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The 2009 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Deccan Chargers and the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 24 May 2009 at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg to determine the winner of the 2009 Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India.
Deccan Chargers (1st title) Runners-up: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Participants: 8: Matches: 59: Player of the series: Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) Most runs: Matthew Hayden (572) Most wickets: R. P. Singh (Deccan Chargers) (23) Official website: www.iplt20.com
Due to financial problems Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, the team owner of Deccan Chargers announced a sale of their team by auction.The sale, announced in a newspaper advertisement on Thursday, was to be through a bidding process that was to be completed on 13 September, with the winning bid to be announced on the same day. [9]
On 24 May, the Deccan Chargers lifted the IPL trophy for the first time as they defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs in the final. [6] Kumble won the toss and sent out the Chargers to bat who fielded the unchanged playing XI for the final. [ 82 ]
However, the Royal Challengers secured a convincing nine-wicket win over the defending champions, the Deccan Chargers, in the third-place playoff, thus qualifying for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. [25] Kumble retired at the conclusion of the Champions League, having led the team to the semi-finals of both the IPL and the CLT20 that year. [26]
Cheerleaders during a match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers at the D Y Patil stadium. The IPL received criticism from a few politicians and feminists for bringing in foreign cheerleaders, which was seen by many to not be in the traditional spirit of the game, as well as being against some Indian sensibilities. [14]
The 2011 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the IPL 2011, was the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, the top Twenty20 cricket league in India. The tournament was hosted in India and the opening and closing ceremonies were held in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings.
Five new venues were introduced for the third edition of IPL. [5] These included Nagpur, Cuttack, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Dharamsala.Nagpur, Cuttack and Mumbai amongst them hosted the home games for Deccan Chargers, and Ahmedabad and Dharamsala shared some of the home matches of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab respectively.