2012 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 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.^[1]

Deccan Chargers

2012 season
Coach	Darren Lehmann
Captain	Kumar Sangakkara Cameron White[nb 1][1]
Ground(s)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000)[nb 2]
IPL	Group Stage (8th)
Most runs	Shikhar Dhawan (569)
Most wickets	Dale Steyn (18)
Most catches	JP Duminy (6) Daniel Christian (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Kumar Sangakkara (9)
← 2011 2013 (Sunrisers Hyderabad) →

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.^[2][3] On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Deccan Chargers for breaching contract terms and put the Hyderabad franchise on auction.^[4] The bid was won by the Sun TV Network and the team was renamed as the Sunrisers Hyderabad.^[5][6]

Player acquisition

Main article: List of 2012 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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:^[7][8][9] Harmeet Singh Bansal, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen

Players acquired by trade:^[10] Abhishek Jhunjhunwala

Players added in the auction:^[11] Darren Bravo, Daniel Harris, Parthiv Patel

Uncapped players acquired:^[10][12] 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:^[1][13] Darren Bravo, Ishant Sharma

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.^[14]
• Year signed Year is the season the player first signed for the team

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
Darren Bravo	West Indies	(1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012	Overseas.[1]
Bharat Chipli	India	(1983-01-27)27 January 1983 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Shikhar Dhawan	India	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011
Ravi Teja Dwaraka	India	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2008
Daniel Harris	Australia	(1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012	Overseas.
Ishank Jaggi	India	(1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	India	(1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2012
Chris Lynn	Australia	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2011	Overseas.
Tanmay Mishra	India	(1986-12-22)22 December 1986 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012	Registered as an uncapped Indian player.[12]
Akshath Reddy	India	(1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2012
Sunny Sohal	India	(1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Tanmay Srivastava	India	(1989-11-07)7 November 1989 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012
Cameron White	Australia	(1983-08-18)18 August 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011	Overseas and Vice-captain.
Arjun Yadav	India	(1981-12-23)23 December 1981 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2008
All-rounders
Daniel Christian	Australia	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Overseas.
JP Duminy	South Africa	(1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011	Overseas.
Syed Quadri	India	(1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2012
Ashish Reddy	India	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2010
Biplab Samantray	India	(1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012
Wicket-keepers
Kedar Devdhar	India	(1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 22)	Right-handed		2011
Parthiv Patel	India	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 27)	Left-handed		2012
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	(1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2011	Overseas and Captain.
Bowlers
Akash Bhandari	India	(1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Sneha Kishore Chikkam	India	(1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2012
Manpreet Gony	India	(1984-01-04)4 January 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Amit Mishra	India	(1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2011
Anand Rajan	India	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011
Ankit Sharma	India	(1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2011
Ishant Sharma	India	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Ruled out of IPL due to ankle surgery.[13]
Veer Pratap Singh	India	(1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2012
Dale Steyn	South Africa	(1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2011	Overseas.
Sudhindra Taduri	India	(1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2012	Suspended owing to the corruption allegations.[15]
Atchuta Rao Tekkami	India	(1986-08-21)21 August 1986 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium fast	2012
Rusty Theron	South Africa	(1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2011	Overseas.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit Manufacturers Shirt Sponsor (Chest) Shirt Sponsor (Back) Chest Branding Puma Fly Emirates Jaypee Cements McDowell's No.1 Source :[16][17][18][19]

T20 uniform

Season overview

Main article: 2012 Indian Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils (3rd)	16	11	5	0	22	0.617
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	16	10	5	1	21	0.561
3	Mumbai Indians (4th)	16	10	6	0	20	−0.100
4	Chennai Super Kings (RU)	16	8	7	1	17	0.100
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	8	7	1	17	−0.022
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	−0.216
7	Rajasthan Royals	16	7	9	0	14	0.201
8	Deccan Chargers	16	4	11	1	9	−0.509
9	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−0.551

Source: ^[20]

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
• C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W

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

Fixtures

Main article: 2012 Indian Premier League § Fixtures

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

Group stage

7 April	Chennai Super Kings 193/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 119 (17.1 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 74 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 1 Scorecard				ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
	Ravindra Jadeja 48 (29) Dale Steyn 2/25 (4 overs)		Cameron White 23 (16) Ravindra Jadeja 5/16 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

9 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 138/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 142/5 (20 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 2 Scorecard				ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
	Shikhar Dhawan 41 (24) Munaf Patel 4/20 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 73* (50) Dale Steyn 3/12 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

17 April	Deccan Chargers 196/2 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 197/5 (19.4 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Round 3 Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Rajasthan Royals)
	JP Duminy 58* (26) Amit Mishra 3/32 (4 overs)		Brad Hodge 48* (21) Siddharth Trivedi 1/27 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

19 April	Deccan Chargers 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 162/5 (19.1 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Round 4 Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Delhi Daredevils)
	Parthiv Patel 45 (27) Morné Morkel 3/23 (4 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 103* (64) Dale Steyn 2/19 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

22 April	(H) Deccan Chargers 126/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 127/5 (19 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 5 Scorecard				Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Player of the match: Brett Lee (Kolkata Knight Riders)
	Shikhar Dhawan 50 (50) Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/22 (4 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 30* (28) Dale Steyn 2/24 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field. The match had a delayed start, but was not shortened.[21]

24 April	(H) Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Deccan Chargers	Match abandoned
20:00 (D/N) Round 6 Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match abandoned without a toss due to rain.

26 April	Deccan Chargers 177/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 159/7 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 18 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 7 Scorecard				Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Player of the match: Cameron White (Deccan Chargers)
	Cameron White 78 (46) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/34 (4 overs)		Robin Uthappa 29 (27) Ashish Reddy 2/32 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

29 April	Deccan Chargers 100 (18.4 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 101/5 (18.1 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 8 Scorecard				Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan Chargers)
	Shikhar Dhawan 29 (32) Lasith Malinga 4/16 (3.4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 42 (48) Dale Steyn 2/10 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

1 May	(H) Deccan Chargers 186/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 173/5 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs
16:00 (D/N) Round 9 Scorecard				Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan Chargers)
	Kumar Sangakkara 82 (52) Wayne Parnell 1/25 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 47* (27) Ankit Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

4 May	(H) Chennai Super Kings 160/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 150/5 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 10 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 10 Scorecard				M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)
	Francois du Plessis 42 (35) Veer Pratap Singh 2/35 (3 overs)		Cameron White 77 (53) Suresh Raina 1/5 (1 over)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May	Deccan Chargers 181/2 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 185/5 (18.5 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 11 Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
	Shikhar Dhawan 73* (52) Prasanth Parameswaran 1/45 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 71 (54) Amit Mishra 2/28 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

8 May	Kings XI Punjab 170/5 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 145/8 (20 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 25 runs
20:00 (D/N) Round 12 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
	Mandeep Singh 75 (48) Ashish Reddy 2/39 (4 overs)		Daniel Harris 30 (29) David Hussey 2/2 (1 over)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

10 May	(H) Deccan Chargers 187/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 193/1 (16.4 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Round 13 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Player of the match: David Warner (Delhi Daredevils)
	Shikhar Dhawan 84 (49) Varun Aaron 2/30 (4 overs)		David Warner 109* (54) Shikhar Dhawan 1/27 (2 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

13 May	Deccan Chargers 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 194/6 (20 overs)	Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 14 Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Player of the match: David Hussey (Kings XI Punjab)
	Shikhar Dhawan 71 (50) Azhar Mahmood 2/39 (4 overs)		David Hussey 65* (35) Dale Steyn 2/26 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

18 May	Rajasthan Royals 126/8 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 128/5 (18.4 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Round 15 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan Chargers)
	Akshath Reddy 42 (35) Siddharth Trivedi 2/20 (4 overs)		Rahul Dravid 39 (36) Dale Steyn 2/16 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

20 May	(H) Deccan Chargers 132/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 123/9 (20 overs)	Deccan Chargers won by 9 runs
16:00 (D/N) Round 16 Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan Chargers)
	JP Duminy 74 (53) Vinay Kumar 3/22 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 42 (40) Dale Steyn 3/8 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Name	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco	Ct	St
JP Duminy	9	244	74	81.33	128.42	1	1/8	104.00	8.66	6	–
Cameron White	13	479	78	43.54	149.68	0	–	–	9.00	3	–
Shikhar Dhawan	15	569	84	40.64	129.61	3	1/8	18.33	9.16	5	–
Daniel Christian	7	145	39	29.00	122.88	8	2/26	29.12	8.62	6	–
Daniel Harris	4	111	47	27.75	109.90	0	–	–	8.66	2	–
Akshath Reddy	5	73	42	24.33	123.72	–	–	–	–	0	–
Kumar Sangakkara	12	200	82	18.18	108.69	–	–	–	–	9	0
Parthiv Patel	14	194	45	17.63	117.57	–	–	–	–	5	1
Bharat Chipli	5	37	25*	12.33	105.71	–	–	–	–	1	–
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	5	24	19	12.00	92.30	1	1/13	38.00	6.33	2	–
Ashish Reddy	9	35	10*	8.75	120.68	11	3/25	21.54	8.72	0	–
Ishank Jaggi	3	15	10*	7.50	71.42	–	–	–	–	1	–
Ankit Sharma	9	18	15	6.00	138.46	4	1/9	41.25	6.82	0	–
Chris Lynn	1	6	6	6.00	66.66	–	–	–	–	1	–
Amit Mishra	14	16	8*	5.33	80.00	13	3/32	29.00	8.02	1	–
Manpreet Gony	6	4	4	4.00	50.00	3	1/26	69.00	8.62	1	–
Dale Steyn	12	19	7	3.80	90.47	18	3/8	15.83	6.10	4	–
Ravi Teja Dwaraka	2	4	4	2.00	100.00	–	–	–	–	0	–
Veer Pratap Singh	9	0	0	0.00	0.00	10	2/31	29.60	8.70	0	–
Rusty Theron	2	7	7*	–	116.66	2	2/37	33.00	8.25	0	–
Biplab Samantray	1	2	2*	–	100.00	–	–	–	–	0	–
Sudhindra Taduri	3	0	0*	–	–	1	1/46	136.00	11.65	0	–
Anand Rajan	4	–	–	–	–	3	1/11	36.33	9.21	0	–
Tanmay Mishra	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

Source: 2012 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo

Awards and achievements

Awards

Man of the Match

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Venue	Result	Contribution	Ref
1	26 April 2012	Cameron White	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won by 18 runs	78 (46)	[22]
2	29 April 2012	Dale Steyn	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 5 wickets	3 (5) & 2/10 (4 overs)	[23]
3	1 May 2012	Kumar Sangakkara	Pune Warriors India	Cuttack	Won by 13 runs	82 (52)	[24]
4	18 May 2012	Dale Steyn	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	Won by 5 wickets	2/16 (4 overs)	[25]
5	20 May 2012	Dale Steyn	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	Won by 9 runs	3/8 (4 overs)	[3]

Achievements

• Best batting average in the 2012 IPL : JP Duminy (81.33)^[26]
• Most maiden overs bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (2)^[27]
• Fastest ball bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (154.40 km/h)^[28]

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.^[29] 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.^[30] 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.^[30] Later on 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms.^[4] The Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012.^[5] The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.^[6]