The 2009 Indian Premier League or also IPL 2 was played between 18 April 2009 and 24 May 2009 .It was the second iggest cricket tournament after the cricket world cup .As that was the time of Parlimentary elections in India , the government of India refused to provide Indian Parlimentary forces .But , As there were concerns that IPL2 is also targets of terrorists , so the BCCI decided to conduct the league outside India and
on 24 March 2009 , the BCCI officially announced that the IPL2 will be held in South Africa .Some teams lostt their valuable players and also some gained a few good players to play for them.Star players from Kolkata Knight Riders like Ajantha Mendis , Brad hodge resigned with Kolkata Knight Riders .The Royal Challengers Bangalore had to lose one of their valuable player , as Virat kohli resigned from the royals. Ravindra jadeja resinged from Rajasthan Royals and most importantly Dwayne Bravo had to resign from the Mumbai Indians and Shawn Pollock retired as a player for the Mumbai Indians. To be frank , this is a huge loss for the team. Sachin Rana, Mohnish Parmar , Angelo Mathews , Moises Henriques have signed with Kolkata Knight Riders .Graham Napier signs with Mumbai Indians .So , this time the team strenghts are equal among all the teams and will be interesting to see which team lifts the trophy and so 8 teams participated in the league and played 59 matches .EveryBody showed thier full strngth .
Watch Indian Premier League - 2009 Finals Highlights .
on 24 March 2009 , the BCCI officially announced that the IPL2 will be held in South Africa .Some teams lostt their valuable players and also some gained a few good players to play for them.Star players from Kolkata Knight Riders like Ajantha Mendis , Brad hodge resigned with Kolkata Knight Riders .The Royal Challengers Bangalore had to lose one of their valuable player , as Virat kohli resigned from the royals. Ravindra jadeja resinged from Rajasthan Royals and most importantly Dwayne Bravo had to resign from the Mumbai Indians and Shawn Pollock retired as a player for the Mumbai Indians. To be frank , this is a huge loss for the team. Sachin Rana, Mohnish Parmar , Angelo Mathews , Moises Henriques have signed with Kolkata Knight Riders .Graham Napier signs with Mumbai Indians .So , this time the team strenghts are equal among all the teams and will be interesting to see which team lifts the trophy and so 8 teams participated in the league and played 59 matches .EveryBody showed thier full strngth .
LEAGUE TABLE :
TEAM | MATCHES | WON | LOST | POINTS | NET RR |
Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 | +0.31 |
Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 8 | 5 | 17 | +0.95 |
Royal Challengers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -0.19 |
Deccan Chargers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +0.20 |
Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -0.48 |
Mumbai Indians | 14 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -0.30 |
Kolkata knight Riders | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -0.79 |
The Final Match was played on 24th of May , It was a Sunday .The 2 teams that qualified for the finals are the Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg .Herschelle Gibbs made his 4th fifty in IPL. So Finally under Gilly's Captaincy , Deccan Chargers won the IPL Trophy with a superb six-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Deccans were crowned as the champions .
Tournament Awards
Player of the tournament: Adam Gilchrist - Deccan Chargers
Player of the grand final: Anil Kumble - Royal Challengers Bangalore
U-23 success of the tournament: Rohit Sharma (333 runs, 11 wickets) - Deccan Chargers [27]
Highest score of the tournament: Manish Pandey (114*) - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Hat tricks Yuvraj Singh (2) and Rohit Sharma (1)
Kingfisher Fair Play Award: Kings XI Punjab
Watch Indian Premier League - 2009 Finals Highlights .
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| Indian Premier League 2009 Batsman With Maximum sixers | ||
| Team | Name | Sixes |
| Deccan Chargers | Adam Gilchrist | 29 |
| Chennai Super Kings | Matthew Hayden | 22 |
| Chennai Super Kings | Suresh Raina | 21 |
| Deccan Chargers | Rohit Sharma | 17 |
| Kings XI Punjab | Yuvraj Singh | 16 |
Indian Premier League - 2009 - Players with most number of Hundreds
Player | Team | Hundreds | Highest | Versus |
Manish Pandey | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 114 | Deccan Chargers |
AB de Villiers | Delhi Daredecils | 1 | 105 | Chennai Super Kings |
Indian Premier League - 2009 - Bowlers with most number of wickets
Player | Team | Matchces | Overs | Wickets |
R.P.Singh | Deccan Chagers | 16 | 59.4 | 23 |
Anil Kumble | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 | 59.1 | 21 |
Ashish Nehra | Delhi Daredevils | 13 | 51.0 | 19 |
Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 49.3 | 18 |
Pragyan Ojha | Deccan Chargers | 15 | 53.3 18 | 18 |
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