Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Deccan Chargers in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, it was announced on Monday.
Australian cricketer Cameron White will be Sangakkara's deputy in the Twenty20 tournament, beginning April 8.
Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist had led Deccan Chargers to title win in 2009 in South Africa.
Gilchrist has moved to Kings XI Punjab for the fourth edition.
The appointment of Sangakkara, who led Sri Lanka to World Cup final, as Chargers' skipper was made at a promotional event of the franchisee.
IPL 4 Royal Challengers Bangalore Teams Players List is placed here. Royal Challengers Bangalore were on a shopping spree in much like the same manner that Vijay Mallya is known. They had earlier retained only one player, Virat Kohli before the auctions. To give him company was the big-ticket purchase of Saurabh Tiwary who was bought – after some controversy – for a price of $1.6 million.
Clearly, Mallya is betting on the future of the man, which seemed to be propped by the fact that even guys like Tendulkar had endorsed Tiwary’s talent.
They did not stop here as AB de Villiers, who has now taken over the role of wicket-keeping for south Africa was also bought for $1.1 million and Zaheer Khan returned to his original IPL team – Bangalore – for $900,000.
Probably the most interesting moment came when Mohammad Kaif ($130,000) was introduced to the auction for the third time and was bid for by Pune for $100,000. Deccan and Pune rebid for him before Bangalore came in with their bid to win the player
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