Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers is the franchise that will represent the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by V.V.S. Laxman and coached by Robin Singh, presently the fielding coach of the Indian cricket team. There is no Icon Player for the team.

The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by Deccan Chronicle. The media group acquired the franchise from IPL for $107 million on January 24, 2008. Group M later picked a 20% stake.
Players

The Chargers were among the most aggressive bidders during the first Indian Premier League player auction. The franchise added a lot of explosive power in batting by acquiring some renowned big hitters like Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Scott Styris and Herschelle Gibbs. In addition to all these players, the franchise also includes the Indian test player V.V.S. Laxman, who is a Hyderabad local. They are also employing the services of well-known pacers R.P. Singh, Nuwan Zoysa and Chaminda Vaas. It's been announced by the franchise that Laxman will captain the side during the tournament.

V.V.S. Laxman was supposed to be the Icon Player for the Deccan Chargers, but this meant that the players mentioned above could not be bought as Icon Player's earn 15% more than the next highest earner in the team. However, VVS Laxman relinquished his Icon Player Status, and instead of earning $1 million like other Icon players he earns $375,000, which allows the team to buy the big names and still remain under the salary cap.

Batsmen

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V. V. S. Laxman (Captain) - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Rohit Sharma - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Herschelle Gibbs - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman
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Venugopal Rao - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Chamara Silva - Sri Lanka - Right-handed Batsman
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Arjun Yadav - India - Right-handed Batsman
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Paidikalva Vijaykumar - India - Right-handed Batsman
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D Ravi Teja - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

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Adam Gilchrist - Australia - Left-handed Batsman/Right-handed Wicket keeper
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Halahar Das - India - Right-handed Batsman /Left-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

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Andrew Symonds - Australia - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm Medium/ Off-break
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Shahid Afridi - Pakistan - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm Medium/ Leg-break
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Scott Styris - New Zealand - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium
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Sanjay Bangar - India - Right-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium

Bowlers

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Rudra Pratap Singh - India - Left-arm fast-medium
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Chaminda Vaas - Sri Lanka - Left-arm fast-medium
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Nuwan Zoysa - Sri Lanka - Left-arm fast-medium
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Pragyan Ojha - India - Left-arm orthodox spin
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D Kalyan Krishna 20 - India - Right-arm medium
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M Sarveesh Kumar - India - Right-arm medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

Front Office:

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Owner - Deccan Chronicle
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CEO - J Krishnan
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President - J Krishnan
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Manager - [[Vijay Mohan Raj]

Coaches:

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Head Coach - Robin Singh
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Assistant Head Coach - Kanwaljit Singh
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Team Manager - Shishir Hattangadi