Deccan Chargers
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Telugu: హైదరాబాద్ డెక్కన్ చార్జర్స్; Urdu: حیدرآباد ڈککن چرگرس) 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.
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 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.
Indian Premier League
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.The other Indian players are Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao.
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.
2009 season
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.
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.
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.
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.
2010 season
New COO
On 11 August 2009, Dinesh Wadhwa, former Regional Manager of ICICI Bank was appointed chief operating officer for 2010.
New Signing
Foreign Inclusions-
Domestic Inclusions-
- Anirudh Singh, Monish Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Bodapati Sumanth, Rahul Sharma.
Contracts Bought Out-
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chargers Squad And Administration
Current squad
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Batsmen
All Rounders
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Wicket Keepers
Bowlers
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Support Staff
- Head Coach: Darren Lehmann
- Captain: Kumar Sangakkara
- Vice Captain: Cameron White
- Assistant Coach: Kanwaljit Singh
- Assistant Coach (Fielding): Mike Young
- Team Manager: Paul Skinner
- Team Doctor: Dr.Mohammed Zahoorul Hussain
- Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
- Trainer: David Bailey
- Masseuse: Grant Baldwin
- Video Analyst: BM Santosh
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Former Squad
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Foreign Players
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Indian Players
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Administration
Team Administration Table
| Position |
Name |
| Owner |
Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures Ltd |
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| COO & Director, Operation |
E. Venkatram Reddy |
| General Manager, Operation |
Girish Dongre |
| Manager - Brand & Marketing |
Ajitabh Rajan |
| Brand Ambassador |
Saina Nehwal |
Fixtures and results
Indian Premier League
Overall results
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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% |
2008 season
Deccan Chargers IPL Fixtures
2009 season
Deccan Chargers IPL Fixtures
| 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. |
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Overall Record - Won 9 of 16 games
Qualified for Champions League Twenty20 - 2009
Deccan Chargers Won the - DLF IPL 2009.
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2010 season
Deccan Chargers IPL Fixtures
2011 season
Deccan Chargers IPL Fixtures
Awards. Records and Statistics
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 |
Results Summary
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 |
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.
References
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