Tum balll daloge, hum jaane se daalenge..
Tum Khel Kheloge, hum Jaan se Khelenge..
No ifs, no buts, no more agar magar...
No ifs, no buts, no more agar magar...
Go Chargers.. Go Chargers.. Go.. GoGo. Go...
Deccan Chargers.. Deccan Chargers.. Go.. GoGo.. Goooo...
Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Rusty Theron makes it a 5/5 bowling!Tum Khel Kheloge, hum Jaan se Khelenge..
No ifs, no buts, no more agar magar...
No ifs, no buts, no more agar magar...
Go Chargers.. Go Chargers.. Go.. GoGo. Go...
Deccan Chargers.. Deccan Chargers.. Go.. GoGo.. Goooo...
Kumara Sangakkara, Cameron White, JP Duminy, Daniel Christian makes it a 2.5/5 batting (considering they re all the overseas ones).
So, Deccan Chargers can be clearly rated a "above average" team. But what we witnessed was a BIG flop show from these boys, which was something unexpected.
Was it the Royal Challengers Bangalore's foolish moves, which broke the jinx or did the Deccan really played hard to break that* jinx?
Did Kumara Sangakkara deserved the captaincy?
What was Daniel Christian's role in the team?
Did Pragyan Ojha turn too overconfident?
These are the questions, which many people do have! But in my opinion, I'd like to criticize the "Auction" & "Signing in Local players" period, which unfortunately happened to be a cream biscuit**, when it comes to Deccan Chargers.
Deccan had an excellent squad, with the likes of local batsmen like VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Tirumalasetti Suman and the overseas consisting of Adam Gilchrist, Hershelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds etc. Bowling department was "not bad" as R.P. Singh and Pragyan Ojha did their job and won Purple cap once each. But what we witnessed in the auction was Deccan management decided to give up everyone and start from scratch again, which definitely paved the way for their downfall. Even Kings XI Punjab did the same, but they're bouncing back atleast while the league stage is coming to an end, but Deccan haven't. (Leave yesterday's match because Munaf Patel played for Deccan.)
On a serious note, they SHOULD have retained Rohit Sharma and if possible, R.P.Singh. Okay, Deccan thought that Adam Gilchrist isn't worth buying, so did that mean that they've got to go behind Sangakkara? He might be a good ODi player, but I'm sure there are others batsmen, who are way too better than this guy in shorter format.
If I were Deccan Owner, I'd have bought Mark Boucher at base price and Wriddhiman Saha at the base price too. The money saved could have been put in for roping in Rohit Sharma & Venugopal Rao, who are playing for Mumbai and Delhi respectively. I do agree that we got to have some big names in the side. But with Kevin Pietersen in the side (although he din't play first season), I don't think buying Sangakkara isn't a worthy bet cause Kevin is probably the better than Sangakkara in all fields, except wicketkeeping. When it comes to singing in the local players, Deccan derailed even in this area as Mumbai Indians roped in the all important Tirumalasetti Suman, whose addition could have been strengthening of batting department.
Not just this, Sangakkara was named the captain, which was a pretty ridiculous decision IMO. Cameron White has a terrific T20 leadership history (5/7 KFC T20 Big Bash titles with 4 in a row and one runner up and one third place. He has never let Victoria Bushrangers go below #3 in that competition), whereas Sangakkara has just one achievement when it comes to T20 (2009 WC runner up).
These are the faulty steps taken by the Deccan, which paved the way for their downfall. I know I'm bit too harsh towards Sanga, but he deserved them.
Your opinions please.
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*-The all home ground losses.
**- Cream Biscuit is a local Hyderabadi term, used when something turns out to be fail.
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