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Indian Premier League 2010
Deccan bank on batting for an encore
Sriram Veera
March 9, 2010
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They tried to fly like Superman but crash-landed in the first season. They returned for the second edition as Clark Kent and won the tournament. On the cusp of what could be an interesting third season, the question arises: Will the real Deccan Chargers please stand up?
After the overconfidence of the first year, they realised the importance of the local Indian players doing well and the leadership of Darren Lehmann and Adam Gilchrist ensured that that objective was met in style. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao and T Suman formed the core of the middle order and offered tremendous value as spinners. And they can continue to depend on Pragyan Ojha, who shone in the last edition with his control and discipline. Even the younger Indian players like Monish Mishra and Rahul Sharma have impressed Gilchrist.
In fact the Indian players are not the problem areas this year; the season hinges on the performance of the foreign players and their ability to adapt to Indian conditions. Can Herschelle Gibbs get back into form? Will Gilchrist himself, being out of cricket for long, have any problem getting into the groove? What is Andrew Symonds' state of mind? If all the above are positive, Deccan have Mitchell Marsh, Ryan Harris, Dwayne Smith, and Kemar Roach who can turn out to be key performers.
The buzz
The main buzz revolved around the games being taken away from the home venue Hyderabad following sporadic violence surrounding the separatist Telangana movement. It may not, however, be a bad thing for the home team - they have not won a single match in the IPL or Champions League on home turf (last year's games were in South Africa).
New faces
Deccan have signed up the upcoming talented batsman Mitchell Marsh, younger brother of Australian opener Shaun, and Kemar Roach as a replacement for fellow West Indian fast bowler Fidel Edwards. Roach impressed the world with his performances in Australia, particularly in his duel with Ricky Ponting. He has the pace of Edwards without the latter's erratic streak. Marsh is an interesting pick and he could very well take Gibbs' spot if the latter continues to not perform.
Watch out for
Andrew Symonds. The world knows what he can do on a cricket field even if at times he forgets it himself. In Indian conditions, he can be a real powerhouse with his off spin or medium pace and with his explosive batting and fielding. The IPL is the only arena where much of the cricketing world will get to see him perform and it should make for a fascinating viewing experience.
Missing in action
Edwards, who sparkled in the early rounds of last year's tournament, is the only big casualty but he has been replaced by the talented Roach.
Strength
Their batting is stronger than the bowling and can be potentially very explosive with the presence of Gilchrist, Symonds, Rohit Sharma and Smith.
Weakness
The bowlers. RP Singh, who was the purple-cap holder last year with 23 wickets, usually struggles in Indian conditions. It has to be seen how Harris and Roach adapt to the conditions. And perhaps there is too much of a burden on the irregular spinners Rohit and Rao. Only time will tell.
X-Factor
Mitchell Marsh. He is a powerful batsman who has captained the Australian Under-19 team to the World Cup triumph recently. Gilchrist rates him highly and it won't be surprising if he replaces Gibbs straightaway.
IPL 2009 - The key figures
Final position: Winners
Top scorer: Gilchrist with 495 runs at 30.93
Top wicket-taker: RP Singh with 23 wickets at 18.13 and economy-rate of 6.50
Best result: The crushing eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders was the best though the crushing six-wicket win over Delhi in the semi-final will be more memorable for the brutal innings by Gilchrist.
Worst result: 78-run loss to Chennai Super Kings
Highest team score: 184 for 6 v Bangalore
Lowest team score: 100 v Chennai
Prediction for 2010
They should make the semi-finalsSriram Veera is a staff writer at Cricinfo
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This time i hope the cup will won by Deccan chargers bcz of awesome capataincy performance capabilty of gilly .Also batting stream line so strong bcz of Gilly, Mitchell Marsh,Symond and Sharma.So good luck to deccan team.
Posted by royalg on (March 10 2010, 19:12 PM GMT)srry decan chargers but i dont think u guys will win the title again or even get to the semi's but still gud luck in the tournament, u guys r still missing a piece in the puzzle. u guys hav a gud middle order in symonds, sharma, rao and styris but lacking sumthing. gud luck to the indian boys espcially ojha, sharma, rao and talented monish sharma
Posted by Prameshpaudel84 on (March 10 2010, 07:15 AM GMT)Mumbai Indians will favorite for this season. They were capable to win previous 2 IPL titles but somehow they missed that but not this time....Tendulkar, Jayasurya, JP Duminy, Uthappa, Malinga & Pollard will do great job for Mumbai Indians. They will enter at least in last four....they can't be unlucky in this time.
Posted by Soody on (March 10 2010, 05:47 AM GMT)go deccan they will win the comp because of gilly
Posted by A_HTIMAN on (March 10 2010, 02:50 AM GMT)The IPL was won twice by the least expected team. So it won't be Deccan Chargers this year. But DC has a highly talented batting line up and missing Hydrabad matches will be a benifit for them. So they will make it to the semies. It all depends on Gilly's and Symmo's performance as there is no other potential match winner. The best overseas combination will be Gilly, Symmo, Harris/Roach with Styris or Gibbs as Marsh is not experienced to sub continent conditons...
Posted by Rajesh.Jayaram on (March 09 2010, 18:04 PM GMT)Honestly I don't see Deccan Chargers repeating their success last year but I guess they might make it to the last four........ there is too much dependency on the batting for them to go all the way this year.
Posted by ChanduRockers on (March 09 2010, 17:16 PM GMT)Best of Luck DC! Symonds should perform well in middle order else no chances enter into semi final. Bowling is too week for DC and I don't belive better performance Indian conditions support like SA last year. Again, pressure is on Gilly and IPL talented hero Rohith Sharma. I guess Ambati Tirupathi Rayudu could be the best choice but he shipped to Mumbai. Crazy!! May be he is not performed as per expectaions in ICL but could be the Daccan's hot pic of the domestic players.
Posted by aditya.chv on (March 09 2010, 16:14 PM GMT)@mpcobra: Hyderabad ICL team has had immense success at home as well as at other venues..if i remember they won an icl tourney and were 2nd in another...they have even defeated the Lahore badshahs in Hyd stadium aka lab bahadur shastri stadium....please check your facts and post things here! and games were moved out of hyd for an additional reason of terror cells based there and intelligence reports saying that it would be sure shot target Cherrs! Hoping Deccan finish in top 4 in the league round..as we all know after that it comes down to the people who can handle the pressure teh best! Go Chargers Go!! Hopefully monish mishra,mitchell marsh and Roach come good for deccan this season!!
Posted by jakson_007 on (March 09 2010, 16:09 PM GMT)I dont understand why DC neglected and lost talents like Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny to Mumbai Indians. They are in real need of local talent (domestic players) and giving chances to useless Arjun Yadav and Harmeet Singh ....need to come out of politics if they really want to reach the expectations of their fans.
Posted by manasvi_lingam on (March 09 2010, 16:01 PM GMT)In my opinion it is a bit too premature to thrust an 18 year old into the vacancy left by Gibbs, an experienced campaigner. Having said that, Mitchell Marsh is one amazingly talented and exciting cricketer. My team would be: Gilchrist, Gibbs/Marsh, Symonds, Rohit Sharma, V. Rao, Monish Mishra, T. Suman, Ojha, Harris/Roach, RP Singh, Rahul Sharma/Harmeet Singh. Another solution is to drop one of the foreign batsman (if Symonds or Gbbs are out of form), choose Laxman and then instead of R. Sharma/Harmeet go for Dwayne Smith or play both Harris and Roach. The dark horses are Monish Mishra who has an exceptional List A and T20 record and Rahul Sharma, a legspinner who has a pretty good record so far.