Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers

Personnel
Captain	Adam Gilchrist
Coach	Darren Lehmann
Owner	Deccan Chronicle
Team information
Colors	Midnight Blue and Silver Template:Cr-IPL/Flags
Founded	2008
Home ground	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium,ACA-VDCA Stadium
Capacity	40,000
Official website	Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers (Telugu: డెక్కన్ చార్జర్స్, Urdu:دکن چارجرس)is the franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. They are the current holders of the IPL Trophy, winning the second season held in South Africa in 2009. From 2009, the team has been led by Adam Gilchrist and coached by Darren Lehmann, both former Australian Test & One-Day Cricketers. There is no Icon Player for the team. In the franchise's first year, V.V.S. Laxman rejected the offer to be an icon player so that there are more chances of playing given to younger players.

They finished 8^th(last) in the first season of the IPL, but improved dramatically in the second by winning it.

Franchise History

The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by Deccan Chronicle. The media group acquired the franchise from IPL for $107 million on January 24, 2008. Later, another media group, Group M India picked up a 20% stake in the franchise.

The team's name reflects the 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. From the 2009 season, the team changed the colors of its jersey (from beige and black to sparkling silver and blue) and the logo (from gold and red to white and blue).

Seasons

2008 season

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.

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, team captain 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. Team was heavily let down with poor fielding and bowling.

2009 season

New Administration And Support Staff

After the debacle of 2008, the team management sacked the entire previous administration. They sacked their CEO J.Kalyankrishnan, Coach Robin Singh and later Captain V.V.S.Laxman and replaced them with Tim Wright (who later resigned after violating Foreigners Act), the former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann and former Australian Wicket-Keeper Adam Gilchrist respectively.

CEO Resignation

The new CEO of the team, Tim Wright, resigned after he was alleged to have violated Foreigners Registration Act of India. Later, team Vice-President Venkat Reddy said that team would not have a CEO for 2009 season.

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 transferred to the Kolkata Knight Riders.

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. M.S.Bisla, a Wicket-Keeper from Himachal Pradesh, Baroda batsman Azhar Bilakhia and two fast bowlers from Punjab, Jaskarandeep Singh and Harmeet Singh.

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 a 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 85 off 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 post 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.

Awards Won By Deccan Charger Players

• Player of the Tournament 2009: Adam Gilchrist: 495 Runs and 15 dismissals
• Under-23 Success of the Tournament 2009: Rohit Sharma: 362 runs and 11 wickets ( including a hat-trick )
• Purple Cap 2009: RP Singh: 23 Wickets

2010 Season

New COO

On the 11th of August 2009, Dinesh Wadhwa, former Regional Manager of ICICI Bank was appointed COO for 2010. Deccan Chargers will be signing up Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, as an injury replacement for West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards> for IPL-3.<ref>http://thecurrentaffairs.com/ipl-3-deccan-chargers-pick-abdul-razzaq-signal-ipl-pakistan-thaw.html</ref

Champions League T20

Main article: Twenty20 Champions League

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

2008 season

Main article: 2008 Twenty20 Champions League

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

2009 season

Main article: 2009 Twenty20 Champions League

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.

Squad For Champions League

Deccan Chargers Roster
Batsmen 02 Tirumalasetti Suman 19 V. V. S. Laxman 36 Yalaka Venugopal Rao 44 Azhar Bilakhia 45 Rohit Sharma (Vice Captain) All Rounders 07 Ryan Harris 56 Scott Styris 63 Andrew Symonds		Wicket Keepers 18 Adam Gilchrist (Captain) Bowlers 09 R. P. Singh 12 Harmeet Singh 15 Fidel Edwards 22 Chaminda Vaas 30 Pragyan Ojha 65 Shoaib Maqsusi		Support Staff Head Coach: Darren Lehmann Assistant Coach: Kanwaljit Singh Bowling Coach: Victor Barnes Fielding Coach: Mike Young Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith → More rosters

Current Squad And Administration

Administration

• Owner - Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures
• COO - Dinesh Wadhwa
• Director, Operation - Tikkavarapu Venkatarami Reddy

Logo and Team Jersey

• 
  The New Deccan Chargers Logo created for IPL Season 2009.
• The New Deccan Chargers Team Jersey created for IPL Season 2009. The team jersey is being sponsored by Sports brand Puma AG.
  The New Deccan Chargers Team Jersey created for IPL Season 2009. The team jersey is being sponsored by Sports brand Puma AG.

Fixtures and results

Overall results

Summary of results

	Matches	Wins	Loses	No Result	% Win
2008	14	2	12	0	14%
2009	16	9	7	0	56%
Total	30	11	19	0	37%

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, MoM – Adam Gilchrist – 109* (47)
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, MoM – 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

2009 season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	19 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – R. P. Singh – 4/22(3.4 ov)
2	22 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Cape Town	Won by 24 Runs,MoM – Adam Gilchrist - 71 runs(45 balls)
3	25 April	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Won by 12 Runs,MoM - Pragyan Ojha 3/21(4Ov)
4	27 April	Chennai Super Kings	Durban	Won by 6 wickets,MoM - 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,MoM – 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 - 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 - 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, MoM – Adam Gilchrist - 85 runs(35 balls - 10 Fours - 5 Sixes)
16	24 May (final)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Johannesburg	Won by 6 runs. Deccan Chargers are the champions DLF IPL 2009 .

2010 season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	12 March	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad
2	14 March	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
3	19 March	Kings XI Punjab	Visakhapatnam
4	21 March	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi
5	26 March	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad
6	28 March	Mumbai Indians	Visakhapatnam
7	1 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata
8	3 April	Mumbai Indians	TBC
9	5 April	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad
10	8 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore
11	10 April	Chennai Super Kings	Hyderabad
12	12 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad
13	15 April	Kings XI Punjab	Himachal Pradesh
14	18 April	Delhi Daredevils	Hyderabad
15	22 April(semi-final)	TBC	Bangalore
16	25 April (final)	TBC	TBC

External links

• Official Deccan Chargers Website