The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the

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, established by the

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(BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. It was the second biggest

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tournament in the world, after the

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, and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone. The tagline was ''Divided by nations, United by IPL.'' As the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase

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s, in the aftermath of the 3 March

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the

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refused to commit security by

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. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India. On 24 March 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL was to be held in South Africa. Though India did not host the second season, the format of the tournament remained unchanged from the 2008 season format. The IPL injected approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local economy. In addition, the BCCI signed an 82 billion (US$1.63

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) contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from South Africa to India. The IPL was hosted successfully in South Africa and was hailed as an "extraordinary" accomplishment. The tournament was particularly praised for globalizing cricket and had set record television viewership. The tournament was won by

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, who beat the

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in the

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Venues

Rules and regulations

Some of the rules were changed for the 2009 edition of the IPL. The number of international players allowed in any one squad was increased from 8 to 10 although the number allowed in any playing 11 remained at 4. The IPL sanctioned franchises to spend a further US$2 million during the

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taking the total salary cap for each franchise to US$7 million for the 2009 tournament. The BCCI also negotiated with England Cricket Board (ECB) to allow English cricketers to participate in the tournament. English players were allowed to play for 21 days in between their tour to

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and the subsequent return tour. At the halfway point of each

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, a seven-and-a-half-minute

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was now held. The change proved controversial, as critics and players felt that it broke the flow of the game, and because two-thirds of the break were devoted purely to additional advertising time. The timeout rules were revised for the 2010 season. The format is the same as previous season. Points in the group stage were awarded as follows: If the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one over per side "Eliminator" or "Super Over": # Higher number of points # If equal, higher number of wins # If still equal,

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# If still equal, lower bowling strike rate # If still equal, result of head-to-head meeting.

Teams and standings

Points table

Winner, runner-up and best-performing semi-finalist in the group stage qualify for the

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Match summary

League stage

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in South Africa'' ---- * ''Rajasthan Royals score of 14/2 from the powerplay is the lowest in IPL history '' * ''Rajasthan Royals total of 58 is the second lowest in IPL history'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- * ''Deccan Chargers became the first IPL team to hit a six off the final ball of a match to win'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Playoffs

Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Batting

Most runs

Tournament's leading scorer wore an orange cap when fielding. :

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Bowling

Most wickets

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Other awards

Player of the tournament:

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Player of the grand final:

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U-23 success of the tournament:

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(333 runs, 11 wickets) -

Highest score of the tournament:

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(114*) -

Hat tricks

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(2) and

(1) Kingfisher Fair Play Award:

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Franchise earnings

The second season that concluded on 24 May 2009 was hugely profitable for the IPL compared to the previous edition. In the 2009 season all the franchises made a profit. *Other incomes include gate receipts, in-stadia advertising, merchandise sales, and media tie-ups *Other expenses include stadia fees, travel, stay cost and team promotion Source: IIFL Research

References

External links

Official website

IPL 2009 - Statistics
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