2009 IPL Champions- Deccan Chargers: Where are they now?

15. Chaminda Vass

Chaminda Vass is one of the greatest bowlers Sri Lanka produced. The medium pacer was a brainy bowler and out-smart the batsmen on most occasions. He was the spearhead of the Deccan Chargers bowling attack.

Chaminda went on to play county cricket for 3 more years before retiring in 2012. He was hired as the Sri Lanka bowling consultant in 2016.

16. Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist was the spine of Deccan Chargers team. He led them to their only title in 2009. He was the one who gave the team this belief that they could win the title. Gilly retired from international cricket in 2008 and played IPL until 2013.

One of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen to have ever played the game Gilchrist is now contracted as a commentator in the Big Bash League.

Here is the whole squad of Deccan Chargers who won the IPL in 2009:

Adam Gilchrist (C) (wk), Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris, VVS Laxman, Manvinder Bisla, Harmeet Singh, Venugopal Rao, Ryan Harris, Chaminda Vaas, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Azhar Bilakhia, Nuwan Zoysa, Fidel Edwards, Tirumalasetti Suman, Dwayne Smith, Harladar Das, Jaskaran Singh, Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, Sarvesh Kumar, Chamara Silva, RP Singh, Padikalva Vijaykumar, Arjun Yadav, Shoaib Ahmed, Dwarka Ravi Teja, Abhinav Kumar.