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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Deccan Chronicle |
| Team information | |
| City | Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India |
| Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
| Dissolved | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) (Replaced bySunrisers Hyderabad) |
| Home ground | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium,Hyderabad |
| History | |
| IPL wins | 1 (2009) |
Deccan Chargers (also sometimes known as theChargers) is a defunct cricket franchise that competed in theIndian Premier League. It was based in the city ofHyderabad.[1] The franchise was one of the eight inaugural members of the IPL in 2008 and winner of 2009. It was owned byDeccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. After finishing at the bottom of the points table in thefirst season, they won thesecond season held inSouth Africa in 2009 under the captaincy of former Australianwicket-keeper-batsmanAdam Gilchrist. Gilchrist was the captain of the team for the first three seasons of theIPL withRohit Sharma as his deputy. From the fourth season,Kumar Sangakkara led the team andCameron White played as his deputy. The team was coached by former Australian cricketerDarren Lehmann.[2]
The owners put the franchise up for sale in 2012 due to constant banning of team players in previous seasons[citation needed], but declined the sole bid.[citation needed] On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the franchise for breaching contract terms.[3] Subsequently, theSun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012.[4] The new team was named asSunrisers Hyderabad.[5]
In July 2020, aBombay High Court-appointed arbitration tribunal ruled that the termination of Deccan Chargers by BCCI was illegal. Deccan Chronicle Holding Ltd was awarded a compensation of₹4814.67crore plus 10% interest from 2012 by the BCCI.[6]
The Hyderabad franchise was bought byDeccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. The media group acquired the franchise for US$107 million on 24 January 2008.[7] The Chargers logo is a charging bull.[8] 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 was noIcon Player for the team as the former captainV.V.S. Laxman rejected the offer to be an icon player in order to free funds and enable the franchise to buy and encourage younger players.
The Deccan Chargers were a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India. The team was created in 2009 by the Deccan Chronicle group and played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) until 2013.
The idea of starting a cricket team under the banner of Deccan Chronicle was first discussed on 11 November 2008 at a meeting with BCCI officials by K. K. Tiwari, Editor-in-chief of the newspaper and its owner T.Venkat Ram Reddy. It was decided that the team would be based in Hyderabad and have an affiliation with CSK for their training facilities. The decision to name it "Deccan Chargers" came from two sources: one being T.Venkat Ram Reddy's desire to give back to society after his success as an entrepreneur; and second, his love for horses which is reflected in his horse racing business called "Deccan Horse Racing".
Due to financial problemsDeccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, the team owner of Deccan Chargers announced a sale of their team by auction. The sale, announced in a newspaper advertisement on Thursday, was to be through a bidding process that was to be completed on 13 September, with the winning bid to be announced on the same day.[9] However the auction for the franchise on 13 September 2012 ended with no results as the team's owners rejecting the sole bid they received fromPVP Ventures.[10] It was reported that Deccan Chargers owner rejected the bid by PVP ventures as DCHL's bankers were not happy with PVP's plan to divide the bid amount in two parts over the next ten years.[10] Later on 14 September 2012, the BCCI announced that the Deccan Chargers IPL franchise was terminated due to BCCI codes by DCHL[10] and the tender will be called for new team.[11] DCHL moved to court to sort their issues with BCCI on termination.[12]
The franchise initially acquired star playersAdam Gilchrist,Andrew Symonds,Shahid Afridi,Scott Styris andHerschelle Gibbs. The main bowlers purchased by the franchise wereR.P. Singh,Nuwan Zoysa andChaminda Vaas. The other Indian players areRohit Sharma,Venugopal Rao, andPragyan Ojha.[13]
Despite the fact that the team was one of the favorites to win theinaugural edition of the IPL, the team finished last.Andrew Symonds, who was Deccan's most expensive player, batted only 3 innings before leaving to play for theAustralian national team. In addition, the team captainV.V.S. Laxman had an injury which ended his season after 6 games. Only three bowlersR. P. Singh,Pragyan Ojha andShahid Afridi took more than 4 wickets in the competition. In this 14 match period, the team went on a losing streak at home and only managed 2 wins overall, one against theMumbai Indians and one against theChennai Super Kings and as a result they finished at the bottom of the table.
After the debacle of 2008, the team management sacked the entire administration associated with the tournament in that year. They removed their CEO J. Kalyan Krishnan, CoachRobin Singh and the CaptainV.V.S. Laxman and replaced them with Tim Wright, the former Australian batsmanDarren Lehmann and former Australian Wicket-keeperAdam Gilchrist respectively. Many new players were taken from domestic circuit and also few new international players were signed. The 2008 sponsorJaypee Group withdrew its sponsorship due to the 2008 debacle. After this, the Deccan Chargers went through a complete makeover, including changing the colours of the team from pale brown to vibrant blue and a new logo displaying a more vibrant charging bull withDeccan Chronicle as the primary sponsor for the team. Among the other members of the support staff, their physio Sean Slattery and performance analyst Unni Krishnan were retained and were part of the team to win the IPL second edition in 2009 which was held in South Africa.
In low key trading of players, the Deccan Chargers management had placedShahid Afridi andHerschelle 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 withShahid Afridi, due to his disagreement with former team captainV.V.S. Laxman. Also, Former Indian all-rounderSanjay Bangar was transferred to theKolkata Knight Riders.
Before the second player auction took place the management signedQueensland all-rounderRyan Harris owing to a strong recommendation from coachDarren Lehmann. In the resulting auction the Deccan Chargers franchise acquired twoWest Indian players,Fidel Edwards for a fee of $150,000, andDwayne Smith for $100,000. Seven new domestic players were also signed up including batsmenTirumalasetti Suman and Abhinav Kumar, and bowlerShoaib Maqsusi from theHyderabad team after their consistent performances on the domestic circuit. Baroda batsman Azhar Bilakhia and two fast bowlers fromPunjab, Jaskarandeep Singh andHarmeet Singh were also signed on.
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 ofAndrew Symonds,Rohit Sharma regaining form and the continuing exuberance of captainAdam Gilchrist bolstered the side. Some luck came in Charger's way towards the end of the league stage, withKings XI Punjab andRajasthan Royals losing key matches, enabling the Chargers into the semi-finals. During the semi-finals against theDelhi 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 theRoyal 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.
On 11 August 2009, Dinesh Wadhwa, former Regional Manager of ICICI Bank was appointed chief operating officer for 2010.
After winning 2009, there were high expectations on Chargers. Team opened with a loss in their inaugural match against KKR but subsequently won next three matches. But thereafter Chargers went on to lose the next five matches. With a situation where many doubted whether Chargers will be able to make to next round but they did it by winning next five consecutive matches and qualifying for playoffs. But Chargers lost both games in play-offs i.e. Semifinals and third place.Pragyan Ojha won thePurple Cap by becoming the highest wicket taker for them in the same season.
Before the start of auction Chargers decided not to retain any players and have put all the players in auction. The much awaited Auction on 8 and 9 January 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 also picked upCameron White,JP Duminy,Ishant Sharma,Dale Steyn and skipperKumar Sangakkara, but at lostR. P. Singh,Rohit Sharma, andAndrew Symonds and Gilchrist.
Team started the campaign by losing first 2 games but team won next match. There after team started losing badly despite winning some games and was therefore eliminated from the competition. But team bounced back by showing pride by winning final 3 matches which did not allow a chance for other teams for qualifiers. Team disappointing performance was clearly due to inexperience in the squad especially due to lack of Indian international batsmen. Fans of DC have criticized management for not holding backRohit Sharma during player retention. Chargers got to play IPL matches at Hyderabad after almost 3 years, but dismal performance at their home ground continued with a win against RCB being the only exception. However, in the away matches, Chargers did manage to beat Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Knight Riders, Pune Warriors and Kings XI Punjab. They ended on a high with 3 consecutive wins but could not scale above 7th position in the league standings.
In2012 Indian Premier League, Chargers named new fielding coachTrevor Penney replacingMike Young.
In the trading window which opened in December, Chargers traded offKevin Pietersen,Harmeet Singh andPragyan Ojha toDelhi Daredevils,Kings XI Punjab,Mumbai Indians respectively. During player auctions, Chargers had tried to bidRavindra Jadeja for entire $2m but eventually lost to the Super Kings in tie breaker. Later they acquired following players-
Daniel Harris ($70,000),Darren Bravo ($100,000),Parthiv Patel ($650,000)
After the auction, they signed up a few uncapped players such asTP Sudhindra,Tanmay Srivastava,Biplab Samantray,Akshath Reddy andAshish Reddy owing to their strong domestic performances.
Michael Lumb,Jaydev Shah, Ishan Malhotra
The Chargers failed to deliver on a consistent basis in 2012 with narrow and consecutive defeats.Shikhar Dhawan,Dale Steyn andCameron White were the only players who helped the team put up a fight. Team weakness was the bowling and fielding department, with fast bowlerIshant Sharma being ruled out due to injury and spinnerPragyan Ojha traded toMumbai Indians. Deccan finished eighth out of the nine teams in the league stage points table, after languishing at the bottom for most part of the season. Deccan Chargers came into the season being characterized as 'underdogs', and they are yet to lose that name.
TheTwenty20 Champions League was an internationalTwenty20 cricket competition between clubs fromIndia,Australia,England,South Africa,Sri Lanka,New Zealand andWest Indies. The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably theIndian Premier League.
On account of emerging as the winners of the 2009 season of theIndian 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, andDelhi Daredevils, the toppers of the league-stage points table.
They were knocked out in the group stages after losing to theSomerset Sabres andTrinidad and Tobago, who they were drawn against in Group A.
| Year | League standing | Final standing |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8th out of 8 | Group stage |
| 2009 | 4th out of 8 | Champions |
| 2010 | 2nd out of 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2011 | 7th out of 10 | Group stage |
| 2012 | 8th out of 9 | Group stage |
| Year | Final standing |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Cancelled |
| 2009 | Group stage |
| 2010 | DNQ |
| 2011 | DNQ |
| 2012 | DNQ |
| Year | Kit manufacturers | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest branding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Nike | Jaypee Group | Jaypee Group | Nike |
| 2009 | Puma[14] | Deccan Chronicle | Odyssey | Deccan Chronicle |
| 2010 | Idea | Deccan Chronicle | McDowell's No.1 | |
| 2011 | UltraTech Cement | |||
| 2012 | Fly Emirates[15] | Jaypee Cement |
| Season | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | Win % | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | ||||||
| 2008 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14% | 8/8 |
| 2009 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56% | 1/8 |
| 2010 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50% | 4/8 |
| 2011 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42% | 7/10 |
| 2012 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | 8/9 |
| Total | 75 | 29 | 46 | 0 | 38.67% | |
| Champions League T20 | ||||||
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 10/12 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | |
| Overall | ||||||
| Overall | 77 | 29 | 48 | 0 | 37.67% | |
| Opposition | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Chennai Super Kings | 2008–2012 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Delhi Capitals | 2008–2012 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 2008–2012 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008–2012 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22.57 |
| Mumbai Indians | 2008–2012 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 2008–2012 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2008–2012 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 |
| Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Pune Warriors India | 2011–2012 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Total | 2008–2012 | 76 | 29 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 38.66% |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Somerset Sabres | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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