Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2011 match in Hyderabad

Two former IPL champions Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers will take on each other in the second match of IPL 4, 2011, at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad. IN THE second match of the Indian Premier League 2011, Rajasthan Royals will play against Deccan Chargers at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad, on Saturday evening. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Deccan Chargers (DC) are the winners of IPL season first and second respectively.

This year former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara is leading the completely new-look Chargers. Earlier, he was the captain of Kings XI Punjab, which is now being led by former Deccan Chargers captain Adam Glichrist. Rajasthan Royals management has retained its coach cum captain Shane Warne for the top job.

After their inaugural crown of IPL in 2008, Rajasthan Royals have not performed well in the last two editions. During the IPL auction this year RR management brought in some useful international cricketers such as Rahul Dravid, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, and Johan Botha, and retained Shane Warne and all-rounder Shane Watson.

Deccan Chargers, who won the IPL 2009 and finished fourth in 2010, has some big players such as Sangakkara, Kevin Pietersen, Dale Steyn, Cameron White, JP Duminy. Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen and Cameron White are not with the team due to injury and international commitments respectively.

In last year's IPL, two Chargers spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra, were the two highest wicket-takers.

The second match of the IPL 4, between Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, will start from 4:00 PM, and viewers can watch live telecast of this match on SET Max.

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A visibly slimmer Shane Warne, with his eyebrows tweezed and sporting a brighter shade of blue than last year, kicked off Rajasthan Royal's 2011 season by winning the toss and choosing to field against Deccan Chargers. The winners of the first two editions of the IPL will clash in sweltering conditions in Hyderabad, on a pitch with a slight tinge of grass.

Warne was clearly interested in testing whether the track had anything in it for the bowlers early on, while Kumar Sangakkara, the new Deccan captain, believed it would retain its character through the day.

Both sides put their faith in the newly emerging Indian domestic talent. Rajasthan included Ashok Menaria, Abhishek Raut, Stuart Binny and Amit Paunikar in the side, while Shaun Tait was a surprising omission. Sangakkara drafted Bharat Chipli, Ishank Jaggi and Shikhar Dhawan into his starting XI.

If Deccan are to win today, they will break the mother of all IPL jinxes: they are yet to win a game at their home ground, the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, in two seasons of the IPL and one edition of the Champions League. Additionally, they have never beaten Rajasthan Royals in six prior games. That said, they have had a close-to-complete revamp of personnel since the last season.

Deccan Chargers: Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, D Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma

Rajasthan Royals: Abhishek Raut, Amit Paunikar (wk), Ashok Menaria, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Amit Singh, Stuart Binny, Johan Botha, Jacob Oram, Shane Warne (capt), Siddarth Trivedi