2010 Deccan Chargers season

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 eight teams that competed in the 2010 Indian Premier League, making their third appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Adam Gilchrist and coached by Darren Lehmann with Kanwaljit Singh and Mike Young as assistant coaches.^[1][2]

Deccan Chargers

2010 season
Coach	Darren Lehmann
Captain	Adam Gilchrist
Ground(s)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000)[nb 1]
IPL	Knockout stage (4th)
Most runs	Andrew Symonds (429)
Most wickets	Pragyan Ojha (21)
Most catches	Andrew Symonds (12)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Adam Gilchrist (13)
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They began their season by losing their opening fixture of the IPL on 12 March against the Kolkata Knight Riders but five consecutive wins at the end of the group stage helped them to qualify for the semi-finals.^[3][4] They lost to Chennai Super Kings by 38 runs in the semi-final and to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets in the third-place playoff to finish the tournament at fourth and failed to qualify for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.^[5][6]

Player acquisition

Main article: List of 2010 Indian Premier League personnel changes

Players retained: Azhar Bilakhia, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Herschelle Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Jaskaran Singh, R. P. Singh, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Symonds, Suman Tirumalasetti, V. V. S. Laxman, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao Yalaka

Players released: Shoaib Ahmed, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Manvinder Bisla,^[7] Halhadar Das, Kalyankrishna Doddapaneni, Fidel Edwards,^[8] Abhinav Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar, Vijaykumar Paidikalva, Chamara Silva, Scott Styris, Nuwan Zoysa

Players added: Harmeet Singh Bansal,^[9] Sumanth Bodapati,^[7] Mitchell Marsh,^[1] Mohnish Mishra,^[7] Ashish Reddy,^[7] Kemar Roach,^[9] Rahul Sharma,^[1] Anirudh Singh^[10]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.^[11]
• Year signed denotes the season the player signed for the team

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
Azhar Bilakhia	India	(1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2009
Sumanth Bodapati	India	(1988-05-10)10 May 1988 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010
Ravi Teja Dwaraka	India	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2008
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	(1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2008	Overseas.
Mohnish Mishra	India	(1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2010
Rohit Sharma	India	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2008	Vice-captain.
Suman Tirumalasetti	India	(1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2009
V. V. S. Laxman	India	(1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2008
Anirudh Singh	India	(1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010
Arjun Yadav	India	(1981-12-23)23 December 1981 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2008
Venugopal Rao Yalaka	India	(1982-02-26)26 February 1982 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2008
All-rounders
Ryan Harris	Australia	(1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2009	Overseas.
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010	Overseas.
Ashish Reddy	India	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010
Dwayne Smith	West Indies	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2009	Overseas.
Andrew Symonds	Australia	(1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2008	Overseas.
Wicket-keepers
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	(1971-11-14)14 November 1971 (aged 38)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2008	Overseas and Captain.[1]
Bowlers
Harmeet Singh Bansal	India	(1987-10-09)9 October 1987 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2009
Pragyan Ojha	India	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2008
Kemar Roach	West Indies	(1988-06-30)30 June 1988 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2010	Overseas.
Rahul Sharma	India	(1986-11-30)30 November 1986 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2010
Jaskaran Singh	India	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2009
R. P. Singh	India	(1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast	2008
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	(1974-01-27)27 January 1974 (aged 36)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium fast	2008	Overseas.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit Manufacturers Shirt Sponsor (Chest) Shirt Sponsor (Back) Chest Branding Puma Idea Cellular Deccan Chronicle McDowell's No.1 Source :[12][13]

T20 uniform

Season overview

Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (R)	14	10	4	0	20	1.084
2	Deccan Chargers(4th)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.297
3	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	7	7	0	14	0.274
4	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd)	14	7	7	0	14	0.219
5	Delhi Daredevils	14	7	7	0	14	0.021
6	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	7	7	0	14	−0.341
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	6	8	0	12	−0.514
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	4	10	0	8	−0.478

Source: ^[14]

(C) = Champion; (R) = Runner-up; (3rd) = Winner of third place playoff.
Note: Top four teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Note: The winner, runner-up and winner of the third place playoff qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W

Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League § Fixtures

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Group stage

12 March	Kolkata Knight Riders 161/4 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 150/7 (20 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 1 Scorecard				DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (Kolkata Knight Riders)
	Angelo Mathews 65* (46b, 5x4, 4x6) Chaminda Vaas 2/22 (3 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 54 (35b, 3x4, 3x6) Charl Langeveldt 2/26 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bowl first.

14 March	Deccan Chargers 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 159/9 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 31 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 2 Scorecard				M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Daryl Harper and K. Hariharan Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (Deccan Chargers)
	Andrew Symonds 50 (43b, 3x4, 3x6) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/26 (4 overs)		Albie Morkel 42* (26b, 1x4, 3x6) Chaminda Vaas 3/21 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat first.

19 March	(H) Deccan Chargers 170/7 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 164/8 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 3 Scorecard				Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Billy Bowden and Marais Erasmus Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers)
	Andrew Symonds 53 (38b, 3x4, 3x6) Yuvraj Singh 2/21 (4 overs)		Irfan Pathan 60 (29b, 3x4, 5x6) Chaminda Vaas 2/27 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bowl first.

21 March	(H) Deccan Chargers 171/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 161/9 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 10 runs
16:00 Round 4 Scorecard				Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Billy Bowden and Marais Erasmus Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers)
	Rohit Sharma 45 (30b, 3x4, 3x6) Amit Mishra 1/12 (3 overs)		David Warner 57 (33b, 4x4, 4x6) Andrew Symonds 3/21 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat first.

26 March	Deccan Chargers 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 151/2 (15.4 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 5 Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Simon Taufel and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
	Rohit Sharma 49 (35b, 2x4, 3x6) Shaun Tait 3/22 (4 overs)		Yusuf Pathan 73* (34b, 2x4, 8x6) Pragyan Ojha 1/40 (3 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat first.

28 March	Mumbai Indians 172/7 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 131 (17.4 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 6 Scorecard				DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. Hariharan and Subroto Das Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)
	Sachin Tendulkar 55 (43b, 9x4, 0x6) R. P. Singh 3/31 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 45 (28b, 3x4, 2x6) Lasith Malinga 3/12 (3.4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bowl first.

1 April	(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 181/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 157/5 (20 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 7 Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Daryl Harper and K. Hariharan Player of the match: Saurav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders)
	Sourav Ganguly 88 (54b, 9x4, 5x6) Jaskaran Singh 2/18 (3 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 50 (45b, 5x4, 1x6) Chris Gayle 1/9 (1 over)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat first.

3 April	(H) Mumbai Indians 178/5 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 115 (18.2 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 63 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 8 Scorecard				Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Billy Doctrove and S. Ravi Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai Indians)
	Ambati Rayudu 55* (29b, 6x4, 2x6) Pragyan Ojha 3/26 (4 overs)		Andrew Symonds 21(18b, 2x4, 0x6) Zaheer Khan 2/10 (2 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat first.

5 April	Rajasthan Royals 159 (19.5 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 157 (19.5 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 9 Scorecard				Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel Player of the match: Shane Warne (Rajasthan Royals)
	Shane Watson 58 (36b, 3x4, 3x6) R. P. Singh 3/17 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 73 (44b, 8x4, 2x6) Shane Warne 4/21 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first.

8 April	(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 184/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 186/3 (19.2 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 10 Scorecard				M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Daryl Harper and Sudhir Asnani Player of the match: Tirumalasetti Suman (Deccan Chargers)
	Jacques Kallis 68 (44b, 9x4, 1x6) Pragyan Ojha 2/24 (4 overs)		Tirumalasetti Suman 78* (57b, 6x4, 3x6) Praveen Kumar 1/37 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bowl first.

10 April	Chennai Super Kings 138/8 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 139/4 (19.1 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets
16:00 Round 11 Scorecard				Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel Player of the match: Ryan Harris (Deccan Chargers)
	Suresh Raina 52 (42b, 4x4, 2x6) Ryan Harris 3/18 (4 overs)		Tirumalasetti Suman 55 (44b, 4x4, 2x6) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/13 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first.

12 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 151/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 138 (19.4 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 12 Scorecard				Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Harmeet Singh (Deccan Chargers)
	Rohit Sharma 51 (46b, 7x4, 0x6) Dale Steyn 3/18 (4 overs)		Rahul Dravid 49 (35b, 8x4, 1x6) R. P. Singh 2/21 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first.

16 April	(H) Kings XI Punjab 174/3 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 178/5 (19.1 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 13 Scorecard				HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Amiesh Saheba and Marais Erasmus Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
	Mahela Jayawardene 93* (62b, 13x4, 2x6) Ryan Harris 1/27 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 68* (38b, 6x4, 3x6) Piyush Chawla 1/24 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field

18 April	Deccan Chargers 145/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 134/7 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 11 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 14 Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Shavir Tarapore Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers)
	Andrew Symonds 54 (30b, 3x4, 5x6) Umesh Yadav 2/24 (4 overs)		Paul Collingwood 51* (42b, 1x4, 3x6) Pragyan Ojha 2/16 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat

Knockout stage

Semi-Final

22 April	Chennai Super Kings 142/7 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 104 (19.2 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs
20:00 (D/N) Semi-final 2 Scorecard				DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Doug Bollinger (Chennai Super Kings)
	Subramaniam Badrinath 37 (41b, 3x4, 1x6) Ryan Harris 3/29 (4 overs)		Andrew Symonds 23 (22b, 3x4, 0x6) Doug Bollinger 4/13 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

Third-place playoff

24 April	Deccan Chargers 82 (18.3 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 86/1 (13.5 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Third place playoff Scorecard				DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Simon Taufel Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
	Anirudh Singh 40 (39b, 4x4, 1x6) Anil Kumble 4/16 (3.3 overs)		Rahul Dravid 35* (30b, 5x4, 0x6) Rahul Sharma 1/24 (3 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat

Statistics

Name	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco	Ct	St
Sumanth Bodapati	5	35	16	35.00	94.59	–	–	–	–	4	–
Suman Tirumalasetti	14	307	78*	34.11	119.45	0	–	–	12.00	3	–
Andrew Symonds	16	429	54	30.64	125.80	12	3/21	31.00	7.01	12	–
Rohit Sharma	16	404	73	28.85	133.77	2	1/19	76.50	8.05	9	–
Herschelle Gibbs	10	267	50	26.70	113.61	–	–	–	–	6	–
Adam Gilchrist	16	289	54	18.06	156.21	–	–	–	–	9	4
Anirudh Singh	5	63	40	15.75	95.45	–	–	–	–	3	–
Mohnish Mishra	11	166	41	15.09	115.27	–	–	–	–	1	–
Mitchell Marsh	3	28	15	14.00	93.33	2	1/19	44.00	8.80	0	–
V. V. S. Laxman	6	64	22	12.80	106.66	–	–	–	–	2	–
Ryan Harris	8	45	15	11.25	115.38	14	3/18	16.64	7.59	5	–
Dwayne Smith	3	22	13*	11.00	88.00	1	1/22	36.00	9.39	0	–
Kemar Roach	2	10	10	10.00	111.11	0	–	–	10.00	1	–
Rahul Sharma	6	29	14*	9.66	111.53	5	2/42	33.40	8.08	1	–
Venugopal Rao Yalaka	6	34	24	8.50	79.06	0	–	–	10.00	0	–
Jaskaran Singh	6	8	4*	8.00	72.72	6	2/18	23.16	9.92	0	–
Chaminda Vaas	6	30	16	7.50	88.23	9	3/21	15.44	6.31	0	–
R. P. Singh	12	9	4*	4.50	47.36	13	3/17	28.46	8.80	4	–
Azhar Bilakhia	1	2	2	2.00	50.00	–	–	–	–	1	–
Pragyan Ojha	16	3	2	1.00	37.50	21	3/26	20.42	7.29	4	–
Harmeet Singh Bansal	8	0	0*	0.00	0.00	8	2/24	21.75	7.25	0	–

Source: 2010 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo

Awards and achievements

Awards

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Venue	Result	Contribution	Ref
1	14 March 2010	Chaminda Vaas	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Won by 31 runs	3/21 (4 overs)	[15]
2	19 March 2010	Andrew Symonds	Kings XI Punjab	Cuttack	Won by 6 runs	53 (38) & 1/22 (4 overs)	[16]
3	21 March 2010	Andrew Symonds	Delhi Daredevils	Cuttack	Won by 10 runs	35 (24) & 3/21 (4 overs)	[17]
4	8 April 2010	Tirumalasetti Suman	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Won by 7 wickets	78* (57)	[18]
5	10 April 2010	Ryan Harris	Chennai Super Kings	Nagpur	Won by 6 wickets	3/18 (4 overs)	[19]
6	12 April 2010	Harmeet Singh Bansal	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Nagpur	Won By 13 runs	2/24 (4 overs)	[20]
7	16 April 2010	Rohit Sharma	Kings XI Punjab	Dharmasala	Won By 5 wickets	68* (38)	[21]
8	18 April 2010	Andrew Symonds	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 11 runs	54 (30)	[4]

Season Awards

• Winner of the Purple Cap : Pragyan Ojha^[22]

Achievements

• Most maiden overs bowled in the 2010 IPL : Chaminda Vaas (2)^[23]
• Best bowling strike-rate in the 2010 IPL : Ryan Harris (13.14)^[24]