2009 Indian Premier League

2009 Indian Premier League

Dates	18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) – 24 May 2009 (2009-05-24)[1]
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	South Africa [2]
Champions	Deccan Chargers (1st title)
Participants	8
Matches played	59
Player of the series	Adam Gilchrist (DC) (495 runs and 18 dismissals)
Most runs	Matthew Hayden (CSK) (572)
Most wickets	RP Singh (DC) (23)
Official website	www.iplt20.com

The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009.^[3] It was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup,^[4] and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone.^[5]

As the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, the Government of India refused to commit security by Indian paramilitary forces. As a result, the BCCI decided to host the second season of the league outside India.^[6] On 24 March 2009, the BCCI officially announced that the second season of the IPL will be held in South Africa.^[7] Though India did not host the second season, the format of the tournament remained unchanged from the 2008 season format.^[8]

The IPL injected approximately US$100 million into South Africa's local economy.^[9] In addition, the BCCI signed a ₹82 billion (US$1.63 billion) contract with Multi Screen Media to broadcast matches live from South Africa to India.^[10]

The IPL was hosted successfully in South Africa and was hailed as an "extraordinary" accomplishment.^[11] The tournament was particularly praised for globalizing cricket^[12] and had set record television viewership.^[13] The tournament was won by Deccan Chargers while the Royal Challengers Bangalore were declared as runners-up.^[14]

Venues

Durban	Centurion	Johannesburg	Cape Town
Kingsmead Capacity: 25,000 Matches: 17	SuperSport Park Capacity: 20,000 Matches: 12	New Wanderers Stadium Capacity: 34,000 Matches: 8	Newlands Capacity: 25,000 Matches: 8
Johannesburg Durban Centurion Port Elizabeth Cape Town East London Kimberley Bloemfontein
Port Elizabeth	East London	Kimberley	Bloemfontein
St George's Park Capacity: 19,000 Matches: 7	Buffalo Park Capacity: 15,000 Matches: 4	De Beers Oval Capacity: 11,000 Matches: 3	OUTsurance Oval Capacity: 20,000 Matches: 2

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.^[15] The players purchase cap was increased from 5 to 7 million. The BCCI also negotiated with the ECB to allow English cricketers to participate in the 2009 edition of the IPL cricket. English players were allowed to play for 21 days in between their tour to West Indies and the subsequent return tour.^[16]

At the halfway point of each innings, a seven-and-a-half-minute television timeout was now held.^[17] 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.^[18]

The format is the same as previous season. Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:

Points

Results	Points
Win	2 points
No result	1 point
Loss	0 points

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"^[19] or "Super Over":^[20][21]

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If still equal, net run rate
4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

Teams and standings

Full table on cricinfo

(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Winner, runner-up and best-performing semi-finalist in the group stage qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.

League progression

Results

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals					Final
22 May — SuperSport Park, Centurion
1	Delhi Daredevils	153/8 (20 overs)
4	Deccan Chargers	154/4 (17.4 overs)
Deccan won by 6 wickets
					24 May — New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
					4	Deccan Chargers	143/6 (20 overs)
					3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	137/9 (20 overs)
					Deccan won by 6 runs
23 May — New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
2	Chennai Super Kings	146/5 (20 overs)
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	149/4 (18.5 overs)
Bangalore won by 6 wickets

Warm-up game

The match between Cape Cobras and Rajasthan Royals was billed as the "Clash of the Champions" due to both teams being champions of their country's Twenty20 leagues. However, as an IPL warmup, both teams fielded understrength teams in order to try out new blood, with only 4 of Rajasthan's 2008 title-winning team playing the warm-up. Cape Cobras were the victors.

Fixtures

Group stage

Times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30). Subtract 3.5 hours for local time in South Africa

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Super Over
Delivery	Kolkata Knight Riders			Rajasthan Royals
	Bowler	Batsman	Runs	Bowler	Batsman	Runs
1	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	1	Ajantha Mendis	Yusuf Pathan	6
2	Kamran Khan	Brendon McCullum	1	Ajantha Mendis	Yusuf Pathan	2
3	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	1wd	Ajantha Mendis	Yusuf Pathan	6
4	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	4	Ajantha Mendis	Yusuf Pathan	4
5	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	4
6	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	4
7	Kamran Khan	Chris Gayle	0 W
		Total	15/1		Total	18/0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Batting

Most runs

     Tournament's leading scorer wore an orange cap when fielding.^[22]

Full Table on Cricinfo

Best batting strike rate

Minimum runs – 200

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate	Average	HS	100s	50s	4s	6s
Dwayne Smith	Deccan Chargers	8	8	215	132	162.88	26.87	49	0	0	12	15
Adam Gilchrist	Deccan Chargers	16	16	495	325	152.30	30.93	85	0	3	54	29
Andrew Symonds	Deccan Chargers	8	8	249	166	150.00	35.57	60*	0	1	15	11
Matthew Hayden	Chennai Super Kings	12	12	572	395	144.81	52.00	89	0	5	60	22
Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	14	14	434	308	140.90	31.00	98	0	2	37	21

Full Table on Cricinfo

Bowling

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Economy Rate	Average	Strike Rate	Best Bowling
R.P. Singh	Deccan Chargers	16	59.4	23	6.98	18.13	15.5	4/22
Anil Kumble	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	59.1	21	5.86	16.52	16.9	5/5
Ashish Nehra	Delhi Daredevils	13	51.0	19	6.78	18.21	16.1	3/27
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	13	49.3	18	6.30	17.33	16.5	3/11
Pragyan Ojha	Deccan Chargers	15	53.3	18	6.50	19.33	13.2	3/21

Tournament's leading wicket taker wore a purple cap when fielding.[23]

Full Table on cricinfo

Note: Economy rate acts as a tie-breaker if players are level for most wickets.

Best economy

Minimum 25 overs bowled

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Economy Rate	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Best Bowling
Muttiah Muralitharan	Chennai Super Kings	13	50.0	5.22	14	18.64	21.4	3/11
Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai Indians	13	44.0	5.81	12	21.33	22.0	4/17
Anil Kumble	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	59.1	5.86	21	16.52	16.9	5/5
Murali Kartik	Kolkata Knight Riders	10	34.0	5.91	4	50.25	51.0	2/28
Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	14	27.4	5.92	7	23.42	23.7	2/17

Full Economy Table on cricinfo

Attendance

The attendance was expected to be lower in the second edition due to the lower capacities of South African grounds . Total attendance is expected to be a maximum of 1.4 million ^[24]

Other awards

Player of the tournament: Adam Gilchrist - Deccan Chargers

Player of the grand final: Anil Kumble - Royal Challengers Bangalore

U-23 success of the tournament: Rohit Sharma (333 runs, 11 wickets) - Deccan Chargers ^[25]

Highest score of the tournament: Manish Pandey (114*) - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Hat tricks Yuvraj Singh (2) and Rohit Sharma (1)

Kingfisher Fair Play Award: Kings XI Punjab

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.

Franchise	Revenues					Expenses				Profit (Rupees crores)
	Broadcasting rights	Team sponsors	Other	Prize money	Total	Franchise fees	Team expenses	Other	Total
Mumbai Indians	67.5	24	14	0.5	106	51.5	20	27.5	99	7
Royal Challengers Bangalore	67.5	24	13.5	2.25	107.25	51.6	20	27.5	99.1	8.15
Deccan Chargers	67.5	24	13.5	4.5	109.5	49.2	20	25.5	94.7	14.8
Chennai Super Kings	67.5	24	18.5	1.2	111.2	41.9	20	27.5	89.4	21.8
Delhi Daredevils	67.5	24	14.7	1.2	107.4	38.6	20	25.5	84.1	23.3
Kings XI Punjab	67.5	24	14.3	0.8	106.6	35	20	25.5	80.5	26.1
Kolkata Knight Riders	67.5	24	18.9	0.4	110.8	34.5	20	30.5	85	25.8
Rajasthan Royals	67.5	24	14.2	0.7	106.4	30.8	20	20.5	71.3	35.1

• 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

See also

• List of 2009 Indian Premier League personnel changes

References

External links

• Official website
• IPL 2009 - Statistics