IPL Deccan Chargers

Birds flock. Cows herd. Bulls charge. But after the initial euphoria, the Deccan Chargers neither charged nor were they heard of. This was primarily attributed to the deficiencies of their main non-iconic player Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman who was an early supporter of nicknames on the back of cricket shirts. Despite not having played 20-20 cricket before and on the fringes of the one day team for India, VVS led the Hyderabad side with great vigor and vim only to be vanquished with vindictiveness by visiting teams. In his autobiography - "East of Eden" (after his inspirational knocks there and 'inspired' by the John Steinbeck novel of the same name), Laxman however attributes the failure of the team to external sources and maintained that "the boys played really well", subconsciously repeating the favorite line of his idol and former India captain, Mohammad Azharuddin. When questioned on the failures of the batting stars such as Andrew Symmonds, Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi, Laxman replied "Taare zameen par" in an enigmatic fashion before disappearing into the boardroom of the Deccan Chronicle (owners of the Deccan Chargers) where he still currently holds the post of independent director for previous loyalty to the company.

 

Team : -

VVS Laxman
Arjun Yadav
D Kalyankrishna
Herschelle Gibbs
PM Sarvesh Kumar
RP Singh
Shahid Afridi
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Chamara Silva
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Nuwan Zoysa
Pragyan Ojha
Sanjay Bangar
Venugopal Rao
Andrew Symonds
Chaminda Vaas
Halhadar Das (wk)
Paidikalva Vijaykumar
Rohit Sharma
Scott Styris
Robin Singh *(Coach)