# 2012 Deccan Chargers season

The Deccan Chargers (DC) were a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India, that competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league in India. They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 Indian Premier League, making their fifth appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Kumar Sangakkara and coached by Darren Lehmann.
The Deccan Chargers started their campaign by losing their opening fixture of the IPL on 7 April against the Chennai Super Kings and failed to qualify for playoffs finishing eighth in the group stage. On 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Deccan Chargers for breaching contract terms and put the Hyderabad franchise on auction. The bid was won by the Sun TV Network and the team was renamed as the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

## Player acquisition

Players retained: Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Devdhar, JP Duminy, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Manpreet Gony, Ishank Jaggi, Chris Lynn, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Kumar Sangakkara, Ankit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav
Players released: Michael Lumb, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah
Players traded away: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen
Players acquired by trade: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Players added in the auction: Darren Bravo, Daniel Harris, Parthiv Patel
Uncapped players acquired: Sneha Kishore Chikkam, Tanmay Mishra, Syed Quadri, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Veer Pratap Singh, Tanmay Srivastava, Sudhindra Taduri, Atchuta Rao Tekkami
Players who withdrew from the competition: Darren Bravo, Ishant Sharma

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Year signed Year is the season the player first signed for the team
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Darren Bravo | West Indies | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | Overseas. |
| Bharat Chipli | India | (1983-01-27)27 January 1983 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2011 | |
| Ravi Teja Dwaraka | India | (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2008 | |
| Daniel Harris | Australia | (1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | Overseas. |
| Ishank Jaggi | India | (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2011 | |
| Abhishek Jhunjhunwala | India | (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | |
| Chris Lynn | Australia | (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2011 | Overseas. |
| Tanmay Mishra | India | (1986-12-22)22 December 1986 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | Registered as an uncapped Indian player. |
| Akshath Reddy | India | (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2012 | |
| Sunny Sohal | India | (1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2011 | |
| Tanmay Srivastava | India | (1989-11-07)7 November 1989 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | |
| Cameron White | Australia | (1983-08-18)18 August 1983 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2011 | Overseas and Vice-captain. |
| Arjun Yadav | India | (1981-12-23)23 December 1981 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2008 | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| Daniel Christian | Australia | (1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | Overseas. |
| JP Duminy | South Africa | (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2011 | Overseas. |
| Syed Quadri | India | (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | |
| Ashish Reddy | India | (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2010 | |
| Biplab Samantray | India | (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Kedar Devdhar | India | (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 22) | Right-handed | | 2011 | |
| Parthiv Patel | India | (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 27) | Left-handed | | 2012 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2011 | Overseas and Captain. |
| Bowlers |||||||
| Akash Bhandari | India | (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2011 | |
| Sneha Kishore Chikkam | India | (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2012 | |
| Manpreet Gony | India | (1984-01-04)4 January 1984 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | |
| Amit Mishra | India | (1982-11-24)24 November 1982 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2011 | |
| Anand Rajan | India | (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | |
| Ankit Sharma | India | (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2011 | |
| Ishant Sharma | India | (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | Ruled out of IPL due to ankle surgery. |
| Veer Pratap Singh | India | (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2012 | |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2011 | Overseas. |
| Sudhindra Taduri | India | (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 2012 | Suspended owing to the corruption allegations. |
| Atchuta Rao Tekkami | India | (1986-08-21)21 August 1986 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2012 | |
| Rusty Theron | South Africa | (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2011 | Overseas. |

## Kit manufacturers and sponsors

| Kit Manufacturers | Shirt Sponsor (Chest) | Shirt Sponsor (Back) | Chest Branding |
| Puma | Fly Emirates | Jaypee Cements | McDowell's No.1 |
| Source : ||||
* T20 uniform

## Season overview
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Delhi Daredevils (3rd) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0.617 |
| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders (C) | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0.561 |
| 3 | Mumbai Indians (4th) | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | −0.100 |
| 4 | Chennai Super Kings (RU) | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0.100 |
| 5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | −0.022 |
| 6 | Kings XI Punjab | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | −0.216 |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0.201 |
| 8 | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | −0.509 |
| 9 | Pune Warriors India | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | −0.551 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W |

## Fixtures

    All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

### Group stage
## Statistics

| Name | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Eco | Ct | St |
| JP Duminy | 9 | 244 | 74 | 81.33 | 128.42 | 1 | 1/8 | 104.00 | 8.66 | 6 | – |
| Cameron White | 13 | 479 | 78 | 43.54 | 149.68 | 0 | – | – | 9.00 | 3 | – |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 15 | 569 | 84 | 40.64 | 129.61 | 3 | 1/8 | 18.33 | 9.16 | 5 | – |
| Daniel Christian | 7 | 145 | 39 | 29.00 | 122.88 | 8 | 2/26 | 29.12 | 8.62 | 6 | – |
| Daniel Harris | 4 | 111 | 47 | 27.75 | 109.90 | 0 | – | – | 8.66 | 2 | – |
| Akshath Reddy | 5 | 73 | 42 | 24.33 | 123.72 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 12 | 200 | 82 | 18.18 | 108.69 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| Parthiv Patel | 14 | 194 | 45 | 17.63 | 117.57 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| Bharat Chipli | 5 | 37 | 25* | 12.33 | 105.71 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Abhishek Jhunjhunwala | 5 | 24 | 19 | 12.00 | 92.30 | 1 | 1/13 | 38.00 | 6.33 | 2 | – |
| Ashish Reddy | 9 | 35 | 10* | 8.75 | 120.68 | 11 | 3/25 | 21.54 | 8.72 | 0 | – |
| Ishank Jaggi | 3 | 15 | 10* | 7.50 | 71.42 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Ankit Sharma | 9 | 18 | 15 | 6.00 | 138.46 | 4 | 1/9 | 41.25 | 6.82 | 0 | – |
| Chris Lynn | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 66.66 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Amit Mishra | 14 | 16 | 8* | 5.33 | 80.00 | 13 | 3/32 | 29.00 | 8.02 | 1 | – |
| Manpreet Gony | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 50.00 | 3 | 1/26 | 69.00 | 8.62 | 1 | – |
| Dale Steyn | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3.80 | 90.47 | 18 | 3/8 | 15.83 | 6.10 | 4 | – |
| Ravi Teja Dwaraka | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 100.00 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Veer Pratap Singh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 2/31 | 29.60 | 8.70 | 0 | – |
| Rusty Theron | 2 | 7 | 7* | – | 116.66 | 2 | 2/37 | 33.00 | 8.25 | 0 | – |
| Biplab Samantray | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.00 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Sudhindra Taduri | 3 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 1 | 1/46 | 136.00 | 11.65 | 0 | – |
| Anand Rajan | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1/11 | 36.33 | 9.21 | 0 | – |
| Tanmay Mishra | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Source: 2012 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo

## Awards and achievements
### Awards
#### Man of the Match

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 26 April 2012 | Cameron White | Pune Warriors India | Pune | Won by 18 runs | 78 (46) |
| 2 | 29 April 2012 | Dale Steyn | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Lost by 5 wickets | 3 (5) & 2/10 (4 overs) |
| 3 | 1 May 2012 | Kumar Sangakkara | Pune Warriors India | Cuttack | Won by 13 runs | 82 (52) |
| 4 | 18 May 2012 | Dale Steyn | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | Won by 5 wickets | 2/16 (4 overs) |
| 5 | 20 May 2012 | Dale Steyn | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 9 runs | 3/8 (4 overs) |

### Achievements

* Best batting average in the 2012 IPL : JP Duminy (81.33)
* Most maiden overs bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (2)
* Fastest ball bowled in the 2012 IPL : Dale Steyn (154.40 km/h)

## Termination

Due to financial problems Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, the team owner of Deccan Chargers announced a sale of their team by auction. The sale, announced in a newspaper advertisement on Thursday, was to be through a bidding process that was to be completed on 13 September, with the winning bid to be announced on the same day. However the auction for the franchise on 13 September 2012 ended with no results as the team's owners rejecting the sole bid they received from PVP Ventures. It was reported that Deccan Chargers owner rejected the bid by PVP ventures as DCHL's bankers were not happy with PVP's plan to divide the bid amount in two parts over the next ten years. Later on 14 September 2012, the IPL governing council terminated the Chargers for breaching contract terms. The Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise, the BCCI confirmed on 25 October 2012. The new team was named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.