The Deccan Chargers (DC) were a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India, that competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league in India. They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League, making their fifth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Kumar Sangakkara and coached by Darren Lehmann.
The Deccan Chargers started their campaign by losing their opening fixture of the IPL on 7 April against the Chennai Super Kings and failed to qualify for playoffs finishing eighth in the group stage. On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Deccan Chargers for breaching contract terms and put the Hyderabad franchise on auction. The bid was won by the Sun TV Network and the team was renamed as the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Player acquisition
Players retained: Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Devdhar, JP Duminy, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Manpreet Gony, Ishank Jaggi, Chris Lynn, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Kumar Sangakkara, Ankit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav
Players released: Michael Lumb, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah
Players traded away: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen
Players acquired by trade: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Players added in the auction: Darren Bravo, Daniel Harris, Parthiv Patel
Uncapped players acquired: Sneha Kishore Chikkam, Tanmay Mishra, Syed Quadri, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Veer Pratap Singh, Tanmay Srivastava, Sudhindra Taduri, Atchuta Rao Tekkami
Players who withdrew from the competition: Darren Bravo, Ishant Sharma
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Year signed Year is the season the player first signed for the team NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen Darren Bravo Left-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Overseas. Bharat Chipli Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Shikhar Dhawan Left-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Ravi Teja Dwaraka Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2008 Daniel Harris Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Overseas. Ishank Jaggi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Abhishek Jhunjhunwala Right-handed Right-arm off break 2012 Chris Lynn Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2011 Overseas. Tanmay Mishra Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Registered as an uncapped Indian player. Akshath Reddy Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2012 Sunny Sohal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Tanmay Srivastava Left-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Cameron White Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Overseas and Vice-captain. Arjun Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2008 All-rounders Daniel Christian Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Overseas. JP Duminy Left-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Overseas. Syed Quadri Right-handed Right-arm off break 2012 Ashish Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Biplab Samantray Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Wicket-keepers Kedar Devdhar Right-handed 2011 Parthiv Patel Left-handed 2012 Kumar Sangakkara Left-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Overseas and Captain. Bowlers Akash Bhandari Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Sneha Kishore Chikkam Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2012 Manpreet Gony Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Amit Mishra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Anand Rajan Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Ankit Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2011 Ishant Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Ruled out of IPL due to ankle surgery. Veer Pratap Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2012 Dale Steyn Right-handed Right-arm fast 2011 Overseas. Sudhindra Taduri Left-handed Right-arm fast 2012 Suspended owing to the corruption allegations. Atchuta Rao Tekkami Left-handed Left-arm medium fast 2012 Rusty Theron Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Overseas.
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Season overview
Standings
Results by match
Fixtures
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Group stage
Statistics NameRuns Source: 2012 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No.DatePlayerOpponentVenueResultContributionRef 1 Cameron White Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 18 runs 78 (46) 2 Dale Steyn Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 5 wickets 3 (5) & 2/10 (4 overs) 3 Kumar Sangakkara Pune Warriors India Cuttack Won by 13 runs 82 (52) 4 Dale Steyn Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad Won by 5 wickets 2/16 (4 overs) 5 Dale Steyn Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Won by 9 runs 3/8 (4 overs)
Achievements Best batting average in the 2012 IPL : JP Duminy (81.33) Most maiden overs bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (2) Fastest ball bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (154.40 km/h)
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. 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. 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. Later on 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms. The Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012. The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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