2009 IPL champions Deccan Chargers Hyderabad are owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings,and are being led by Kumar Sangakkara. They finished fourth in IPL 2012.
IPL 2009 Winners : Deccan Chargers
| Coach: | Darren Lehmann |
| Captain: | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Founded: | 2008 |
| Owner: | The Deccan Chronicle |
| IPL wins: | 1 (2009) |
| Nation | Player | Salary |
| South Africa | Dale Steyn | $ 1,200,000 |
| Australia | Cameron White | $ 1,100,000 |
| Australia | Dan Christian | $ 900,000 |
| Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | $ 700,000 |
| India | Parthiv Patel | $ 650,000 |
| India | Ishant Sharma | $ 450,000 |
| South Africa | JP Duminy | $ 300,000 |
| India | Shikhar Dhawan | $ 300,000 |
| India | Amit Mishra | $ 300,000 |
| India | Manpreet Gony | $ 290,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Darren Bravo | $ 100,000 |
| South Africa | Rusty Theron | $ 85,000 |
| England | Michael Lumb | $ 80,000 |
| Australia | Daniel Harris | $ 70,000 |
| India | Tanmay Mishra | $ 20,000 |
| Australia | Chris Lynn | $ 20,000 |
