tournament award for IPL 2009.
  • Deccan Chargers did not win a single home game in the IPL 2008 or CLT20 2009.
  • Won their first match at home against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2011
  • Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs are associated with DC official sponsor Puma AG.
  • Andrew Symonds was the most expensive foreign player in IPL-2008.

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