Deccan Chargers in 2011
The Deccan Chargers were a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, India, that competed in the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2011 Indian Premier League, making their fourth 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 9 April against the Rajasthan Royals and failed to qualify for playoffs finishing seventh in the group stage.
Player Acquisition
The Deccan Chargers retained none of the players from the previous season. They have bought 27 players including 14 players from the auction and still had $1.47million left in their purse in the end out of their allotted $9 million.Retained Players: None
Released Players: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Azhar Bilakhia, Sumanth Bodapati, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Herschelle Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Marsh, Mohnish Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ashish Reddy, Kemar Roach, Rahul Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Anirudh Singh, Jaskaran Singh, R. P. Singh, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Symonds, Suman Tirumalasetti, V. V. S. Laxman, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao Yalaka
Added Auctioned Players: Daniel Christian, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White
Added Uncapped Players: Harmeet Singh Bansal, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Kedar Devdhar, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Jaydev Shah, Ankit Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Arjun Yadav
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
- Signed Year denotes year from which player is associated with Deccan Chargers
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Season Overview
Standings
Results by match
Fixtures
Group stage
Statistics
Awards and achievements
Awards
;Man of the Match| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Venue | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
| 1 |  Dale Steyn | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad | Won by 33 runs | 3/24 | ||
| 2 |  Sunny Sohal | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | Won by 16 runs | 62 | ||
| 3 | Ishant Sharma | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Kochi | Won by 55 runs | 5/12 | ||
| 4 | Amit Mishra | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Won by 10 runs | 18* & 1/18 | ||
| 5 | Amit Mishra | Pune Warriors India | Navi Mumbai | Won by 6 wickets | 2/26 | ||
| 6 | Shikhar Dhawan | Kings XI Punjab | Dharmasala | Won By 82 runs | 95* |
Achievements
- Ishant Sharma took the first-ever fifer for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala. This is also the best bowling figures of the 2011 Indian Premier League.
- Amit Mishra took the hat-trick for the Deccan Chargers in the match against Kings XI Punjab. This is also the only hat-trick recorded in the 2011 IPL.
Footnotes