Deccan Chargers IPL team announced

Finally, the team for the Deccan Chargers, which fared poorly in the first edition of the Indian Premier League has been unveiled. In a low key announcement - as has been the norm of the team this season, at odds with the hype generated in the first season - 26 players have been unveiled for the team.

VVS Laxman, has been stipped of captaincy but the most notable exclusion in the team is the explosive Shahid Afridi, who won't be taking part in the IPL because Pakistan has banned its players from playing this season. Also, ex-India allrounder Sanjay Bangar has been dropped after an indifferent first season.

The new entrants are Ryan Harris, a promising all-rounder from Australia. Dwayne Smith - allrounder from West Indies and Fidel Edwards, a pace bowler from West Indies. 5 new domestic players have also been added. M S Bisla is a wicketkeeper for Himachal Pradesh. With his inclusion, the team now has 3 wicketkeepers (Halahar Das is a wicketkeeper for Orissa). T Suman, and Abhinav Kumar have been consistent batsmen for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. Jaskarandeep Singh and H S Bansal are fast bowlers from Punjab. On March 7th, it was reported that Syed M. Sohaib, a 22 year old fast bowler from Hyderabad has also been signed up, taking the total number of players in the roster to 27.

THE TEAM

1. Adam Gilchrist (captain) - Australia
2. Rohit Sharma (vice captain) - India
3. V.V.S. Laxman - India
   
4. Andrew Symonds - Australia
5. Herschelle Gibbs - South Africa
6. Scott Styris - New Zealand
7. Ryan Harris - Australia
8. Dwayne Smith - West Indies
9. Chamara Silva - Sri Lanka
   
10. Y. Venugopal Rao - India
11. N. Arjun Yadav - India
12. D.B. Ravi Teja - India
13. Chaminda Vaas - Sri Lanka
14. Nuwan Zoysa - Sri Lanka
15. Fidel Edwards - West Indies
16. R.P. Singh - India
    
17. Pragyan Ojha - India
18. D. Kalyankrishna - India
19. P. Vijay Kumar - India
20. Halahar Das - India
21. Sarvesh Kumar - India
22. H.S. Bansal - India
23. Jaskarandeep Singh - india
24. Abhinav Kumar - India
25. T. Suman - India
26. Manvinder Singh Bisla - India
27. Syed M. Sohaib - India
    

The team will be coached by Darren Lehmann, who will be assisted by Mike Young,(fielding coach) Kanwaljit Singh(asst. coach), Steve Smith (trainer) and Sean Slater (physio)