Deccan Chargers won the 2009 IPL Championship, beat Bangalore by 6 runs in the Final

Deccan Chargers won the 2009 IPL Championship by 6 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a low scoring tight final on Sunday, May 24th at Johannesburg. Deccan scored 143/6 and restricted bangalore to 137/9 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers scored 143/6 in 20 overs after they lost skipper Adam Gilchrist in 1st over by his counterpart Kumble but Herschell Gibbs scored 53 runs off 48 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes brought back them into the match well supported by Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma scored 33 runs and 24 runs respectively. Anil Kumble took 4 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs for Bangalore.

In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Kallis early in the inning but Roelf van der Merwe scored 32 runs off 21 balls and were 99/4 in 14 overs but Symonds took the wickets of Ross Taylor and Kohli in 2 balls to brought them back in the match.

Match Summary:

Deccan Chargers - 143/6 in 20 overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 137/9 in 20 overs.

Result - Deccan Chargers won by 6 Runs and DLF IPL Cup.

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2009 IPL Final - Deccan Chargers (DC) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Live

The final of 2009 IPL will be played beteen two bottom placed teams, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, May 24th at Johannesburg. IPL2 final has scheduled to start at 16.30 PM local time.

Deccan won the last match comfortably against title favorite Delhi by 6 wickets with 14 balls remaining as captain Adam Gilchrist leading from the fron and he is a big match player, contributed well in all finals he had played for world champions Australia.

Royal Challengers Bangalore removed their test team status and won the last 5 matches in a roe beaten top teams of the tournament including Deccan Chargers. Manish Pandey is a new sensation scored century in the last match against Deccan and in the semi-final scored 48 runs and won two man of the match awardsin two matches he played this season.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11 for the IPL Final Match:

Adam Gilchrist (C/WK), Heschell Gibbs, Tirumalsetti Suman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao, Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Azhar Bilakhia.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11 for the IPL Final Match:
Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Jesse Ryder, Mark Boucher (wk), KP Appanna, B Akhil, R Vinay Kumar, Anil Kumble (capt).

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Bangalore beat Chennai by 6 wickets to meet Deccan in the Final of 2009 IPL

Mainish Pandey once again played a handful inning to take Royal Bangalore Challengers in the final of 2009 IPL, as they comfortably beat favorite Chennai Super Kings in the 2nd semi final on Saturday, May 23rd at Johannesburg.

Chennai put 61 runs for the 1st wicket by openers Parthiv Patel and Mathew Hayden, scored 36 runs and 26 runs respectively but then tight bowling by Bangalore restricted Chennai to 146/5 in 20 overs, Dhoni also chipped with 28 runs but unable to make a competetive total.

Bangalore reduced to 22/2 but 3rd wicket partnership of 72 runsbetween Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid, score 48 runs and 44 runs respectively put Bangalore in a comfortable position and then Kohli and Ross Taylor sealed a comfortable win with 7 balls remaining.

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2009 IPL 2nd Semi Final

Last year runner up Chennai Super Kings will take last year 2nd last team Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2nd semifinal of 200p IPL on Saturday, May 23rd 2009 at Johannesburg.

Chennai Super Kings is looking favorite as Michael Hussey is also available and will replace out of form Jacob Oram along with tournament highest scorer Mathew Hayden. Muralitharan is also in good form to test Bangalore's middle order.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last 4 matches to reach the semis and defeated Channai in their last high scoring match. Bangalore will highly depend on Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dravid and last match hero Manish Pandey in batting deparment while in bowling Pravin Kumar taking regular wicket and Kumble is very economical.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11 for Today Match:

Parthive Patel, Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Albie Morkel, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Shadab Jakati, L Balaji, Sudeep Tyagi, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11 for Today Match:

Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Jesse Ryder, Mark Boucher (wk), KP Appanna, B Akhil, R Vinay Kumar, Anil Kumble (capt).

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Deccan beat Delhi in 1st semifinal of 2009 IPL - Gilchrist hit fastest 50 of IPL

The worst team of 2008 IPL Deccan Chargers enters the final of 2009 IPL, as they beat Delhi Daredevils in the 1st semi-final by 6 wickets as captain Gichrist hit fastest half century of IPL in just 17 balls on Friday, May 22nd.


Delhi Daredevils lost 2 wickets without a run on the board and then Seheag and Dilshan then rebuilt the inning with a 85 runs partnership contributed 39 runs and 65 runs respectively. Ryan Harris and RP Singh took 2 wickets each.



Adam Gilchrist the lead from the front hit 5 ours in the 1st over of the inning and never allowed Delhi bowlers to bounce back in his innig of 85 runs off 35 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes to take his team in the final of IPL2 on Sunday, May 24th.



Match Summary:

Delhi Daredevils - 153/8 in 20 overs.

Delhi Daredivils - 154/4 in 20 overs.

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First IPL Semi Final - Delhi Daredevils (DD) Vs Deccan Chargers (DC) - IPL 2009 57th Match

After 56 interesting & entertaining matches, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 finally reaches the first semi final between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers at SuperSport Park starting from 16.30 local time (SA), [14.30 GMT, 8.00PM IST.]

Delhi Daredevils are consistent from match 1 and are only the team in IPL 2009 not to have lost two matches in a row. Delhi has beaten each team in the IPL 2009 at least once. Delhi Daredevils are very happy to see that Sehwag and Gambhir finding form at just the right time and make the Delhi team even more dangerous. AB de Villiers, Tillakratne Dlishan and Dinesh Karthik all are delivering with the bat in middle overs. Delhi Daredevils bowling is also on top led by Ashish Nehra and Dirk Nannes while Amit Mishra, Daniel Vettori and Rajat Bhatia are bowling brilliantly in middle overs.

Deccan Chargers are also having good IPL till now. They have won some matches with efforts of Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Young Rohit Sharma who is also performing well in bowling too. R.P Singh is the leading wicket taker in this IPL 2009 till now and well supported by Pragyan Ojha in middle overs.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11 for Today Match

Gautam Gambhir, David Warner, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Virender Sehwag(C), Dinesh Karthik(WK), Rajat Bhatia, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Dirk Nannes

Deccan Chargers Playing 11 for Today Match

Adam Gilchrist (C/WK), Heschell Gibbs, Tirumalsetti Suman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao, Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Chaminda Vaas, Shoaib Ahmed.

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Manish Pandey Photos - Deccan Chargers (DC) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Match Photos, Pics, Image Highlights

Manish Pandey indeed Star of the Match for yesterdays tie between Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore

Te first ton by an Indian in an IPL came through this young start of Royal Challengers, and the knock came at the perfect moment when it was most required apposition in the semifinals. Not only did Bangalore Royal Challengers qualify to the semifinals but did it in style to play the second best team and not Delhi Daredevils for any hope for the finals.

Here are some stills of the Star of last match : Manish Pandey Photos

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Manish Pandey's Century helps Bangalore to finish 3rd, Deccan 4th

Manish Pandey, an under-19 batsman became the first Indian to score a century in IPL history and the 2nd player to score a century in this years edition of IPL2 , scoring a quickfire 114 runs off just 73 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes thus guiding Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comfortable victory against Deccan and helping them to 3rd in the IPL rankings to avoid a clash with point leaders Delhi in the semi-finals.

Bangalore lost their last match hero Jacques Kallis in the 2nd over and Manish Pandey was offer a life when he was dropped earlier in the inning's proving a costly one for Deccan who went ahead and scored his maiden ton of 2009 IPL to take Bangalore to a competitive total of 170/4 in 20 overs.

Deccan then started strongly making 68 runs in 7 overs as Gibbs made 60 runs off 43 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes but wickets falling at regular intervals due to some tight bowling by Anil Kumble and Akhil took 2 wickets each to restrict Deccan Chargers to 158/6 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers finished 4th in points table will meet top team Delhi Daredevils in the 1st semifinal on Friday, May 22nd, while 2nd position Chennai Super Kings will meet 3rd place Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2nd semifinal on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009.

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IPL 55th Match between Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians

55th Match of IPL will be played between Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT)

Delhi Daredevils will take on Mumbai Indians in a short while now. This match has little significance because its result can not affect both team. With their highest point in IPL Delhi Daredevils are relaxed and content, where as Mumbai Indians can only be happy to win a consolation game.

Mumbai Indians has great line up of batsmen like Sachin, Jayasurya, JP Duminy and Bravo. Their bowling side is also armed with great experienced and performance. Mumbai Indians have lost it in their game planning.

In contrast, Delhi Daredevils are relaxed with their laurels in their bag. Delhi Daredevils might try out some experiment in this match. In the mean time skipper Virender Sehwag revealed the secret behind Delhi Daredevils' success in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a bonus of $50,000 for every victory.

So let's watch this match how Mumbai Indians save their face!

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Preview of 1st ODI - England vs. West Indies at Headingley – Eng vs. Windies ODI preview

England riding on a high with a successful Test series and an outright performance must have made them confident about the ODI series to be theirs. But West Indies will have other plans with some fresh players and some hard hitters from the IPL who will take charge in the ODI squad.

West Indies have some exciting and skilled ODI players in Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul who can turn the game with some hard hitting.

England on the other side will be missing Kevin Pieterson due to his right Achilles tendon injury will not make it for the ODI series, gives Ravi Bopara to extend his excellent form into the ODI’s along with other ODI experts like Dimitri Mascarenhas & Owais Shah.

In all, an exciting duel to enjoy!

Probable Team compositions: (Players to watch out are bolded)

England:
Andrew Strauss (capt), Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Eoin Morgan, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson

West Indies
Chris Gayle (capt), Lendl Simmons, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Fidel Edwards

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