Deccan Chargers

NRI to buy Deccan Chargers

IPL’s Deccan Chargers team will be sold to NRI businessman Vikas Rambal.
Sources have said that Rambal has offered $250 million to buy 80 per cent stake in Deccan Chargers. He already owns the Warriors team from Australian Domestic Pura Cup.
Consultancy firm KPMG is facilitating the sale of 80 per cent stake in the IPL team.
The […]

Deccan Chargers up for sale

Barely a month after Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals decided to go public, owners of the struggling Deccan Charges team - Deccan Chronicle Holdings and M Group - have decided to put the franchisee on sale.
A top source close to the owners revealed to TOI of the development saying, “Deccan Chargers is up […]

I never demanded Laxman’s dismissal: Afridi

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to clarify that he never demanded removal of Deccan Chargers’ captain VVS Laxman and claimed his remarks that the Indian was not suitable for Twenty20 version was quoted out of context in the media.
“Tim Wright, the new Chief Executive of the Deccan Chargers team, spoke to me about […]

Gilchrist made Deccan Chargers captain

VS Laxman’s tenure as the captain of the Indian Premier League side Hyderabad Deccan Chargers came to an abrupt end on Monday as the team announced that Adam Gilchrist would be doing the job from now.
According to an official release, Deccan Chargers have appointed Gilchrist team captain with immediate effect.
“Adam Gilchrist commands respect within the […]

Deccan Chargers to probe spat

The management of the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers has decided to investigate the clash between skipper VVS Laxman and mercurial Pakistani player Shahid Afridi.
According to a release from Deccan Chargers Chief Executive Tim Wright from Hyderabad, “following remarks which have appeared in the news media this week attributed to Shahid Afridi and the response to those […]

Laxman lacks aggression: Afridi

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of VVS Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacks aggression.
The flamboyant all-rounder started a war of words with Laxman with his unflattering remarks that the Indian lacked both aggression and leadership qualities. Afridi also felt that Adam Gilchrist would have […]

Deccan Chargers to make wholesale changes

Deccan Chargers are making significant changes to their top management in an effort to reverse their fortunes. The most expensive team in the IPL finished last in the eight team competition.
Shishir Hattangadi, the head of cricket, and manager Vijay Mohan Raj won’t be continuing in the second season. Tim Wright, a senior vice-president with IMG, […]

Symonds shouldn’t quit ‘cos of IPL: Watson

Shane Watson hopes that Andrew Symonds comes back to international cricket after his rehabilitation.
Andrew Symonds was chucked out of the team after he went fishing instead of attending a team meeting ahead of Australia’s first ODI againt Bangladesh. Due to the disciplinary action, he might not be able to tour India later this year.
And […]

Afridi has no team ethics: Laxman

Deccan Chargers skipper VVS Laxman has hit back at Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who blamed his captaincy for the team’s failure in the Indian Premier League.
Afridi’s outburst prompted an angry reaction from Laxman, who said: “Afridi has no team ethics. He should know it was a collective failure because he was part of the […]

Gilchrist should lead Deccan Chargers, not VVS

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi feels Adam Gilchrist would make a better skipper for the Deccan Chargers team in the next IPL season as VVS Laxman, who led the team in the inaugural edition, lacks leadership qualities required for the fast paced T20 cricket. Come to think of it, he has a point.
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers was […]

Chennai in driver’s seat

Chennai Super Kings are in pole position to book a seat in the semi-final line up tonight. Dhoni’s boys take on the Deccan Chargers.

Their fate is in their own hands now, as their nearest rivals Mumbai Indians crashed to a five wicket loss last night to Rajasthan Royals sending Delhi DareDevils into the semis. […]

Deccan Chargers search for win

The Deccan Chargers take on the Kings XI Punjab today at Mohali, in what is supposed to be only a match involving pride. Of course there will be two points up for grabs but they won’t mean much, as the Punjab team has already qualified for the semi-finals while the Hyderabad team has no hopes […]

Mumbai Indians win 6 in a row

The Mumbai Indians continued their splendid showing in the IPL by becoming the first team to win six matches in a row. This is an amazing turnaround to a poor start to the tournament, whence they lost four consecutive matches. But since then, a lot has changed and now they sit pretty amongst the top […]

Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians will visit Hyderabad today in what is a very important match for them in their bid for a semi-final berth.

They are on a roll having won their last 5 matches and have been bolstered by the return of the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as their captain. Sanath Jayasuriya has been in murderous […]

Mishra spins Delhi to victory

The relatively unknown leg-spinner Amit Mishra took only the second hat-trick in the IPL so far, as Delhi DareDevils beat the Deccan Chargers by a mere 12 runs.

Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put the opposition in to bat, who didn’t get off to the best starts as they lost Sehwag for nought. However, like […]

DareDevils eye semi-final berth

The Delhi DareDevils will look to get their IPL challenge back on track after three successive losses, which have lost them important momentum going into the final phase of the league.

With five matches to go, the DareDevils will need to go on a roll and win atleast 3-4 matches to make it to the top […]

Laxman out of IPL

Deccan Chargers were dealt another blow to their already sagging IPL hopes as their unofficial icon and captain VVS Laxman was ruled out of the remaining matches of the tournament.

Laxman has a hairline fracture just below his right wrist and has already missed the last two matches due to the same reason. Now the injury […]

Knight Riders strike, DCs fall again

The Deccan Chargers lost to Kolkata Knight Riders again by 23 runs at Hyderabad. Earlier, the Knight Riders had defeated them at home. It was hard to believe that the Knight Riders had a lot of support even in Hyderabad.
The Hyderabad team finished on 181 for seven after being reduced to 63 for four in […]

Deccan Chargers take on Knight Riders

In a match that could have immense consequence for the fate of the two teams, the Deccan Chargers will take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in the return leg of their encounter in the IPl, at Hyderabad.

The Deccan Chargers have been dismal so far in the tournament, winning only two of their eight […]

Rajasthan fully charged, Deccans need a charger

Two words for this match ‘Yusuf Pathan’ who scored a smashing 68 of just 37 balls giving the Hyderabadis vistually no chance in this game.
Gilchrist was the only sparkle in the Deccan Chargers innings, will slight support from Gibbs and Styris. However, the DCs failed to capitalise on the good start and fell like a […]