Shown by a Bull's symbol Deccan Chargers are the dark horse in the IPL 2009 with a new caption. Deccan Chargers is owned by Deccan Chronicle. The 2008 IPL session wasn't good for Deccan Chargers but they are back with new looks and new symbol. Lets see how this dark horse perform in the IPL 2009.
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Batsmen
   Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka)
   Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)
   V.V.S.Laxman (India)
   Arjun Yadav (India)
   Venugopal Rao (India)
   Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain) (India)
   D.B.Ravi Teja (India)
   T.Suman (India)
   Abhinav Kumar (India)
   Azhar Bilakhia (India)

Bowlers
   R. P. Singh (India)
   Fidel Edwards (West Indies)
   Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
   Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
   D.Kalyankrishna (India)
   Pragyan Ojha (India)
   M Sarveesh Kumar (India)
   H.S.Bansal (India)
   Jaskarandeep Singh (India)
   P. Vijay Kumar (India)
   S.M.Shoaib (India)

Coach and Support Staff
    * Head Coach:  Darren Lehmann (Australia)
    * Assistant Coaches:  Kanwaljit Singh (India)
    * Assistant Coaches:  Mike Young (United States)
    * Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
    * Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith

The team has no icon player. And the 2008 IPL session a bad dream for the team as they won onlly 2 out of 14 games.Now the caption also changed. Adam Gilchrist representing the new caption of Deccan Chargers. There are many well known players in the team like V.V.S. Laxman,Herschelle Gibbs,Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds. Will they able to sustain the pressur of new IPL 2009? Future will tell us. Following is the schedule of the Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009.

1     19 April     Kolkata Knight Riders                  Cape Town    
2     22 April     Royal Challengers Bangalore      Cape Town    
3     25 April     Mumbai Indians                           Durban    
4     27 April     Chennai Super Kings                   Durban    
5     30 April     Delhi Daredevils                           Pretoria    
6     2 May       Rajasthan Royals                         Port Elizabeth    
7     4 May       Chennai Super Kings                   East London    
8     6 May       Mumbai Indians                           Pretoria    
9     9 May       Kings XI Punjab                           Kimberley    
10   11 May     Rajasthan Royals                        Kimberley    
11   13 May     Delhi Daredevils                          Durban    
12   16 May     Kolkata Knight Riders                 Johannesburg    
13   17 May     Kings XI Punjab                          Johannesburg    
14   21 May     Royal Challengers Bangalore     Pretoria

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