Requiring 15 in the last over, the purple cap winner RP Singh bowled very well to give Deccan Chargers the IPL 2009.
Kumble got a single in the first ball to give strike to Uthappa. The next two balls were no runs. Third ball was a two to long on.
2 balls, 12 runs. four leg byes in the 5th ball and the last ball was a single as they win the IPL 2009. Poor batting cost the match for Royal Challengers. They looked to win, but the batting collapse gave the match to DC.
Put into bat by Kumble, RC had a dream start! Kumble opened the bowling considering the left handed Gilly on strike. This is not the first time he was opening the bowling.
Gilly made quick fire 85 in 35 balls in the semi final against DD and took the match away single handely. He was just 51 runs away from grabbing the orange cap from Hayden.
Kumble restricted Gilly in the first two balls. Gilly came down the track off a slow flighted delivery, missed the wrong one and lost his stump. Gilly gone for a duck! Good start for Royal Challengers!
Vinaykumar picked Suman caught by Pandey at point. It was a good catch as he ran backwards and also had two more fielders approaching for the catch.
During his knock, Symonds hit 3 fours in Kallis over which improved the run rate of DC. He also hit a six of Merwe over mid wicket.
Symonds and Gibbs added 40 runs for the 3rd wicket. Symonds made quick fire 33 off 21 balls which had 4 fours and a six. Kumble provided the break through again. Symonds cannot connect the short ball, hits him under the arm, drops onto his thighs and then lands on leg stump to dislodge the bails. Unlucky Symonds and lucky Kumble!
At the end of 10 overs, DC were 62 for 3. The 15th over from Praveen Kumar gave a boost to the DC innings. He went for two sixes--one by Gibbs and the other one by Rohit Sharma. That over added 20 runs to the total and took DC to 100.
Kumble picked his 3rd wicket by picking Rohit Sharma caught by Panday at mid off. Pandey covered lot of ground to take a good diving catch as Rohit did not connect the ball well. His 4th wicket was Venugopal caught by Taylor for a duck.
Gibbs reached his fifty with a six of Praven Kumar. He was the only batsmen stood in the crease, but could not play a big innings to take DC beyond 150.
DC ended with 143 for 6 in 20 overs.
Scoreboard:
Match # 59 Final
Date: Sunday May 24, 2009
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers v. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
Captains: Kumble and Gilchrist
Toss: RC, decided to field
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: DC win by 6 runs
Result: DC Win the IPL 2009
Man of the Match:
Deccan Chargers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gilchrist | b Kumble | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gibbs | Not Out | 53 | 48 | 3 | 2 |
| T Suman | c Pandey b Vinaykumar | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Symonds | b Kumble | 33 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| R Sharma | c Pandey b Kumble | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Venugopal | c Taylor b Kumble | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bilakhia | lbw b Vinaykumar | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris | Not Out | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 6) | 8 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 20 overs | 143 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Suman, 3.3 ov), 3-58 (Symonds, 8.5 ov), 4-110 (Sharma, 16.2 ov), 5-115 (Venugopal Rao, 16.6 ov), 6-134 (Bilakhia, 19.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| P Kumar | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Kallis | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Vinaykumar | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Merwe | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Kallis | b RP Singh | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| M Pandey | c Gilchrist b Ojha | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Merwe | st Gilchrist b Ojha | 32 | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| Dravid | b Harmeet Singh | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Venugopal b Symonds | 27 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Kohli | st Gilchrist b Symonds | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Boucher | c Gibbs b Harmeet Singh | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Uthappa | Not Out | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| P Kumar | c RP Singh b Ojha | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinaykumar | c Harmeet Singh b Harris | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Kumble | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 8, w 1) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 137 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-20 (Kallis, 3.3 ov), 2-36 (Pandey, 6.1 ov), 3-57 (van der Merwe, 8.3 ov), 4-79 (Dravid, 11.4 ov), 5-99 (Taylor, 14.2 ov), 6-99 (Kohli, 14.3 ov), 7-107 (Boucher, 15.5 ov), 8-110 (Kumar, 16.4 ov), 9-129 (Vinay Kumar, 18.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Harris | 4 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Symonds | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Ojha | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Harmeet Singh | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| R Sharma | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
