IPL 2009

CHARGERS LIFT THE IPL 2009 TROPHY

Johannesburg: Spirited bowling performance helped Deccan Chargers defeat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 6 runs in the second IPL final at New Wanderers Stadium.

Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist was declared the Gloden Palyer of 2009 IPL while his teammate RP Singh walked away with Purple Cap for taking maximum number of wickets in the tournament. Matthew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings grabbed the Orange Cap for becoming the leading run-scorer of this year's tournament.

Brief Score: Deccan Chargers 143/6 (Gibbs 53*, Kumble 4-16) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/9 (RE van der Merwe 32, PP Ojha 3-28) by 6-runs.

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Shoaib Akhtar is withdrawn from Pakistan's squad for the World Twenty20 tournament because of a genital infection.

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2009 ICC WORLD TWENTY20 CHAMPIONS: INDIA
Can They Defend their Title ?

Fixtures

The top two ranked teams in each group are seeded 1 and 2. They will retain this seeding for the Super Eights stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group, unless they are knocked out by team 3 in their group. In this instance, team 3 replaces the position of the team they knock out.

For example, if Bangladesh wins Group A and India comes second, for the purposes of the Super Eights, India will still be A1 and Bangladesh will be A2. If for example, Ireland qualifies instead of India, Ireland will become A1.

This formula provides spectators with certainty as to the location of team matches.

Group Stage:

Fri 05	16:30	England v Netherlands, 1st Match, Group B	London (D/N)
Sat 06	09:00	New Zealand v Scotland, 2nd Match, Group D	London
Sat 06	12:30	Australia v West Indies, 3rd Match, Group C	London
Sat 06	16:30	India v Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A	Nottingham (D/N)
Sun 07	12:30	South Africa v Scotland, 5th Match, Group D	London
Sun 07	16:30	England v Pakistan, 6th Match, Group B	London (D/N)
Mon 08	12:30	Bangladesh v Ireland, 7th Match, Group A	Nottingham
Mon 08	16:30	Australia v Sri Lanka, 8th Match, Group C	Nottingham (D/N)
Tue 09	12:30	Pakistan v Netherlands, 9th Match, Group B	London
Tue 09	16:30	New Zealand v South Africa, 10th Match, Group D	London (D/N)
Wed 10	12:30	Sri Lanka v West Indies, 11th Match, Group C	Nottingham
Wed 10	16:30	India v Ireland, 12th Match, Group A	Nottingham (D/N)

Thu 11	12:30	D1 v A2, 13th Match, Group F	Nottingham
Thu 11	16:30	B2 v D2, 14th Match, Group E	Nottingham (D/N)
Fri 12	12:30	B1 v C2, 15th Match, Group F	London
Fri 12	16:30	A1 v C1, 16th Match, Group E	London (D/N)
Sat 13	12:30	C1 v D2, 17th Match, Group E	London
Sat 13	16:30	D1 v B1, 18th Match, Group F	London (D/N)
Sun 14	12:30	A2 v C2, 19th Match, Group F	London
Sun 14	16:30	A1 v B2, 20th Match, Group E	London (D/N)
Mon 15	12:30	B2 v C1, 21st Match, Group E	London
Mon 15	16:30	B1 v A2, 22nd Match, Group F	London (D/N)
Tue 16	12:30	D1 v C2, 23rd Match, Group F	Nottingham
Tue 16	16:30	D2 v A1, 24th Match, Group E	Nottingham (D/N)
Thu 18	16:30	1st Semi-Final	Nottingham
Fri 19	16:30	2nd Semi-Final	London (D/N)
Sun 21	14:00	ICC Twenty20 World Cup Final	London

About

The ICC World Twenty20 2009 will be the second time a world event for Twenty20 cricket has been held.

The event, which feature 12 teams in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's competition, will be staged in June 2009 at Lord's, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton.

The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 competition took place in South Africa in September 2007.

The competition, which lasted for just two weeks, was a thrilling event which culminated in India's dramatic five run defeat of Pakistan at Johannesburg.

There were many memorable matches, not least the tie between India-Pakistan in Durban in the group stages which saw the first bowl out at an ICC World Twenty20 event, Bangladesh's victory over the West Indies and Zimbabwe's shock defeat of Australia at Cape Town.

For a copy of the official playing conditions please click below:

ICC World Twenty20 2009 - men's event