Match 59: Final: RC v. DC: DC Win IPL 2009! Bowlers did the trick for DC!

What a tense final? The spectators and cricket lovers cannot ask for anything more!

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

Match 47: CSK v. MI: Hayden's Success Continues! CSK sends MI out of IPL 2!

In the crucial match for Chennai and Mumbai, it is a must win for MI to stay in the competition. But, Hayden--the Orange Cap holder for highest run scorer in this season, changed the fate of Sachin lead MI.

He also became the first batsman to cross the 500-run mark. Chasing 148, Chennai reached the target with 5 balls still remaining. Patel was trapped leg before of the first ball by Malinga.

Hayden and Raina played well but Raina fell for 20 caught and bowled by Bravo. He already hit a six in the 2nd ball over midwicket, but he messed another short ball to get an edge and get caught.

Badrinath played well and was involved in 40-run partnership with Hayden for the third wicket. His innings had 2 fours and a six off Kulkarni. The mistake was going for another slog over extra cover which took the outside edge on the way to Takawale.

I am not sure what the youngsters are taught these days! He used four letter word against Badrinath!

In the last 9 overs, CSK required 84 runs. Hayden was playing slowly and was struggling to score runs. He was on 16 off 29 balls when Dhoni joined him after Badri's wicket.

They played sensibly picking singles and two's, running between the wicket was good. Though Hayden was older than Dhoni, he was matching Dhoni during the quick twos.

Last 5 overs needed 46 runs. Nanda bowled the 16th over in which CSK scored 8 runs including a boundary by Hayden in the first ball. Malinga went for 11 runs including a poor down the leg stump delivery which rubbed the pads of Hayden and went for four.

Last 3 overs, 27 runs. Harbhajan v. Hayden. The first ball went for a leg bye but over throw gave another run to the total. The next ball was six over square leg which also brought half-century for Hayden. This is 5th half century, highest by any player in this season.

Third ball was a two again and fourth ball was a single. The ball hit the bottom edge of the bat and went past the keeper for a four. Lucky runs! Quick running brought 2 runs of the last ball.

10 runs required of 2 overs. Malinga bowled well as he restricted Chennai to just 2 runs of the first 4 balls. But the fifth ball went for 4 at square leg. He gave toom to score on the off side but Malinga bowled full on the pads to give an easy chance to Hayden.

Last over, 3 runs. The first ball was a wide and also a single was run. Dhoni hit a four of the next delivery and 2 points for CSK. Mumbai out of the tournament

Batting first, Mumbai lost Bravo for 5 to Morkel. Jayasuriya and Duminy played beautifully for the 2nd wicket. Duminy was playing wonderfully in this season. He has made his mark for Mumbai and has all the chance of becoming a match winnner next season.

Jayasuriya played a quick innings of 30 in 17 balls which had 3 fours and 2 sixes. Tendulkar got out for 11, trying to clear the midwicket was caught by Balaji.

Nayar and Duminy built 65 runs in 52 balls for the 4th wicket, it was a slow but an imortant partnership.

Duminy was run out in the last over for 62 which came in 54 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes.

Scoreboard:

Match # 47
Date: Saturday May 16, 2009
Teams: Chennai Super Kings v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Dhoni and Sachin
Toss: MI, decided to bat
Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Result: CSK won by 7 wkts with 5 balls remaining
Points: CSK 2; MI 0
Man of the Match: Hayden off CSK

Mumbai Indians Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Jayasuriya	c Raina b Tyagi	30	17	3	2
Bravo	b A Morkel	5	8	1	0
Duminy	Run Out (A Morkel)	62	54	4	2
Tendulkar	c Balaji b Raina	11	14	0	0
AM Nayar	Not Out	33	27	1	2
Harbhajan	Run Out (Hayden/Dhoni)	1	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 3, w 1, nb 1)	5	-	-	-
Total	for 5 wkts in 20 overs	147	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Bravo, 2.1 ov), 2-49 (Jayasuriya, 5.6 ov), 3-74 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 4-139 (Duminy, 19.3 ov), 5-147 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
A Morkel	4	0	31	1
Tyagi	3	0	29	1
Muralitharan	4	0	19	0
Raina	4	0	22	1
Jakati	3	0	26	0
Balaji	2	0	17	0

Chennai Super Kings Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
P Patel	lbw b Malinga	0	1	0	0
Hayden	Not Out	60	57	4	1
Raina	c & b Bravo	20	12	2	2
Badrinath	c Takawale b Kulkarni	22	23	2	1
Dhoni	Not Out	23	22	2	0
Extras	(lb 16, w 10)	26	-	-	-
Total	for 3 wkts in 19.1 overs	151	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Patel, 0.1 ov), 2-24 (Raina, 3.5 ov), 3-64 (Badrinath, 10.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Malinga	4	0	19	1
Kulkarni	4	0	45	1
Bravo	3.1	0	19	1
Harbhajan	3	0	22	0
Duminy	2	0	9	0
Nanda	3	0	21	0

IPL Awards!

Various awards were given during the presentation ceremony after the final game, which was won by Rajasthan Royals. The match went till the last ball and Balaji off Chennai Kings could have become a hero but he missed the chance by giving away all the 8 runs. Sohail Tanvir and Warne finished the final runs! Tanvir required to score 1 run of the last ball and he did it by pulling it between mid on and mid wicket. Victory to Rajasthan Royals!

The awards given during the presentation ceremony are:

DLF Maximum Sixes Award: Yousuf Pathan - 4 sixes - Rajasthan Royals (India)

Orange Cap: Shaun Marsh - 616 runs - Kings XI Punjab (Australia)

Purple Cap: Sohail Tanvir - 22 wickets - Rajasthan Royals (Pakistan)

Best Under-19 Player: S Goswami - Bangalore Royal Challengers (India)

Man of the Final: Yousuf Pathan - Rajasthan Royals (India)

Man of the Series: Shane Watson - 472 runs & 17 wickets - Rajasthan Royals (Australia)

Fair Play Award: Chennai Super Kings

Runner of IPL: Chennai Super Kings - INR 2.4 Crores

Winner of IPL: Rajasthan Royals - INR 4.8 Crores

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Purple Cap for Bowler

IPL has introduced Purple Cap for bowlers with more wickets. The batsmen already have Orange Cap. The batsman with more runs given the Orange cap.

As of now, it is rotating between Rohit Sharma off Deccan Chargers, Gautam Gambhir off Delhi Daredevils, Virendra Sehwag off Delhi Daredevils.

Since bowlers were left with no appreciation for their efforts, the IPL Organizing Committee has decided to introduce the Purple Cap for a bowler with most cumulative wickets to his name on each day of the season, and will be worn by that bowler in the field.

If the wickets are equal, then their economy rate will be considered.

At the end of the season, the bowler with most wickets will be wearing the cap and he will win the honor of being called the "Winner of Purple Cap 2008"

The batsman will have the honor of being called the "Winning of Orange Cap 2008"