Deccan Chargers known in short as DC is a franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. They won the second season held in South Africa in 2009. The team was led by Adam Gilchrist and coached by Darren Lehmann, both former Australian Test and One-Day Cricketers for the first three years of IPL.They finished last in the inaugural season of the IPL, and as the champions in the next season.
The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by the Deccan Chronicle corporation. The media group acquired the franchise for an amount of USD 107 million on 24 January 2008. Later, another media group, Group M India picked up a 20% stake in the franchise.
The team’s name reflects the association with the Deccan Chronicle newspaper, which in turn derives its name from the Deccan plateau that makes up the majority of the southern portion of the Indian peninsula.
The Chargers logo is a charging bull. 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 is 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 & encourage younger players.
There are reports suggesting a buyout of the franchise by Gujarat based Adani Group for a sum of $300 million, almost three times the value the team was purchased for initially.
Deccan Charge Team
JP Duminy, Kevin Pietersen, Amit Mishra, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Kumar Sangakkara, Pragyan Ojha, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Lynn, Travis Birt, Rusty Theron, Michael Lumb, Dan Christian, Manpreet Gony
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