Deccan Chargers, a franchise that represents the city of pearls, Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League cricket season this year. This team is owned by Deccan Chronicle and the whole team is valued at $107 million, and was bought by Deccan on January 24, 2008.
Captained by V.V.S. Laxman, it is one of the high priced teams in the league. V.V.S. Laxman was named as the Icon Player of the team, but he opted out of that status, so that more money is bid for all the players of the team. Coach of the team is Robin Singh, a great all-rounder of his time. Players from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are present in the team. Deccan Chargers also include the greatest wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist in their team.
Following are the players taken into the Deccan chargers team, with their bidding price -
Andrew Symonds from Australia - US$ 1,350,000
Rudra Pratap Singh from India - US$ 875,000
Rohit Sharma from India - US$ 750,000
Adam Gilchrist from Australia - US$ 700,000
Shahid Afridi from Pakistan - US$ 675,000
Herschelle Gibbs from South Africa - US$ 575,000
V. V. S. Laxman (Captain) from India - US$ 375,000
Chaminda Vaas from Sri Lanka - US$ 200,000
Scott Styris from new Zealand - US$ 175,000
Nuwan Zoysa from Sri lanka - US$ 110,000
Chamara Silva from Sri Lanka - US$ 100,000
Apart from these International players, there are a few National level players taken into the team, like Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao, D Ravi Teja, Paidikalva Vijaykumar, Pragyan Ojha, M Sarveesh Kumar and Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna. Some of them are Under-22 cricket players for India.
Home ground of this team is “Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium” at Uppal, Hyderabad. J Krishnan is the CEO of the franchise.
Mascot for the team is a Charging bull, and the whole mascot represents 5 messages -
Charging bull shows strength, power and aggression. Red and gold bands are for Dominance and Victory.
Adam Gilchrist
He can open an innings and dampen the hopes of the opponents at the very start of the day or he can come like a messiah towards the end of the same and ruin the expectations of the rivals hoping to run away with the game. He is one the best in his game, and [...]
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