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Hyderabad Deccan Chargers

Personnel
Owner	Deccan Chronicle
Team information
City	Hyderabad, Telangana
Founded	2008
Dissolved	2012
Home ground	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Capacity: 60,000)
History
IPL wins	1 (2009)
CLT20 wins	0

The Deccan Chargers, or Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, were a franchise cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.^[1] The team was one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008 and was owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. After finishing last in the first season of the IPL, they won the second season held in South Africa in 2009 under the captaincy of former Australian wicket-keeper and batsman Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist was the captain of the team for the first three seasons of the IPL. From the fourth season, Kumar Sangakkara led the team and Cameron White played as his deputy. The team was coached by Darren Lehmann, former Australian cricketer.

The owners put the franchise up for sale in 2012 but declined the sole bid. On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms.^[2] The Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012.^[3] The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.^[4]

Franchise history

The Hyderabad franchise was bought by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. The media group acquired the franchise for US$107 million on 24 January 2008.^[5] The Chargers logo is a charging bull.^[6] 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 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 and encourage younger players.

Franchise termination

Due to financial problems Deccan 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.^[7] 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 from PVP Ventures.^[8] 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.^[8] Later on 14 September 2012, the BCCI announced that the Deccan Chargers IPL franchise was terminated due to BCCI codes by DCHL^[8] and the tender will be called for new team.^[9] DCHL moved to court to sort their issues with BCCI on termination.^[10]

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, and Pragyan Ojha.

Performance

Despite the fact that the team was one of the favorites to win the inaugural 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 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 on a losing streak 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. Kalyan Krishnan, 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, 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 with Deccan 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.

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 team captain V.V.S. Laxman. Also, Former Indian 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 including batsmen Tirumalasetti Suman and Abhinav Kumar, and bowler Shoaib Maqsusi from the Hyderabad team after their consistent performances on the domestic circuit. Baroda batsman Azhar Bilakhia and two fast bowlers from Punjab, Jaskarandeep Singh and Harmeet Singh were also signed on.

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 Charger'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

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

New signing

Foreign inclusions

• 
  Kemar Roach, Mitchell Marsh
  

Domestic inclusions

• Anirudh Singh, Mohnish Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Bodapati Sumanth, Rahul Sharma
  

Contracts bought out

• 
  Chamara Silva, Nuwan Zoysa
  

Performance

After winning 2009, there were lots of expectations on Chargers. Team opened with a loss in their inaugural match against KKR but subsequently won next 3 matches. But thereafter Chargers went on to lose the next 5 matches. With a situation where many doubted whether Chargers will be able to make to next round but it has made it by winning next 5 consecutive matches and qualifying for playoffs. But Chargers lost both games in play-offs i.e. Semifinals and 3rd place. Pragyan Ojha won the Purple Cap by becoming the highest wicket taker for them in the same season.

Deccan Chargers home crowd in 2011

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 did pick very good players in Cameron White, JP Duminy, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn and skipper Kumar Sangakkara. But at the same time Chargers lost many of Indian players such RP Singh and Rohit Sharma as well as Australians Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist.

New signings

Foreign inclusions

• 
  Kumar Sangakkara, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, Michael Lumb, Daniel Christian, Rusty Theron, JP Duminy, Chris Lynn
  

Indian players inclusions

• 
  Capped Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Harmeet Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony
  


• 
  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 didn't 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 Kevin Pietersen, Harmeet Singh and Pragyan Ojha to Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians respectively. During player auctions, Chargers had tried to bid Ravindra Jadeja for entire $2m but eventually lost to the Super Kings in tie breaker. Later they acquired following players-

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 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.

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.

Honours

• DNQ = Did Not Qualify

Administration

Administration

Position	Name
Owner	Deccan Chronicle
Co-owner	Gayatri Reddy
COO & Director, Operation	E. Venkatram Reddy
General Manager, Operation	Girish Dongre
Manager – Brand & Marketing	Ajitabh Rajan
Laison Manager	Malakonda Reddy
Media Coordinator	Manjula.H
Social Media and Online Communications	Kris Ankem
Brand Ambassador	Saina Nehwal, Sabyasachi Mishra, and Archita Sahu

Player salaries

Nat	Player	Year Contract Signed / Renewed	Salary
	Dale Steyn	2011	$1,000,000
	Cameron White	2011	$1,100,000
	Dan Christian	2011	$900,000
	Kumar Sangakkara	2011	$700,000
	Parthiv Patel	2012	$650,000
	Ishant Sharma	2011	$450,000
	JP Duminy	2011	$300,000
	Shikhar Dhawan	2011	$300,000
	Amit Mishra	2011	$300,000
	Manpreet Gony	2011	$290,000
	Darren Bravo	2012	$100,000
	Juan Theron	2011	$85,000
	Daniel Harris	2012	$70,000
	Tanmay Mishra	2012	$20,000
	Chris Lynn	2011	$20,000

Team sponsors

Notable foreign players who represented Deccan Chargers

Australia

• 
  Adam Gilchrist, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Marsh, Ryan Harris, Daniel Harris, Chris Lynn, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White
  

South Africa

• 
  Herschelle Gibbs, Juan Theron, JP Duminy
  

Pakistan

• Shahid Afridi

Sri Lanka

• 
  Kumar Sangakkara, Nuwan Zoysa, Chaminda Vaas, Chamara Silva
  

New Zealand

• Scott Styris

England

• Michael Lumb

West Indies

• 
  Dwayne Smith, Fidel Edwards, Kemar Roach
  

Overall results

2008 IPL season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	20 April 2008	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets	[1]
2	22 April 2008	Delhi Capitals	Hyderabad	Lost by 9 wickets	[2]
3	24 April 2008	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	Lost by 3 wickets	[3]
4	27 April 2008	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 10 Wickets; MoM – Adam Gilchrist 109* (48)	[4]
5	1 May 2008	Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad	Lost by 7 wickets	[5]
6	3 May 2008	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Lost by 3 runs	[6]
7	6 May 2008	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Won by 7 wickets; MoM – Adam Gilchrist 54 (36)	[7]
8	9 May 2008	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 8 wickets	[8]
9	11 May 2008	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	Lost by 23 runs	[9]
10	15 May 2008	Delhi Capitals	Delhi	Lost by 12 runs	[10]
11	18 May 2008	Mumbai Indians	Hyderabad	Lost by 25 runs	[11]
12	23 May 2008	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 6 wickets	[12]
13	25 May 2008	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 wickets	[13]
14	27 May 2008	Chennai Super Kings	Hyderabad	Lost by 7 wickets	[14]
Overall Record of 2 – 12 Failed to make Semifinals, ended 8/8

2009 IPL season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	19 April 2009	Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	Won by 8 wickets; MoM – R. P. Singh 4/22 (3.4 overs)	[15]
2	22 April 2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Cape Town	Won by 24 Runs; MoM – Adam Gilchrist – 71 (45)	[16]
3	25 April 2009	Mumbai Indians	Durban	Won by 12 Runs; MoM – Pragyan Ojha 3/21 (4 Overs)	[17]
4	27 April 2009	Chennai Super Kings	Durban	Won by 6 wickets; MoM – H Gibbs 69* (56 )	[18]
5	30 April 2009	Delhi Capitals	Centurion	Lost by 6 wickets	[19]
6	2 May 2009	Rajasthan Royals	Port Elizabeth	Lost by 3 wickets	[20]
7	4 May 2009	Chennai Super Kings	East London	Lost by 78 runs	[21]
8	6 May 2009	Mumbai Indians	Centurion	Won by 19 Runs; MoM – Rohit Sharma 38 (36), 4/6 (2 overs)	[22]
9	9 May 2009	Kings XI Punjab	Kimberley	Lost by 3 Wickets	[23]
10	11 May 2009	Rajasthan Royals	Kimberley	Won by 53 runs; MoM – Dwayne Smith 47 (32)	[24]
11	13 May 2009	Delhi Capitals	Durban	Lost by 12 runs	[25]
12	16 May 2009	Kolkata Knight Riders	Johannesburg	Won by 6 wickets; MoM – Rohit Sharma 32* (13)	[26]
13	17 May 2009	Kings XI Punjab	Johannesburg	Lost by 1 run	[27]
14	21 May 2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Centurion	Lost by 12 runs	[28]
15	22 May 2009 (Semi final)	Delhi Capitals	Centurion	Won by 6 wickets; MoM – Adam Gilchrist – 85 (35)	[29]
16	24 May 2009 (Final)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Johannesburg	Won by 6 runs	[30]
Overall Record of 9 – 7 Champions of the 2009 Indian Premier League Qualified for 2009 Champions League Twenty20

2009 Champions League Twenty20

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	10 October 2009	Somerset	Hyderabad	Lost by 1 wicket	[31]
2	14 October 2009	Trinidad and Tobago	Hyderabad	Lost by 3 runs	[32]
Overall Record of 0 – 2 Failed to make League stage

2010 IPL season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	12 March 2010	Kolkata Knight Riders	Navi Mumbai	Lost by 11 Runs	[33]
2	14 March 2010	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Won by 31 Runs; MoM – Chaminda Vaas 4/21 (4 overs)	[34]
3	19 March 2010	Kings XI Punjab	Cuttack	Won by 6 Runs; MoM – Andrew Symonds 53 (38), 1/22 (4 overs)	[35]
4	21 March 2010	Delhi Capitals	Cuttack	Won by 10 Runs; MoM – Andrew Symonds 35 (24), 3/21 (4 overs)	[36]
5	26 March 2010	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad	Lost by 8 wickets	[37]
6	28 March 2010	Mumbai Indians	Navi Mumbai	Lost by 41 Runs	[38]
7	1 April 2010	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 24 Runs	[39]
8	3 April 2010	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 63 Runs	[40]
9	5 April 2010	Rajasthan Royals	Nagpur	Lost by 2 Runs	[41]
10	8 April 2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 7 wickets; MoM – Tirumalasetti Suman 78 (57)	[42]
11	10 April 2010	Chennai Super Kings	Nagpur	Won by 6 wickets; MoM – Ryan Harris 3/18 (4 overs)	[43]
12	12 April 2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Nagpur	Won by 13 runs; MoM – Harmeet Singh 2/24 (4 overs)	[44]
13	15 April 2010	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala	Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Rohit Sharma 68* (38)	[45]
14	18 April 2010	Delhi Capitals	Delhi	Won by 11 Runs; MoM – Andrew Symonds 54 (30)	[46]
15	22 April 2010 (Semi-final)	Chennai Super Kings	Navi Mumbai	Lost by 38 Runs	[47]
16	24 April 2010 (3rd Place Play-off)	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Navi Mumbai	Lost by 9 Wickets	[48]
Overall Record of 8 – 8 Failed to make Finals and ended 4/8

2011 IPL season

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	9 April 2011	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	Lost by 8 wickets	[49]
2	11 April 2011	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 9 runs	[50]
3	14 April 2011	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	Won by 33 runs; MoM – Dale Steyn 3/24 (4 overs)	[51]
4	16 April 2011	Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad	Lost by 8 wickets	[52]
5	19 April 2011	Delhi Capitals	Delhi	Won by 16 Runs; MoM – Sunny Sohal 62 (41)	[53]
6	24 April 2011	Mumbai Indians	Hyderabad	Lost by 37 Runs	[54]
7	27 April 2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	Won by 55 runs; MoM – Ishant Sharma 5/12 (3 overs)	[55]
8	1 May 2011	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 19 Runs	[56]
9	3 May 2011	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	Lost by 20 runs	[57]
10	5 May 2011	Delhi Capitals	Hyderabad	Lost by 4 wickets	[58]
11	10 May 2011	Pune Warriors India	Hyderabad	Lost by 6 wickets	[59]
12	14 May 2011	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 10 runs; MoM – Amit Mishra 18* (6), 1/18 (4 overs)	[60]
13	16 May 2011	Pune Warriors India	Navi Mumbai	Won by 6 wickets; MoM – Amit Mishra 2/26 (4 overs)	[61]
14	21 May 2011	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala	Won by 82 runs; MoM – S Dhawan 95* (57)	[62]
Overall Record of 6 – 8 Failed to make it to Playoffs, ended 7/10

2012 IPL season

Due to the disbanding of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, each team will play the remaining eight teams twice, once at home and once away. Therefore, each team will play 16 matches.

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	7 April 2012	Chennai Super Kings	Visakhapatnam	Lost by 74 Runs	[63]
2	9 April 2012	Mumbai Indians	Visakhapatnam	Lost by 5 wickets	[64]
3	17 April 2012	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 5 wickets	[65]
4	19 April 2012	Delhi Capitals	New Delhi	Lost by 5 wickets	[66]
5	22 April 2012	Kolkata Knight Riders	Cuttack	Lost by 5 wickets	[67]
6	24 April 2012	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Match abandoned without a ball bowled	[68]
7	26 April 2012	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 18 runs; MoM – Cameron White 78 (46)	[69]
8	29 April 2012	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 5 wickets	[70]
9	1 May 2012	Pune Warriors India	Cuttack	Won by 13 runs; MoM – Kumar Sangakkara 82 (52)	[71]
10	4 May 2012	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 10 runs	[72]
11	6 May 2012	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Lost by 5 Wickets	[73]
12	8 May 2012	Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad	Lost by 25 runs	[74]
13	10 May 2012	Delhi Capitals	Hyderabad	Lost by 9 wickets	[75]
14	13 May 2012	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 4 wickets	[76]
15	18 May 2012	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Dale Steyn 2/16 (4 overs)	[77]
16	20 May 2012	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	Won by 9 runs; MoM – Dale Steyn 3/8 (4 overs)	[78]
Overall Record of 4 – 11 (one match abandoned due to rain) Failed to make it to Playoffs, ended 8/9

Awards, records and statistics

Awards

Results summary

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 & Tobago	2009-2009	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
Somerset Sabres	2009–2009	1	0	1	0	0	0.00

Most catches

Records

• 
  Adam Gilchrist holds the record for Highest number of sixes hit in all the IPL matches. He has hit 54 sixes until then.


• 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.


• Deccan Chargers did not win a single home game[At Hyderabad] in the IPL 2008 or CLT20 2009.


• Won their first match at Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2011.

References

External links

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• Official Deccan Chargers Website


• Deccan Chargers History and Major Achievements