| Club: | Deccan Chargers |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Coach: | Darren Lehmann |
| Captain: | Kumar Sangakkara Cameron White[1] |
| Ground: | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (Capacity: 55,000)[2] |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | Group Stage (8th) |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 (Sunrisers Hyderabad) |
| Most Runs: | Shikhar Dhawan (569) |
| Most Wickets: | Dale Steyn (18) |
| Most Catches: | JP Duminy (6) Daniel Christian (6) |
| Most Dismissals: | Kumar Sangakkara (9) |
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.
See 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:[5] [6] [7] Harmeet Singh Bansal, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen
Players acquired by trade: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Players added in the auction:[8] Darren Bravo, Daniel Harris, Parthiv Patel
Uncapped players acquired:[9] [10] 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:[3] [11] Darren Bravo, Ishant Sharma
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||
| Darren Bravo | April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2012 | Overseas. | |||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| Shikhar Dhawan | April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2011 | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2008 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | Overseas. | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Overseas. | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | Registered as an uncapped Indian player. | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2012 | |||||
| Cameron White | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Overseas and Vice-captain. | |||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2008 | |||||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| Daniel Christian | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Overseas. | |||
| JP Duminy | April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2011 | Overseas. | |||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2010 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| Parthiv Patel | April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2012 | ||||
| Kumar Sangakkara | April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2011 | Overseas and Captain. | |||
| Bowlers | |||||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| Manpreet Gony | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | ||||
| Amit Mishra | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | |||||
| April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2011 | |||||
| Ishant Sharma | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Ruled out of IPL due to ankle surgery. | |||
| April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2012 | |||||
| Dale Steyn | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Overseas. | |||
| April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2012 | Suspended owing to the corruption allegations.[13] | ||||
| April 4, 2012 | Left-handed | 2012 | |||||
| Rusty Theron | April 4, 2012 | Right-handed | 2011 | Overseas. | |||
See main article: 2012 Indian Premier League.
All times are in Indian Standard Time
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 18 runs | 78 (46) | [18] | |||||
| 2 | Lost by 5 wickets | 3 (5) & 2/10 (4 overs) | [19] | |||||
| 3 | Pune Warriors India | Won by 13 runs | 82 (52) | [20] | ||||
| 4 | Dale Steyn | Won by 5 wickets | 2/16 (4 overs) | [21] | ||||
| 5 | Dale Steyn | Hyderabad | Won by 9 runs | 3/8 (4 overs) | [22] |
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.[26] 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.[27] 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.[27] Later on 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms.[28] The Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012.[29] The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.[30]