Deccan Chargers

The team called Deccan Chargers is one of the teams which played in the Indian Premier League, and is a franchise based in the city of Hyderabad . The captain of the team is V. V. S. Laxman, and the coach of the team is Robin Singh. Robin Singh is also coaches the India cricket team in the fielding area. There is no player in the team who is known as an Icon Player. The owner of the Deccan Chargers is the Deccan Chronicle, and this media group bought the franchise rights for an amount of one hundred and seven million U.S dollars on January 24 in the year 2008. A twenty percent stake was later picked by Group M.

The team was one of the favorites to be the winner of the Indian Premier League, but it did not even reach the semi finals. The most expensive player of the Deccan Chargers, Andrew Symonds was only able to bat for three matches and then had to leave to play for the Australian cricket team. The captain was also only able to play six matches before he was injured. Of all the matches the team played, it was only able to win two.

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