Deccan Chargers players list for 2009 - They sucked bad last season but their moves this time around don't really cut it. Deccan's batting woes were well documented - Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs and Scott Styris failed to make an impact - but their bowling was the weakest in the competition. RP Singh was unable to repeat his ICC World Twenty20 heroics, while Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa posed little threat. This time, Deccan brought Fidel Edwards and another West Indian, the allrounder Dwayne Smith, having signed Australian allrounder Ryan Harris before the auction. Edwards is quick but he can be an expensive gamble in the Twenty20 format. Good news for Deccan will be left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha's impressive tour of Sri Lanka with India.
In the batting department, only Adam Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma and Venugopal Rao performed well last season. Deccan will be keeping close tabs on Andrew Symonds. If his exclusion from the Australian side is prolonged, Symonds could be available for the entire season, a much-needed boost for the side. Whether VVS Laxman, who was replaced as captain, will be a regular in the team this year remains to be seen.
Deccan Chargers players list 2009
1. Adam Gilchrist (wk),
2 D Ravi Teja,
3 Andrew Symonds/Herschelle Gibbs,
4 Rohit Sharma,
5 Venugopal Rao
6 Dwayne Smith/ Scott Styris,
7 Sanjay Bangar,
8 Pragyan Ojha,
9 Chaminda Vaas/Nuwan Zoysa/Fidel Edwards,
10 RP Singh,
11 D Kalyankrishna.
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