The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. [13] This allowed the Deccan Chargers to undergo a complete makeover, including changing the colours of the team from pale brown to vibrant blue and a new logo displaying a more vivid charging bull with the Deccan Chronicle as the primary sponsor for the team. [23], The players auction for the 2009 Indian Premier League was held on 6 February 2009 at Goa that included 111 overseas players. Gilchrist started the chase positively for the Chargers as he attacked Lakshmipathy Balaji in the first over and Gibbs soon joined the party attacking Manpreet Gony in the next over as they both put 67 runs in 34 balls. [71] The Kings' batsmen lost their wickets quickly with some tight bowling from the Chargers as they were struggling at 55/4 in ten overs. Smith and Rohit progressed the Chargers towards the target as they put up a 50-run stand in 21 balls. 14th match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Sachin Tendulkar's sublime innings helped MI beat CSK. Their target was revised to 69 according to the. [8], The Deccan Chargers were one of the most expensive teams of the Indian Premier League and they also spent a large amount of money on players during the auction but finished at the bottom of the table winning only two of their 14 matches. Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. Manish Pandey became the first Indian player to score a century in the IPL. Suman and Symonds helped the Chargers move towards their target but both got run-out in the end. The Chargers suffered the early setback as they lost three wickets for one run in two overs. Virender Sehwag started the chase on a positive note for the Daredevils but Singh and Shoaib brought the Chargers back into the game with three quick wickets. The Chargers lost Suman and Rohit cheaply but Gilchrist kept the Chargers in the hunt with his 33-ball 64. [1] They removed their CEO J. Kalyan Krishnan, the coach Robin Singh and the captain V.V.S. Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wkts. [86] The Chargers lost their captain early in the innings as Gilchrist lost his wicket trying to score fast early in the innings. Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain. [11] The tournament was particularly praised for globalizing cricket[12] and had set record television viewership. Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field. [21] The IPL also announced that the players' auction was shifted to 6 February 2009 while the month-long trading window would start on 15 December 2008. Three changes were made by the Chargers as Gibbs, Harmeet and Harris came back into the team replacing Smith, Shoaib and Vaas. [14], Some of the rules were changed for the 2009 edition of the IPL. But, Smith teamed with Suman as both scored runs of 51 off three overs to reclaim the advantage for the Chargers as they finished the innings at 148/9 in 20 overs. [48][49], On 30 April, the Deccan Chargers suffered their first defeat of the season to the Delhi Daredevils. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. The Chargers retained the same starting XI for the second match after their comfortable win against the Knight Riders. Gilchrist won the toss and elected to field as Jaskaran Singh replaced Harmeet in the team. Cricket Highlights, Indian Premier League (IPL) [54] Hayden and Murali Vijay provided a good start for the Super Kings and Dhoni, who promoted himself to No.3, continued the momentum by stopping the bowlers to settle in the innings. Laxman and replaced them with Tim Wright, the former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann and the Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist respectively. Visit IPLT20.com the official IPLT20 website for minute-to-minute LIVE updates. [22] The Deccan Chargers traded Sanjay Bangar to the Kolkata Knight Riders for the second season during the trade window. He also said that Kamran can prove to be a big star of Team India in the coming days. Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat. Sehwag built the partnership with Dilshan for the Daredevils as they scored 83 runs in nine overs until Symonds broke the partnership. [64] Vaas removed David Warner early in the innings but the catches dropped by the fielders proved to be costly as both Dilshan and AB de Villiers capitalised on their chances and attacked their bowlers. [88] The Chargers bowlers conceded many extras aiding T&T batting though Edwards got Lendl Simmons in the third over. [47] Edwards removed Parthiv Patel on the second ball of the innings but Matthew Hayden paired with Suresh Raina to attack the Chargers' bowlers and remove the pressure off the Super Kings during their 64-run partnership. [25] They started acquiring players as their new coach, Darren Lehmann, signed the uncapped Australian all-rounder Ryan Harris and obtained local talent by signing the Hyderabadi batsman Tirumalasetti Suman along with the Himachal Pradesh wicket-keeper Manvinder Bisla. [1][2][3], They began their season by winning their opening fixture of the IPL on 19 April against the Kolkata Knight Riders, and went on to qualify for the semi-finals. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Overseas. Der SmartSkin Sensor von Lumea erkennt Ihren Hautton … Withdrew from the 2009 CLT20 tournament. He finally helped the Royal Challengers finish the innings at 170/4 in 20 overs. [28][29], Retained players: Halhadar Das, Kalyankrishna Doddapaneni, Ravi Teja Dwaraka, Herschelle Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Sarvesh Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Vijaykumar Paidikalva, Rohit Sharma, Chamara Silva, R. P. Singh, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, V. V. S. Laxman, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Rao Yalaka, Nuwan Zoysa, Released players: Shahid Afridi, Sanjay Bangar, Added players: Shoaib Ahmed, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Azhar Bilakhia, Manvinder Bisla, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Harris, Abhinav Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Dwayne Smith, Suman Tirumalasetti, The Indian Premier League fixtures were announced on 24 March 2009 with all venues shifted to South Africa. googletag.cmd.push(function () { In this match, he took two wickets for just 13 runs. The Chargers made two changes with Ravi Teja replacing Laxman and Harmeet replacing Ojha. [51], On 2 May, the Rajasthan Royals prevailed over the Deccan Chargers in a close contest. Gilchrist introduced Suman who removed Darren Bravo and Symonds' direct-hit to remove Darren Ganga helped the Chargers come back into the match. 13th Match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. googletag.display('CRINXT_ENG_DESKTOP/CRINXT_ENG_IPLT20/CRINXT_ENG_IPLT20_AS/CRINXT_ENG_IPLT20_AS_ROS_MID_728'); In 2009, the IPL was held in South Africa. Rohit Sharma became the first player from the Deccan Chargers to claim the hat-trick.