Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers owned by Deccan Chronicle newspaper group staged a remarkable fightback to upstage Royal Challengers Bangalore owned by Vijay Mallya by six runs in a nail-biting final and win the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2) at Johannesburg on 25th may 2009 , sunday. Both the teams from southern Indian displayed superb performance but deccan chargers held their nerves and won the trophy.
Adam Gilchrist and his never-say-die Deccan Chargers teammates pipped Royal Challengers Bangalore to a modest 6 runs win, Bangalore could only score mere 139 for 9 in their quota of 20 overs. Pragyan Ojha was Hyderabad's most successful bowler, with figures of three for 28.Indeed bowlers of Deccan Chargers gave a superb performance despite Gilchrist failing to score in the final match.Symond must also be appreciated for all the talking he did during the match.Lets Hope on the lines of IPL 2 Final match victory Hyderabad will soon over take Bangalore in the IT sector too ..... lol .
It can also be accrued to fate that the two teams that occupied the bottom of the table in the inaugural edition contested the final this year. Both, along with Delhi Daredevils , qualify for the inaugural Champions League T20, to be held in India in October. Hyderabad's triumph meant that for the second year running an Australian captain lifted the coveted trophy.
Bangalore's defeat also meant it was a day of double despair for their owner, Vijay Mallya . His F1 team, Force India, had earlier in the day at the Monaco Grand Prix failed to secure their maiden points in Formula One after coming desperately close -- Italian Giancarlo Fisichella finishing ninth. Other major dissappointment was Knight Riders from Kolkatta , Shahrukh khans (SRK) team which ended last in the points table. Mumbai had fair chance but due to injury of Zaheer Khan impacted them a lot and they could not recover. Other main controversy was the fake IPL blog which attracted lot readers as well as the media to it .
Earlier, a superb spell of bowling by Anil Kumble (4-0-16-4) helped Bangalore restrict the Chargers to a paltry 143 for 6. But no other bowler could do the trick as the legend kumble did. Herschelle Gibbs scored a superlative 53 not out off 48 balls (3x4, 2x6) to keep the Hyderabad challenge alive. The South African combined aggression with caution to good effect to anchor the team's innings to perfection after the early dismissal of Adam Gilchrist for zero. Owners of Deccan Chargers - Ram Reddy and others and the all the people from Hyderabad were too excited and were found celebrating on the roads and burning crackers. Lali Modi , commissioner of IPL 2 handed over the trophy to Adam Gilchrist and the entire team.
Three teams from the southern india were in the top four of this IPL season and delhi being from the north india.
Summary of IPL 2 - 2009
Purple Cap Winner : R P Singh
Orange Cap Winner : Mathew Hayden
IPL 2 Winner Team : Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad
IPL 2 Winning Amount : 4.8 Crores of Indian rupees
IPL 2 Runner Up Team : Royal Challengers - Bangalore
IPL 2 Runner Ups Amount : 2.4 Crores of Indian rupees
Golden Player of IPL 2 : Adam Gilchrist
Under 23 Payer of IPL2 : Rohit Sharma
IPL 2 Final Man of the Match : Anil Kumble
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