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.
Franchise History
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 percent stake in Hyderabad IPL team.
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.
News
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When Deccan Chargers charge, they create Havoc
Hyderabad, India - March 18, 2008
The Deccan Chargers entered the cricketing arena with a war cry on Tuesday as their jubilant captain, V.V.S. Laxman, said that quality cricket is great entertainment in itself and does not need any Bollywood star to promote it. The skipper's comment was given added impetus by the thunderous drumming which accompanied the colourful launch of Deccan Chargers, the the Deccan Chronicle IPL team for Hyderabad, at Novotel in Hitex on Tuesday evening.
Who became Millionaire? Check it out.
Mumbai, India - Feb 20, 2008
Check it out who hit the Jack pot and who are left out. Top - M.S.Dhoni - $1.50 million, Lowest Chamara Silva - $1,00,000 for six week job.
Indian Premier League Players Auction Result
Mumbai, India - Feb 20, 2008
The Chennai Super Kings (India Cement) paid the highest amount for Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the first round. Dhoni was bought for Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million). Andrew Symonds became the second highest was bought by Hyderabad for
$1.35 million.
Deccan Chronicle, Mukesh Ambani, Shahrukh, Vijay Mallya win bids for teams in Indian Premier League
Mumbai, India - Jan 24, 2008
Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan and industrialist Mukesh Ambani won bids on Thursday to own teams in the star-studdded Twenty20 Indian Premier League,organisers said. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, film actress Preity Zinta and four companies also earned the right
to own franchises for the DLF Indian Premier League to be played across India in April-May.
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