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.
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.
Player acquisition
The Deccan Chargers retained none of the players from the previous season. 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.
Players retained: None
Players released: 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: 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. Year signed denotes the season the player first signed for the team NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen 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 Ishank Jaggi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Michael Lumb Left-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Overseas. Chris Lynn Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2011 Overseas. Kevin Pietersen Right-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Overseas. Ruled out of season due to surgery. Jaydev Shah Left-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Sunny Sohal Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 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. Ashish Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Wicket-keepers Kedar Devdhar Right-handed 2011 Kumar Sangakkara Left-handed Right-arm off break 2011 Overseas and Captain. Bowlers Harmeet Singh Bansal Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2009 Akash Bhandari Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Manpreet Gony Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Ishan Malhotra Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2011 Amit Mishra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2011 Pragyan Ojha Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2008 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 Dale Steyn Right-handed Right-arm fast 2011 Overseas. 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: 2011 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No.DatePlayerOpponentVenueResultContributionRef. 1 Dale Steyn Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad Won by 33 runs 3/24 (4 overs) 2 Sunny Sohal Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 16 runs 62 (41) 3 Ishant Sharma Kochi Tuskers Kerala Kochi Won by 55 runs 5/12 (3 overs) 4 Amit Mishra Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 10 runs 18* (6) & 1/18 (4 overs) 5 Amit Mishra Pune Warriors India Navi Mumbai Won by 6 wickets 2/26 (4 overs) 6 Shikhar Dhawan Kings XI Punjab Dharmasala Won By 82 runs 95* (57)
Achievements Ishant Sharma took the first-ever fifer for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala. This is also the best bowling figures of the 2011 Indian Premier League (2011 IPL). Amit Mishra took the hat-trick for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kings XI Punjab. This is also the only hat-trick recorded in the 2011 IPL.
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