Rohit also shared his memory of playing against the legendary Shane Warne in the IPL.
In last year's inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, the Delhi Daredevils had managed to win a mere seven league games out of 14 to scrape into the fourth semi-final spot by a single point. But this time around in IPL season two in South Africa, Delhi seems to be on fire having collected seven victories in their first nine matches to top the league table at the start of the fourth week.
Given below are five more instances when a team suffered a staggering collapse:
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors in Pune.
# Chennai Super Kings have won six and lost four out of 10 games contested against Deccan Chargers in the IPL.
The 37-year-old represented India in 16 ODIs, and also featured in 65 IPL matches for Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The BCCI on Saturday sought to justify the decision to terminate the IPL contract of debt-ridden Deccan Chargers, saying it was compelled to take action after the beleaguered franchise claimed that it had not committed any breaches and threatened to take legal recourse.
With the BCCI-Deccan Chargers stand-off now becoming a legal battle, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India on Saturday decided to add a new team for the coming IPL season while leaving it to the court to rule on the beleaguered franchise's participation.
# The second team to have lost nine games after Pune Warriors in the present edition of the IPL is Deccan Chargers.
# With just five points in 11 matches, Deccan Chargers are placed at the bottom of the points table.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers in Mumbai.
Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara has been fined $20,000 for his teams slow over rate during last night's IPL match against Pune Warriors.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers in Dharamsala on Saturday.
He captained Deccan Chargers for three seasons, guiding them to the IPL trophy once before being bought by Kings XI Punjab and Adam Gilchrist says someone in his former franchise has been making "bad" comments about him ever since he left.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.
Veteran Lucknow Super Giants spinner Amit Mishra credited his success in the five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Friday's IPL match in Lucknow to making a careful assessment of the wicket and taking mental notes of the shots that batters are likely to employ against his bowling.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers.
VVS Laxman recalled how Rohit Sharma evolved both as a batsman and skipper since playing his first IPL with Deccan Chargers.
Manish Pandey is the first Bangalore player and the eighth overall to post a hundred in the IPL. Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist, Brendon McCullum, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh, had recorded centuries in the first edition while Abraham de Villiers and Manish Pandey scored in IPL 2009.
Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar lauded his bowlers for restricting the Deccan Chargers to 145 but said some irresponsible batting in the middle stages did his side down against Deccan Chargers on Wednesday night.
Rajneesh Gupta on the Delhi Capitals's IPL record.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Delhi Capitals formerly known as Delhi Daredevils and much more.
Rajasthan Royals came all guns firing against Kolkata Knight Riders, with an emphatic nine-wicket victory to inch closer to the play-offs.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a complete statistical IPL dossier.
'... And give him the confidence and freedom to express himself.'
A look at the Kolkata Knight Riders's IPL record over the years.
Sun TV network won the Hyderabad franchise during the bid for a new Indian Premier League team, in Mumbai, on Thursday.
The IPL governing council met in Mumbai on Wednesday to discuss various issues related to the termination of cash-strapped Deccan Chargers and matters regarding to its new franchise for which tenders have been floated.
In a minor relief to the beleaguered Deccan Chargers, the Bombay High Court on Monday directed the BCCI to maintain status quo regarding the termination of the IPL franchise, owned by Deccan Chronicles Holdings Ltd.
The BCCI's top brass will be engaged in a series of meetings in Chennai on Saturday to take a final call on the future of the cash-strapped IPL team Deccan Chargers and also seek to make a couple of important amendments to its constitution.
Deccan Chargers leg-spinner Amit Mishra was on Wednesday officially warned for using offensive language during the Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals.
After terminating cash-strapped Deccan Chargers from the Indian Premier League, the BCCI began the process of finding a new team by floating tender notices for a fresh franchise.
After a month long legal battle, the cash-strapped Deccan Chargers on Saturday lost its status as an IPL team after the Bombay High Court stayed the order of Arbitrator for maintaining status quo on the matter till further hearing.
Rajasthan Royals' batsman Owais Shah, on Saturday, received an official warning and reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Deccan Chargers at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad.
The Board Of Control For Cricket In India on Saturday denied media reports that Deccan Chargers franchise has got a stay order against its termination from the Indian Premier League, saying that the matter would come up in the Mumbai High Court on Monday.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors in Cuttack on Tuesday.
Kumar Sangakkara did the unthinkable. In an unprecedented move on Sunday the Sri Lankan decided to pull himself out of the Deccan Chargers playing XI ahead of their match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium, this despite of the fact that he is the captain of the side.
Controversy erupted in the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in Visakhapatnam on Monday with the latter team's captain Harbhajan Singh having a heated and prolonged arguement with the field umpires who committed a mistake in not giving a home side batsman out.
The Bombay high court has granted Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) three more days to furnish an irrevocable and unconditional bank guarantee of Rs 100 crore to the Board of Control for Cricket in India for its Indian Premier League franchise Deccan Chargers.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan refused to talk about the issue of IPL franchise Deccan Chargers, saying it is sub-judice, but said the Board can advertise for a new team to be added to the Indian Premier League.
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