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September
29, 2008
 IPL's
Hyderabad Franchise Deccan Chargers have sacked VVS Laxman as
the team's Captain. The new Captain of the Deccan Chargers is
going to be Australia's legendary wicket keeper batsman Adam
Gilchrist. It remains doubtful whether VVS Laxman and Shahid
Afridi, who had a spat off the field, will stay in the team or
not. Deccan Chargers which appeared to be one of the strongest
sides in the IPL bombed completely as they won just two games
out of 14 matches in the inaugural
season! It was no surprise that they ended last out of the
8 teams, they couldn't even get the better of even the
Bangalore Royal Challengers.
The Deccan Chargers have made another
significant change to their team management by replacing
former Indian
Cricketer Robin Singh with former Australian
Cricketer Darren Lehmann, who had worked with the Rajasthan
Royals last year. The Deccan Chargers was one of the most
expensive team that was bought at at $107.01 Million. VVS
Laxman, who was announced as the Iconic player of Hyderabad
had sacrificed his status to help the Franchise owner - Deccan
Chronicle to get the big names like Andrew Symonds in the
team. Although the team was packed with some explosive
batsmen, the Chargers were Unstoppable as far as their losing
streak went.
VVS Laxman couldn't lead the side from the
front as he was caught in an awkward situation in the middle
which never really suited his natural game. Over the years,
Laxman has been a drafter of runs and had relied on purist
cricketing shots while not really getting the big shots in his
batting repertoire. He is a batsman who likes to get himself
in before playing his shots which had proved to be his
downfall in most of the One Day innings VVS had played. As a
result, VVS Laxman could not fulfill his dream of
participating in any of the three World Cups during his prime.
The artistic batsman has also struggled with his running
between the wickets and his athleticism on the field. It was
purely the local sentiment of being from Hyderabad that could
have got VVS in the Deccan Chargers team, but it was clear
that he was not upto the mark to qualify as a Twenty20 player!
As far as Deccan Chargers are concerned, they are on the right
track by having Adam Gilchrist as the Skipper as he can so
easily lead the side through his naturally aggressive batting
at the top of the order.
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