2011 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 ten teams that competed in the 2011 Indian Premier League, making their fourth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Kumar Sangakkara and coached by Darren Lehmann.^[2]

Deccan Chargers

2011 season
Coach	Darren Lehmann
Captain	Kumar Sangakkara Cameron White[nb 1][1]
Ground(s)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000)
IPL	Group Stage (7th)
Most runs	Shikhar Dhawan (400)
Most wickets	Amit Mishra (19)
Most catches	Daniel Christian (7)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Kumar Sangakkara (19)
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The Deccan Chargers started their campaign by losing their opening fixture of the IPL on 9 April against the Rajasthan Royals and failed to qualify for playoffs finishing seventh in the group stage.^[3][4]

Player acquisition

Main article: List of 2011 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The Deccan Chargers retained none of the players from the previous season.^[5] They have bought 27 players including 14 players from the auction and still had $1.47million left in their purse in the end out of their allotted $9 million.^[6]

Players retained:^[5] None

Players released:^[5] Harmeet Singh Bansal, Azhar Bilakhia, Sumanth Bodapati, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Herschelle Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Marsh, Mohnish Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ashish Reddy, Kemar Roach, Rahul Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Anirudh Singh, Jaskaran Singh, R. P. Singh, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Symonds, Suman Tirumalasetti, V. V. S. Laxman, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao Yalaka

Players acquired during the auction:^[7] Daniel Christian, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White

Uncapped players acquired: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Kedar Devdhar, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Jaydev Shah, Ankit Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Arjun Yadav

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.^[8]
• Year signed denotes the season the player first signed for the team

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
Bharat Chipli	India	(1983-01-27)27 January 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Shikhar Dhawan	India	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011
Ravi Teja Dwaraka	India	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2008
Ishank Jaggi	India	(1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Michael Lumb	England	(1980-02-12)12 February 1980 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Overseas.
Chris Lynn	Australia	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2011	Overseas.
Kevin Pietersen	England	(1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2011	Overseas. Ruled out of season due to surgery.[9][10]
Jaydev Shah	India	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011
Sunny Sohal	India	(1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Cameron White	Australia	(1983-08-18)18 August 1983 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011	Overseas and Vice-captain.[nb 1]
Arjun Yadav	India	(1981-12-23)23 December 1981 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2008
All-rounders
Daniel Christian	Australia	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Overseas.
JP Duminy	South Africa	(1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011	Overseas.
Ashish Reddy	India	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010
Wicket-keepers
Kedar Devdhar	India	(1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 21)	Right-handed		2011
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	(1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011	Overseas and Captain.[2][nb 1]
Bowlers
Harmeet Singh Bansal	India	(1987-10-09)9 October 1987 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2009
Akash Bhandari	India	(1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Manpreet Gony	India	(1984-01-04)4 January 1984 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Ishan Malhotra	India	(1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Amit Mishra	India	(1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Pragyan Ojha	India	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2008
Anand Rajan	India	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Ankit Sharma	India	(1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2011
Ishant Sharma	India	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Dale Steyn	South Africa	(1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2011	Overseas.
Rusty Theron	South Africa	(1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Overseas.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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T20 uniform

Season overview

Main article: 2011 Indian Premier League

Home fans at Hyderabad cheering for the Deccan Chargers during the match against the Delhi Daredevils

Standings

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore (R)	14	9	4	1	19	0.326
2	B	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.443
3	A	Mumbai Indians (3)	14	9	5	0	18	0.040
4	B	Kolkata Knight Riders (4)	14	8	6	0	16	0.433
5	A	Kings XI Punjab	14	7	7	0	14	−0.051
6	B	Rajasthan Royals	14	6	7	1	13	−0.691
7	A	Deccan Chargers	14	6	8	0	12	0.222
8	B	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	14	6	8	0	12	−0.214
9	A	Pune Warriors India	14	4	9	1	9	−0.134
10	A	Delhi Daredevils	14	4	9	1	9	−0.448

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Note: Top four teams qualified for the playoffs.
The top three teams also qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 while the fourth team played in the qualifying stage.

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	H	H	A	A	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W

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

Fixtures

Main article: 2011 Indian Premier League § Fixtures

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

Group stage

9 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 137/8 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 141/2 (18.5 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
16:00 Round 1 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Siddharth Trivedi (Rajasthan Royals)
	Dwaraka Ravi Teja 28 (20) Siddharth Trivedi 3/15 (4 overs)		Johan Botha 67* (47) Dale Steyn 2/18 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

11 April	(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 163/4 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 154/8 (20 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 2 Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders)
	Jacques Kallis 53 (45) Amit Mishra 2/19 (4 overs)		Bharat Chipli 48 (40) Iqbal Abdullah 3/24 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

14 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 175/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 142/9 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 33 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 3 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan Chargers)
	Bharat Chipli 61* (35) Zaheer Khan 3/32 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 71 (51) Dale Steyn 3/24 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

16 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 165/8 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 166/2 (17.4 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 4 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab)
	Shikhar Dhawan 45 (36) Paul Valthaty 4/29 (4 overs)		Paul Valthaty 75 (47) Amit Mishra 2/28 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

19 April	Deccan Chargers 168/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 152/7 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 16 runs
16:00 Round 5 Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker (both Aus) Player of the match: Sunny Sohal (Deccan Chargers)
	Sunny Sohal 62 (41) Shahbaz Nadeem 1/24 (3 overs)		David Warner 51 (48) Harmeet Singh 2/27 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

24 April	Mumbai Indians 172/4 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 135/8 (20 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 37 runs
16:00 Round 6 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)
	Rohit Sharma 56* (34) Amit Mishra 2/14 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 34 (28) Lasith Malinga 3/9 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

27 April	Deccan Chargers 129/6 (20 overs)	v	Kochi Tuskers Kerala (H) 74 (16.3 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 55 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 7 Scorecard				Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Ishant Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
	Kumar Sangakkara 65 (47) Vinay Kumar 3/25 (4 overs)		Ravindra Jadeja 23 (35) Ishant Sharma 5/12 (3 overs)
Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and elected to field.

1 May	(H) Chennai Super Kings 165/5 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 146/8 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 19 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 8 Scorecard				M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Albie Morkel (Chennai Super Kings)
	Suresh Raina 59 (35) Pragyan Ojha 3/26 (4 overs)		Sunny Sohal 56 (30) Albie Morkel 3/38 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

3 May	Kolkata Knight Riders 169/4 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 149/6 (20 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 20 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 9 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
	Yusuf Pathan 47* (26) Amit Mishra 1/22 (3 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 54 (45) Rajat Bhatia 2/26 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

5 May	(H) Deccan Chargers 175/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 179/6 (19 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 10 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
	JP Duminy 55 (31) Ajit Agarkar 2/29 (4 overs)		Virender Sehwag 119 (56) Ishant Sharma 2/16 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

10 May	(H) Deccan Chargers 136/8 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 137/4 (18.2 overs)	Pune Warriors India won by 6 wickets
16:00 Round 11 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Pune Warriors India)
	Dwaraka Ravi Teja 30 (27) Mitchell Marsh 4/25 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 49 (42) Daniel Christian 2/21 (3 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

14 May	Deccan Chargers 135/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 125/8 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 10 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 12 Scorecard				Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Shavir Tarapore (Ind) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Deccan Chargers)
	Shikhar Dhawan 27* (18) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/26 (4 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 37 (42) Anand Rajan 3/27 (3 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

16 May	(H) Pune Warriors India 136/9 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 138/4 (19.2 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 13 Scorecard				DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Shavir Tarapore (Ind) and S. Ravi (both Ind) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Deccan Chargers)
	Mitchell Marsh 37 (28) Daniel Christian 2/13 (3 overs)		Sunny Sohal 34 (28) Rahul Sharma 2/25 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

21 May	Deccan Chargers 198/2 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 116 (19 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 82 runs
16:00 Round 14 Scorecard				HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Deccan Chargers)
	Shikhar Dhawan 95* (57) Paul Valthaty 1/24 (4 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 51 (37) Amit Mishra 4/9 (4 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Name	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco	Ct	St
Shikhar Dhawan	14	400	95*	33.33	129.03	1	1/7	11.00	5.50	6	–
Kumar Sangakkara	13	358	65	27.53	122.18	–	–	–	–	17	2
Ravi Teja Dwaraka	12	183	60	26.14	127.08	0	–	–	9.00	5	–
Cameron White	6	104	31*	26.00	95.41	–	–	–	–	2	–
Bharat Chipli	14	207	61*	25.87	121.76	0	–	–	20.00	1	–
Sunny Sohal	11	249	62	24.90	130.36	–	–	–	–	0	–
JP Duminy	10	205	55	20.50	117.81	4	1/3	35.75	7.94	2	–
Daniel Christian	14	190	30	17.27	119.49	11	2/13	31.81	7.66	7	–
Amit Mishra	14	68	25*	17.00	138.77	19	4/9	18.84	6.71	2	–
Ishank Jaggi	2	28	25	14.00	75.67	–	–	–	–	1	–
Dale Steyn	12	36	13	9.00	102.85	14	3/16	18.84	6.71	2	–
Manpreet Gony	3	0	0*	0.00	0.00	4	3/31	21.25	9.44	0	–
Michael Lumb	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	–	–	–	–	1	–
Ishan Malhotra	1	7	7*	–	175.00	0	–	–	23.00	0	–
Ishant Sharma	12	4	1*	–	80.00	11	5/12	28.54	7.13	3	–
Anand Rajan	2	–	–	–	–	3	3/27	16.66	10.00	2	–
Kedar Devdhar	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1
Harmeet Singh Bansal	2	–	–	–	–	3	2/27	17.66	7.57	0	–
Pragyan Ojha	10	–	–	–	–	10	3/26	26.70	7.24	2	–

Source: 2011 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo

Awards and achievements

Awards

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Venue	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	14 April 2011	Dale Steyn	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	Won by 33 runs	3/24 (4 overs)	[16]
2	19 April 2011	Sunny Sohal	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 16 runs	62 (41)	[17]
3	27 April 2011	Ishant Sharma	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	Won by 55 runs	5/12 (3 overs)	[18]
4	14 May 2011	Amit Mishra	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 10 runs	18* (6) & 1/18 (4 overs)	[19]
5	16 May 2011	Amit Mishra	Pune Warriors India	Navi Mumbai	Won by 6 wickets	2/26 (4 overs)	[20]
6	21 May 2011	Shikhar Dhawan	Kings XI Punjab	Dharmasala	Won By 82 runs	95* (57)	[4]

Achievements

• Ishant Sharma took the first-ever fifer for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.^[18] This is also the best bowling figures of the 2011 Indian Premier League (2011 IPL).^[21]
• Amit Mishra took the hat-trick for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kings XI Punjab.^[4] This is also the only hat-trick recorded in the 2011 IPL.^[22]