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IPL: Why did the Deccan Chargers fail?

The clear pre-tournament favourites for many was the most disappointing team in the tournament. A batting line-up filled with explosive stars like Gilchrist, Gibbs, Symonds and Afridi was supposedly the sure-fire hit for twenty-20 cricket, yet they failed miserably. To be fair, on another year, the same people like Afridi and Gibbs could well have taken apart every opposition to boring sports psychologists. But then, the catch with these guys has been the big tag called "inconsistency". Gibbs...