Deccan Chargers Hyderabad - Champions League Twenty20

Deccan Chargers represents the Hyderabad-based franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Initially, the captain of the team was V.V.S. Laxman, who led it in the first season. However, from 2009 onwards, it will be captained by Adam Gilchrist, former Australian Test Cricketer. Deccan Chargers has no 'Icon Player' in its rank and has Darren Lehmann, former Australian Test cricketer, as its coach. The team was auctioned off at a price of US$ 107 million and was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media group.

Although, initially, Deccan Chargers was amongst the teams considered to be the potential winners, it managed to win only two matches in the tournament, against Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The team suffered from the loss of V.V.S. Laxman, because of injury, and Andrew Symonds, because of national commitments. This placed them at the bottom of the squad, with 4 points and a net run rate of -0.467. The colors of the team are midnight blue and silver. It has Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad) and VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam) as its home grounds.

Recent Developments
Deccan Chargers announced that it will change its jersey (from beige-black to sparkling silver-blue) and logo as well.

Logo
The logo of Deccan Chargers comprises of a light grey shield, which a charging bull on it, along with the team's name.

2009 Player Changes
Fidel Edwards (In - Purchased)
Dwayne Smith (In - Purchased)
T. Suman Edwards (In)
Abhinav Kumar (In)
M.S.Bisla (In)
Jaskarandeep Singh (In)
H.S. Bansal (In)
Ryan Harris (In)
Shahid Afridi (Out)
Sanjay Bangar (Out)


Deccan Chargers Players

Batsmen
Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka)
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)
V.V.S. Laxman (India)
Arjun Yadav (India)
Venugopal Rao (India)
Rohit Sharma (India)
D.B.Ravi Teja (India)
T.Suman (India)
Abhinav Kumar (India)


Wicket Keepers
Adam Gilchrist (Australia) - Captain
Halhadar Das (India)
M.S.Bisla (India)


All Rounders
Dwayne Smith (West Indies)
Scott Styris (New Zealand)
Andrew Symonds (Australia)
Ryan Harris (Australia)


Bowlers
R. P. Singh (India)
Fidel Edwards (West Indies)
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
D.Kalyankrishna (India)
Pragyan Ojha (India)
M Sarveesh Kumar (India)
H.S.Bansal (India)
Jaskarandeep Singh (India)
P. Vijay Kumar (India)
S.M. Shoaib (India)


Support Staffs/Coaches
Head Coach: Darren Lehmann (Australia)
Assistant Coaches: Kanwaljit Singh (India)
Assistant Coaches: Mike Young
Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith


Administration
Owner: Deccan Chronicle
CEO: Tim Wright
Manager: Youraj Singh