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Congratulations To Deccan Chargers For Winning DLF IPL - 2009

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Pictures and Video Of DLF IPL Winners - Deccan Chargers

admin2 — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:42:29 +0000

Following are some of the pictures of the joyous Deccan Chargers - The winners of DLF - IPL 2009

Deccan Chargers proved today that they are The Unstoppable

IPL 2009 Ceremony Celebration

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Watch the celebrations at the closing ceremony of IPL 2009

Deccan Chargers - Winners DLF IPL 2009

admin2 — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:56:32 +0000

In a nail bitting match today, Deccan Chargers won the final by 6 runs to lift the astonishing DLF IPL trophy. After being asked to bat first by Royal Challengers, Deccan Chargers lost Gilchrist in the very first over. This was the priced wicket for Bangalore but Gibbs on the other end was firm and his innings of 53 runs along with useful contributions from Rohit and Symonds helped them to post a total of 143 in 20 overs.

Chasing that total, Royal Challengers Bangalore started off well but in the middle orders, the pressure of final was felt and the whole team crumbled. From 79/4 they went to 107/7 and thus in the final over they needed 15 runs. But a tight line and length by Deccan Charger’s Singh prevented them to score 15 runs and thus they lost it by 6 runs.

Highlights of Match
* Deccan Chargers Innings
* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (47 balls), Extras 3
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (94 balls), Extras 7
* 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (HH Gibbs 23, RG Sharma 24, Ex 3)
* HH Gibbs: 50 off 47 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Innings Break: Deccan Chargers - 143/6 in 20.0 overs (HH Gibbs 53, RJ Harris 9)

* Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (48 balls), Extras 2
* Drinks: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 69/3 in 10.0 overs (R Dravid 4, LRPL Taylor 10)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 4

Man of the match - A Kumble

Scorecard of IPL Final

Final Match Scorecard Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers at Johannesburg

admin2 — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:49:33 +0000

Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist	b Kumble	0	3	0	0	0.00
	HH Gibbs	not out	53	48	3	2	110.41
	TS Suman	c Pandey b Vinay Kumar	10	11	1	0	90.90
	A Symonds	b Kumble	33	21	4	1	157.14
	RG Sharma	c Pandey b Kumble	24	23	1	1	104.34
	Y Venugopal Rao	c Taylor b Kumble	0	2	0	0	0.00
	AA Bilakhia	lbw b Vinay Kumar	6	7	0	0	85.71
	RJ Harris	not out	9	5	0	0	180.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8

	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	143	(7.15 runs per over)

Did not bat PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh

Fall of wickets1-0 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Kumble	4	0	16	4	4.00
P Kumar	4	0	43	0	10.75	(5w)
JH Kallis	4	0	24	0	6.00
R Vinay Kumar	4	0	30	2	7.50	(1w)
RE van der Merwe	4	0	28	0	7.00


Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 144 runs from 20 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	JH Kallis	b Singh	16	17	3	0	94.11
	MK Pandey	c Gilchrist b Ojha	4	8	0	0	50.00
	RE van der Merwe	st Gilchrist b Ojha	32	21	1	3	152.38
	R Dravid	b Harmeet Singh	9	13	0	0	69.23
	LRPL Taylor	c Venugopal Rao b Symonds	27	20	3	1	135.00
	V Kohli	st Gilchrist b Symonds	7	8	1	0	87.50
	MV Boucher	c Gibbs b Harmeet Singh	5	6	1	0	83.33
	RV Uthappa	not out	17	15	0	1	113.33
	P Kumar	c Singh b Ojha	2	3	0	0	66.66
	R Vinay Kumar	c Harmeet Singh b Harris	8	8	1	0	100.00
	A Kumble	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 8, w 1)	9

	Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	137	(6.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-20 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	4	1	35	1	8.75	(1w)
RP Singh	4	0	16	1	4.00
A Symonds	3	0	18	2	6.00
PP Ojha	4	0	28	3	7.00
Harmeet Singh	4	0	23	2	5.75
RG Sharma	1	0	9	0	9.00

Grand Finale - Indian Premier League 2009

admin2 — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:59:26 +0000

Who could have thought this in the wildest of his/her dreams that two of the so called underdogs of the IPL 2008 would be face to face in the finals on May 24, 2009. Deccan Chargers and Royal Challenger Bangalore had showed excellent team spirit and had just outplayed opposite teams at the right moments. Earlier Deccan Chargers showed door to Delhi Daredevils who were considered to be the strongest team in IPL - 2009. In second semi final, Royal Challenger Bangalore defeated the Chennai Super Kings lead by Dhoni which was also one of the strongest teams in this season. Not only the masses but experts and even bookies are shocked to see the final teams.

This season of Indian Premier League offered great entertainment to all cricket lovers and almost every match had a nail bitting finish. So lets hope that the final would also be a high tension sensational match and may the best team wins.

Match Details
Sunday, May 24
Start time 16.30 local (14:30 GMT) 8 pm Indian Standard Time

Scorecard Semi Final - 2 Royal Challengers Bangalore Beat Chennai Super Kings

admin2 — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:53:03 +0000

Result Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)


Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	PA Patel	lbw b Kallis	36	27	7	0	133.33
	ML Hayden	c Pandey b Vinay Kumar	26	19	2	1	136.84
	MS Dhoni	c Vinay Kumar b van der Merwe	28	30	0	0	93.33
	SK Raina	c Boucher b Kumar	20	19	1	1	105.26
	JA Morkel	not out	20	17	1	1	117.64
	JDP Oram	c Uthappa b Vinay Kumar	9	7	0	1	128.57
	S Badrinath	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 3)	6

	Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs)	146	(7.30 runs per over)

Did not bat SB Jakati, L Balaji, M Muralitharan, MS Gony

Fall of wickets1-61 (Hayden, 6.6 ov), 2-69 (Patel, 8.4 ov), 3-104 (Raina, 14.1 ov), 4-125 (Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 5-140 (Oram, 19.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	4	0	26	1	6.50
JH Kallis	4	0	26	1	6.50	(1w)
R Vinay Kumar	4	0	38	2	9.50
A Kumble	4	0	30	0	7.50
RE van der Merwe	4	0	23	1	5.75	(2w)


Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 147 runs from 20 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	JH Kallis	c Patel b Gony	9	7	2	0	128.57
	M Pandey	b Jakati	48	35	7	0	137.14
	RE van der Merwe	b Morkel	2	5	0	0	40.00
	R Dravid	lbw b Muralitharan	44	39	6	0	112.82
	V Kohli	not out	24	17	1	2	141.17
	LRPL Taylor	not out	17	12	0	2	141.66
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5

	Total	(4 wickets; 18.5 overs)	149	(7.91 runs per over)

Did not bat RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble

Fall of wickets1-17 (Kallis, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (van der Merwe, 2.5 ov), 3-94 (Pandey, 12.3 ov), 4-110 (Dravid, 15.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Morkel	3	0	26	1	8.66
MS Gony	2	0	23	1	11.50	(1nb)
SB Jakati	4	0	29	1	7.25
SK Raina	3	0	23	0	7.66
M Muralitharan	4	0	15	1	3.75
L Balaji	2	0	16	0	8.00
JDP Oram	0.5	0	14	0	16.80	(1nb)

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Semi Final - 2 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings

admin2 — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:19:02 +0000

Date - May 23, 2009
Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were asked to bat first by Royal Challengers after winning the toss. Chennai Super Kings got to a flying start with Hayden and Patel both being too severe on bowlers. But loosing both of them in quick succession, halted the Chennai Super Kings charge and they were able to score 146/5 in 20 overs. The target seem to be a moderate one and it looks that Chennai Super Kings bowler’s need to put up extra effort to save this match and cement the place in IPL Final.

FOW:M Hayden (61-1, 7), P Patel (69-2, 8.4), S Raina (104-3, 14.1), *MS Dhoni (125-4, 17.2), J Oram (140-5, 19.2)

Chennai Super Kings Innings Highlights
* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (PA Patel 32, ML Hayden 17, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Chennai Super Kings - 74/2 in 10.0 overs (MS Dhoni 8, SK Raina 3)
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 146/5 in 20.0 overs (JA Morkel 20, S Badrinath 1)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
Hoping to secure a berth in the finals against Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore went to the center to chase 147. They lost Kallis and Merwe for cheap and it looked Super Kings would bounce back well. But Pandey and Dravid were certain to be in finals and they played really well to took Royal Challengers Bangalore close to victory. Though they both got out but Kohli and Taylor made sure that Chennai Super Kings are out of the finals race.

FOW:J Kallis (17-1, 1.4), Der Merwe (22-2, 2.5), M Pandey (94-3, 12.3), R Dravid (110-4, 15.1)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings Highlights
* Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (M Pandey 30, R Dravid 21, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Bangalore Royal Challengers - 82/2 in 10.0 overs (M Pandey 43, R Dravid 26)
* Parthiv Patel kept for MS Dhoni from the first ball of the Royal Challengers innings
* Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 3

Man of the match - M Pandey
Scorecard for Semi Final Of IPL -2

IPL Semi Final - 2 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings

admin2 — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:04:48 +0000

May 23, 2009
Start time 16.30 local (14:30 GMT) 8pm Indian Standard Time

Today is the second semi final of Indian Premier League Season -2 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings are hot favorite but Royal Challengers Bangalore have proved they can not be taken lightly after storming to the semi finals by defeating Deccan Chargers who have already entered the final. The winner of the match would take on Deccan Chargers in the finals on Sunday 24, 2009.

The probables are :-
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Jacob Oram/Michael Hussey, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Parthiv Patel, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 R Ashwin.

Bangalore Royal Challengers: 1 Rahul Dravid, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Roelof van der Merwe, 8 Anil Kumble (capt) 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 B Akhil, 11 Mark Boucher (wk).