Deccan Chargers
Deccan Chargers is the Indian Premier League team representing the Indian city of Hyderabad. The team was bought at auction by the Deccan Chronicle – a popular English language newspaper – at a cost of $107 million.
2008 Results
For the 2008 Indian Premier League competition, the Deccan Chargers played 14 games between 20 April and 27 May. The results were as follows (Deccan victories are highlighted):
DATE |
OPPOSITION |
WINNER |
MARGIN |
20 April |
Kolkata |
Kolkata |
5 wickets |
22 April |
Delhi DareDevils |
Delhi |
9 wickets |
24 April |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan |
3 wickets |
27 April |
Mumbai Indians |
Deccan |
10 wickets |
01 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kings XI |
7 wickets |
03 May |
Bangalore Challengers |
Bangalore |
3 runs |
06 May |
Chennai Super Kings |
Deccan |
7 wickets |
09 May |
Rajasthan Royals |
Rajasthan |
8 wickets |
11 May |
Kolkata |
Kolkata |
23 runs |
15 May |
Delhi DareDevils |
Delhi |
12 runs |
18 May |
Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai |
25 runs |
23 May |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kings XI |
6 wickets |
25 May |
Bangalore Challengers |
Bangalore |
5 wickets |
27 May |
Chennai Super Kings |
Chennai |
7 wickets |
Deccan Chargers Squad
Shahid Afridi
Halhadar Das
Herschelle Gibbs
Adam Gilchrist
D Kalyan Krishna
N Sarveesh Kumar
P Vijay Kumar
Vangipurappu Laxman – Captain
Pragyan Ojha
Venugopal Rao
Rohit Sharma
Chamara Silva
Rudra Pratap Singh
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
D Ravi Teja
Chaminda Vaas
Arjun Yadav
Nuwan Zoysa
