Deccan Chargers
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Deccan Chargers (abbreviated as DC) is a defunct IPL franchise which was based in the city of Hyderabad.[1] The franchise was one of the eight inaugural members of the IPL in 2008 and winner of 2009. It was owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. After finishing at the bottom of the points table in the first season, they won the second season held in South Africa in 2009 under the captaincy of former Australian wicket-keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist was the captain of the team for the first three seasons of the IPL with Rohit Sharma as his deputy. From the fourth season, Kumar Sangakkara led the team and Cameron White played as his deputy. The team was coached by former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann.[2]
The owners put the franchise up for sale in 2012 due to constant banning of team players in previous seasons but declined the sole bid. On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the franchise for breaching contract terms.
In July 2020, a Bombay 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 ₹4814.67 crore plus 10% interest from 2012 by the BCCI.[6]
Franchise history
The Hyderabad franchise was bought by
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".
Franchise termination
Due to financial problems
Indian Premier League
2008 season
Players
The franchise initially acquired star players
Performance
Despite the fact that the team was one of the favorites to win the
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. Kalyan Krishnan, Coach
Tradings
In low key trading of players, the Deccan Chargers management had placed
New signings
Before the second player auction took place the management signed
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
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
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, Mohnish Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Bodapati Sumanth, Rahul Sharma
Contracts bought out
Performance
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.
2011 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 up Cameron White, JP Duminy, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn and skipper Kumar Sangakkara, but at lost RP Singh, Rohit Sharma, and Andrew Symonds and Gilchrist.
New signings
Foreign inclusions
Indian players inclusions
- Capped Players:
- Uncapped Players: Bharat Chipli, Ishan Malhotra, Ishank Jaggi, Sunny Sohal, Jaydev Shah, Prem Vardhan, Anand Rajan, Kedar Devdhar, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy and Akash Bhandari.
Performance
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 back Rohit 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.
2012 season
In 2012 Indian Premier League, Chargers named new fielding coach Trevor Penney replacing Mike Young.
New signings and tradings
In the trading window which opened in December, Chargers traded off
Players acquired
Daniel Harris ($70,000), Darren Bravo ($100,000), Parthiv Patel ($650,000)
After the auction, they signed up a few uncapped players such as TP Sudhindra, Tanmay Srivastava, Biplab Samantray, Akshath Reddy and Ashish Reddy owing to their strong domestic performances.
Contracts bought out
Michael Lumb, Jaydev Shah, Ishan Malhotra
Performance
The Chargers failed to deliver on a consistent basis in 2012 with narrow and consecutive defeats. Shikhar Dhawan, Dale Steyn and Cameron White were the only players who helped the team put up a fight. Team weakness was the bowling and fielding department, with fast bowler Ishant Sharma being ruled out due to injury and spinner Pragyan Ojha traded to Mumbai 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.
Champions League T20
The
2009 season
On account of emerging as the winners of the 2009 season of the
They were knocked out in the group stages after losing to the
Honours
Indian Premier League
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 |
Champions League Twenty20
Year | Final standing |
---|---|
2008 | Cancelled |
2009 | Group stage |
2010 | DNQ |
2011 | DNQ |
2012 | DNQ |
- DNQ = Did not qualify
Team sponsors
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 |
Results
Overall results
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% |
Results summary by opposition
Opposition | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IPL | |||||||
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% |
Champions League T20 | |||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Somerset Sabres |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
See also
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