Global InformationList of Deccan Chargers cricketers information
The Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (often abbreviated as DC) was a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2008 to 2012.[1] The team was owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited who won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise at US$107 million.[2] VVS Laxman and Robin Singh were appointed as the captain and the coach for their first season in 2008.[2] After finishing last in that season, the DC sacked their coach and removed their captain and replaced them with Darren Lehmann and Adam Gilchrist under whom they won their only IPL title in 2009, when they defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in the final.[3][4][5] They reached the semi-finals again in 2010 but failed to reach past the group stages before the team was folded in 2012. They qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 only once, for the 2009 season, but failed to advance past the group stage.[6][7] Lehmann remained as the coach for the DC but they were forced to replace Gilchrist with Kumar Sangakkara in 2011 after they lost former to the Kings XI Punjab in the 2011 auction.[8][9] Sangakkara remained as the captain until the middle of the 2012 season before he was replaced by Cameron White following the poor performances.[10] Sangakkara later returned as captain as the move did not yield the desired results for the Deccan Chargers.[10]
On 15 September 2012, the Deccan Chargers' IPL contract was terminated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which was concerned about overdue payments to the players.[11] The Hyderabad franchise was later acquired by the Sun TV Network for ₹85.05 crore (US$10 million) per year in a bid which also retained 20 players.[12][13]
Pragyan Ojha made the most appearances for the DC with 56 matches and was also the team's leading wicket-taker with 62 wickets.[14] Gilchrist was the team's leading run scorer with 1,289 runs while Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma were the only batsmen to have scored more than 1,000 runs for the team.[15] White's batting average of 38.86 was the highest for the DC while Shahid Afridi had the best strike rate at 176.08 among players who have batted in over five innings for the team.[16][17] Andrew Symonds registered the first century for the DC when he scored 117 runs off 53 balls which was also the highest individual score for any DC batsman.[18] Gilchrist became the only other centurion for the DC when he reached the three-figure mark three days later.[18] In bowling, Dale Steyn had the best bowling average (18.25) among the players who have bowled more than 20 overs.[14][19] Ishant Sharma was the only bowler to take a five-wicket haul for the DC.[20] Ashish Reddy had the lowest bowling strike rate for the team while Steyn had the best economy rate among the players who bowled over 20 overs at 14.8 and 6.33 respectively.[21][22] Amit Mishra was the only bowler to claim a hat-trick for the DC.[23][24] In fielding, Herschelle Gibbs and Rohit Sharma took the most catches for the team (22) while Gilchrist had effected 41 dismissals, the most for a wicket-keeper, consisting of 27 catches and 14 stumpings.[25][26]
The first list includes all players who played in at least one match for DC and is initially listed alphabetically by their last name.[α] The second list comprises all those players who captained the team in at least one match, initially arranged in the order of the first match as captain.[β][γ][δ][ε]
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- ^ a b "Indian Premier League: How it all started". The Times of India. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Krishnan, G (27 August 2008). "Lehmann to coach Hyderabad IPL team". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Gilchrist to lead Deccan Chargers". ESPNcricinfo. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Monga, Sidharth (24 May 2009). "Deccan snatch title in tense finish". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Bangalore, Delhi and Deccan Chargers to represent India in CL T20". Hindustan Times. 24 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Binoy, George (14 October 2009). "T&T top group, Deccan crash out". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Binoy, George (9 January 2011). "How the squads stack up". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "IPL 4: Kumar Sangakkara looking forward to stint with Deccan Chargers". Daily News and Analysis. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Five times big players relinquished IPL captaincy midway". The Times of India. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers have IPL contract terminated by BCCI". The Guardian. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Singh, Amitoj (25 October 2012). "Sun TV purchases Hyderabad IPL franchise at Rs 85 crore per year". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Sun Risers to represent Hyderabad in IPL". Wisden India. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Highest average". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Highest strike rates". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Best averages". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Best strike rates". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Best economy rates". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Talya, Siddhartha (21 May 2011). "Dhawan puts Punjab out of contention". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "IPL Most Hat-trick Wickets". Cric Window. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most catches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Deccan Chargers / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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