2009 Indian Premier League


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 in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. It was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world, after the Cricket World Cup, and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone.
As the second season of the IPL coincided with multi-phase 2009 Indian general elections, in the aftermath of the 3 March 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team 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. 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 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 Deccan Chargers while the Royal Challengers Bangalore were declared as runners-up.

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 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 . English players were allowed to play for 21 days in between their tour to West Indies and the subsequent return tour.
At the halfway point of each innings, a seven-and-a-half-minute television timeout 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":
  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

Match summary

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.

League stage

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Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Batting

Most runs


NatPlayerTeamRuns
Matthew HaydenChennai Super Kings1258252.00144.8189056022
Adam GilchristDeccan Chargers1649530.93152.3085035429
AB de VilliersDelhi Daredevils1346551.66130.98105*133912
Suresh RainaChennai Super Kings1443431.00140.9098023721
Tillakaratne DilshanDelhi Daredevils1341841.80122.5867*044213


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

Best batting strike rate

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsBallsStrike RateAverageHS100s50s4s6s
Dwayne SmithDeccan Chargers88215132162.8826.8749001215
Adam GilchristDeccan Chargers1616495325152.3030.9385035429
Andrew SymondsDeccan Chargers88249166150.0035.5760*011511
Matthew HaydenChennai Super Kings1212572395144.8152.0089056022
Suresh RainaChennai Super Kings1414434308140.9031.0098023721

Bowling

Most wickets

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

Best economy

PlayerTeamMatchesOversEconomy RateWicketsAverageStrike RateBest Bowling
Muttiah MuralitharanChennai Super Kings1350.05.221418.6421.43/11
Harbhajan SinghMumbai Indians1344.05.811221.3322.04/17
Anil KumbleRoyal Challengers Bangalore1659.15.862116.5216.95/5
Murali KartikKolkata Knight Riders1034.05.91450.2551.02/28
Suresh RainaChennai Super Kings1427.45.92723.4223.72/17

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

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 - Deccan Chargers
Highest score of the tournament: Manish Pandey - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Hat tricks Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma
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.
Source: IIFL Research