Deccan snatch title in tense finish
Royal challengers Bangalore V Deccan Chargers:
Deccan Chargers were crowned winners of the IPL following their six-run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg.
Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (neutral venue), on 24 May 2009 – day/night (20-over match)
Result Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs
Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
captainwicketkeeper 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 wicketkeeperGilchrist b Ojha 4 8 0 0 50.00
RE van der Merwe st wicketkeeperGilchrist 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 wicketkeeperGilchrist b Symonds 7 8 1 0 87.50
wicketkeeper 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
captain 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
Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to field first
Series Deccan Chargers won the 2009 Indian Premier League
Player of the match A Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Player of the series AC Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
Umpires RE Koertzen and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire ZTA Ndamane
source: cricinfo.com
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