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 eight teams that competed in the 2010 Indian Premier League, making their third appearance in all IPL tournaments. The team was captained by Adam Gilchrist and coached by Darren Lehmann with Kanwaljit Singh and Mike Young as assistant coaches.
They began their season by losing their opening fixture of the IPL on 12 March against the Kolkata Knight Riders but five consecutive wins at the end of the group stage helped them to qualify for the semi-finals. They lost to Chennai Super Kings by 38 runs in the semi-final and to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets in the third-place playoff to finish the tournament at fourth and failed to qualify for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Player acquisition
Players retained: Azhar Bilakhia, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Herschelle Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Jaskaran Singh, R. P. Singh, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Symonds, Suman Tirumalasetti, V. V. S. Laxman, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao Yalaka
Players released: Shoaib Ahmed, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Manvinder Bisla, Halhadar Das, Kalyankrishna Doddapaneni, Fidel Edwards, Abhinav Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar, Vijaykumar Paidikalva, Chamara Silva, Scott Styris, Nuwan Zoysa
Players added: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Sumanth Bodapati, Mitchell Marsh, Mohnish Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Kemar Roach, Rahul Sharma, Anirudh Singh
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Year signed denotes the season the player signed for the team NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen Azhar Bilakhia Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2009 Sumanth Bodapati Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Ravi Teja Dwaraka Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2008 Herschelle Gibbs Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2008 Overseas. Mohnish Mishra Right-handed Right-arm off break 2010 Rohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm off break 2008 Vice-captain. Suman Tirumalasetti Right-handed Right-arm off break 2009 V. V. S. Laxman Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2008 Anirudh Singh Left-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Arjun Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2008 Venugopal Rao Yalaka Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2008 All-rounders Ryan Harris Right-handed Right-arm fast 2009 Overseas. Mitchell Marsh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Overseas. Ashish Reddy Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2010 Dwayne Smith Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2009 Overseas. Andrew Symonds Right-handed Right-arm off break 2008 Overseas. Wicket-keepers Adam Gilchrist Left-handed Right-arm off break 2008 Overseas and Captain. Bowlers Harmeet Singh Bansal Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2009 Pragyan Ojha Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2008 Kemar Roach Right-handed Right-arm fast 2010 Overseas. Rahul Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2010 Jaskaran Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2009 R. P. Singh Right-handed Left-arm medium fast 2008 Chaminda Vaas Left-handed Left-arm medium fast 2008 Overseas.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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Season overview
Standings
Results by match
Fixtures
All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Group stage
Knockout stage Semi-final
Third-place playoff
Statistics NameRuns Source: 2010 IPL Statistics Full Table on ESPNcricinfo
Awards and achievements Awards Man of the Match No.DatePlayerOpponentVenueResultContributionRef 1 Chaminda Vaas Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 31 runs 3/21 (4 overs) 2 Andrew Symonds Kings XI Punjab Cuttack Won by 6 runs 53 (38) & 1/22 (4 overs) 3 Andrew Symonds Delhi Daredevils Cuttack Won by 10 runs 35 (24) & 3/21 (4 overs) 4 Tirumalasetti Suman Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 7 wickets 78* (57) 5 Ryan Harris Chennai Super Kings Nagpur Won by 6 wickets 3/18 (4 overs) 6 Harmeet Singh Bansal Royal Challengers Bangalore Nagpur Won By 13 runs 2/24 (4 overs) 7 Rohit Sharma Kings XI Punjab Dharmasala Won By 5 wickets 68* (38) 8 Andrew Symonds Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 11 runs 54 (30) Season Awards Winner of the Purple Cap : Pragyan Ojha
Achievements Most maiden overs bowled in the 2010 IPL : Chaminda Vaas (2) Best bowling strike-rate in the 2010 IPL : Ryan Harris (13.14)
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