DLF IPL 2009 SUMMARY

DLF IPL 2009 SUMMARY

DLF IPL 2009 or IPL 2 was hosted by south Africa due to security reasons as general election 2009 in India was underway.

DATE
- 18 April 2009 to 24 may 2009

TEAMS -
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Chennai super kings (CSK)
Royal challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Rajasthan royals(RR)
Kolkata knight riders(KKR)
Delhi daredevils(DD)
Kings 11 PUNJAB(KXIP)
Deccan chargers HYDRABAD(DC)

MATCHES  -59

FORMAT -  T20 CRICKET format with double round robin and knockout

ADMINISTRATION - BCCI

OFFICIAL SPONSORER - DLF

HOST - SOUTH AFRICA

WINNER -
DECCAN CHARGERS HYDRABAD WON ITS FIRST TITLE BY BEATING RCB IN THE FINAL OF IPL 2009 (SECOND EDITION)

RUNNER -
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

MAN OF THE SERIES -

Adam Gilchrist skipper of DC for his all rounder performance with 495 runs and 18 dismissal

MOST RUNS (ORANGE CAP) -
Matthew Hayden (CSK) 572 runs

MOST WICKETS ( PURPLE CAP) -

R.P. Singh (DC) 23 wickets

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE

114* by Manish Pandey of RCB against Deccan Chargers was the highest individual score in IPL 2009.

NUMBER OF SIXES

442 sixes was hitted in DLF IPL 2009 by 73  batsmen with Adam Gilchrist skipper of the DC (29)  hitted highest number of sixes.

BEST BOWLING FIGURE -

Anil kumble five wickets for five runs against RR