The 2009 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night

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match played between the

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and the

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on 24 May 2009 at the

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to determine the winner of the

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, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the Chargers defeated the Royal Challengers by six

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The Chargers, captained by

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, came fourth in group stage table, whereas the Royal Challengers, led by

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, stood at the third position. They had defeated the

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and the

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respectively in the semi-finals. Winning the toss, Royal Challengers captain Anil Kumble opted to field first. The Chargers scored 143 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 6 wickets.

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at opening,

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top scored for the Chargers with 53 runs. Royals' bowler

took four wickets for 16 runs. The Royal Challengers failed to build a good opening partnership. However, due to contributions from the

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, it reached 129/9 in the last over But Royal Challengers failed to take 15 runs from the last over bowled by

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. They took 8 and the match ended with Royal Challengers 137/9. Chargers won the match by 6 runs and earned 2009 Indian Premier League title. Kumble, who was the best performer for the Royal Challengers Bangalore was named the

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Route to the final

Group stage

The Chargers started its campaign with four consecutive wins, but lost its next three matches to the Daredevils, the Royals and the Kings. It qualified for the

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after losing its last two league matches. The Royal Challengers won its first match in the group stage to the Royals. But, it lost all of its next four matches. Then, it won three consecutive league matches against Knight Riders, Kings XI and Indians. But again lost two. Then it won the last 4 matches of the league. The two teams faced each other in two matches of the group stage, The two matches were won by the two teams for 1 times.,

Semifinals

The Chargers played the Daredevils in the first semi-final. The Chargers won the toss and decided to field first. The Daredevils failed to make an opening partnership.

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was out on the 5th ball of the match with a zero run in scorecard for him and the team. And the Daredevils got a big shock when

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followed Gambhir in the very next ball. Daredevils were 0/2 after Over 1. But

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and

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added 85 runs in the 3rd wicket partnership. At the 85 run Sehwag was out scoring 39 from 31. After that the middle and lower middle batting order took the run to 150's. Daredevils scored 153 for 8 after 20 overs.

scored the highest run for his team. He scored 65 from 51. Chargers pacer Ryan Harris was the most successful bowler with a 3/27 figure in 4 overs. After coming to bat Chargers lost their first wicket in 22 runs. But captain's 85 from 35 made the target easier and Charger reached the target in 17.4 overs with 6 wickets in hand. Adam Gilchrist was the

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was out. Then

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came to bat. But his slow 28 from 30 made the innings slow. The middle order player

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and

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tried to score quickly. But they could make 146 for 5 in 20 overs.

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was the highest scorer for Super Kings with 36 from 27.

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was the most successful bowler with 4 from 38 runs in 4 overs. Royal Challengers lost early wickets. They lost

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at the 17 runs. At 22 runs they lost

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. But 70 runs at 3rd wicket made the way easier for Royal Challengers. With 92 runs on the board,

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departed. After 18 runs at the 4th wicket, with 110 runs on the board

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also departed. Then

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and

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didn't do any mistake to get the winning runs. Royal Challengers chased 146 with 7 balls and 6 wickets in hand.

was the highest scorer for RCB, scoring 48 from 35 for Royal Challengers while

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took 1 for 15 in 4 overs. Manish Pandey was named the

Match

Scorecard

On-field

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Reserve umpire:

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Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field first Result: Chargers won by 6 runs League impact: Chargers won the 2009 Indian Premier League Source: Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.3 overs), 2-18 (Suman, 3.3 overs), 3-58 (Symonds, 8.5 overs), 4-110 (R Sharma, 16.2 overs), 5-115 (V Rao, 16.6 overs), 6-134 (Bilakhia, 19.1 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Kallis, 3.3 overs), 2-36 (Pandey, 6.1 overs), 3-57 (van der Merwe, 8.3 overs), 4-79 (Dravid, 11.4 overs), 5-99 (Taylor, 14.2 overs), 6-99 (Kohli, 14.3 overs), 7-107 (Boucher, 15.5 overs), 8-110 (Praveen Kumar, 16.4 overs), 9-129 (Vinay Kumar, 18.6 overs)

References

External links

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