Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by a whisker to win IPL 2009

Deccan Chargers finally clinched the most fought out battle for the title of IPL 2009 Cricket carnival.
Last time bottom listing to this time top, an amazing turn around for the team with no changes as such. This is a herculean leading spirit by Adam Gilchrist specially in the semifinals against Delhi where is just thrashed the bowling attack. Gilli also helped the "team" perform consistently and thats the best captains do.


Now Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royals are expected to play in the Challenger Trophy coming in the October this year.

The best team has won the IPL Trophy in 2009.

Here are some of the highlights.

Man of the match:

Anil Kumble (RCB)

Best Indian under-23 player:

Rohit Sharma (DC)

Player of the tournament:

Adam Gilchrist (DC)

The Top Individual Performances with Bat and Ball ( Top Scores in IPL 2009)

Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Team Standings for IPL 2009 : Awarded for the best on field behaviour.

Chennai Super Kings - IPL team News

The super cool captain Dhoni, leading the Super Kings Chennai charge in this cricket carnival IPL 2009 at South Arica. The last time runners up are taking it seriously and are one of the hot favourites for winning the Cricket trophy this time.

Its quite a top performance with Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina & MS Dhoni in batting while 

spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan & 

Lakshmipathy Balaji making the most of the bowling attack.

• MS Dhoni (Captain)
  
• Abhinav Mukund
  
• Albie Morkel
  
• Andrew Flintoff
  
• Anirudha Srikkanth
  
• Arun Karthik
  
• George Bailey
  
• Jacob Oram
  
• Joginder Sharma
  
• Lakshmipathy Balaji
  
• Makhaya Ntini
  
• Manpreet Gony
  
• Matthew Hayden
  
• Parthiv Patel
  
• Thilan Thushara
  
• Suresh Raina
  
• Suresh Kumar
  
• Sudeep Tyagi
  
• Subramaniam Badrinath
  
• Shadab Jakati
  
• S Vidyut
  
• Ravichandran Ashwin
  
• Palani Amarnath
  
• Napoleon Einstein
  
• Muttiah Muralitharan
  
• Murali Vijay
  
• Viraj Vilas Kadbe
  
• Stephen Fleming
  

Head Coach: Stephen Fleming

Team Owner(s): India Cements

Franchise Fee: $ 91.0 million

Source: IPL T20 Official Website

Delhi DareDevils : Complete T20 Cricket Team 2009

Delhi DareDevils (DD) - proving the name right are the openers Virender Sehwag ( Captain) and Gautam Gambhir.

Out performing cricketers in the Delhi team are Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir , AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan. Top team claiming for the IPL 2009 title.

• Virender Sehwag (Captain)
  
• Aavishkar Salvi
  
• AB de Villiers
  
• Amit Mishra
  
• Andrew McDonald
  
• Ashish Nehra
  
• Daniel Vettori
  
• David Warner
  
• Dinesh Karthik
  
• Dirk Nannes
  
• Farveez Maharoof
  
• Gautam Gambhir
  
• Glenn McGrath
  
• Manoj Tiwary
  
• Mithun Manhas
  
• Owais Shah
  
• Paul Collingwood
  
• Pradeep Sangwan
  
• Rajat Bhatia
  
• Tejashwi Yadav
  
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
  
• Umesh Yadav
  
• Yo Mahesh
  
• Yogesh Nagar
  

Head Coach: Greg Shipperd

Team Owner(s): GMR Holdings

Franchise Fee: $84 million

Source: IPL T20 Official Website

Deccan Chargers : Complete T20 Cricket Team 2009

Deccan Chargers - last time last in the chart of IPL cricket team rankings, IPL 2009 saw a new rise of the team under the able captaincy of Adam Gilchrist.

Some rising stars in the team performance are Adam Gilchrist , Rudra Pratap Singh ( leading wicket taker) , Dwayne Smith, Rohit Sharma , Pragyan Ojha & Andrew Symonds joining the party.

• Adam Gilchrist ( Captain) 
  
• Abhinav Kumar
  
• Andrew Symonds
  
• Azhar Bilakhia
  
• Arjun Yadav
  
• Chamara Silva
  
• Chaminda Vaas
  
• Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna
  
• Dwaraka Ravi Teja
  
• Dwayne Smith
  
• Fidel Edwards
  
• Halhadar Das
  
• Herschelle Gibbs
  
• Jas Karandeep Singh
  
• Harmeet Singh
  
• Manvinder Bisla
  
• Nuwan Zoysa
  
• Paidikalva Vijay Kumar
  
• Pragyan Ojha
  
• Rohit Sharma
  
• Rudra Pratap Singh
  
• Ryan Harris
  
• Sarvesh Kumar
  
• Scott Styris
  
• Shoaib Ahmed
  
• Tirumalasetti Suman
  
• Venugopal Rao
  
• V.V.S Laxman
  

Head Coach: Darren Lehman

Team Owner(s): Deccan Chronicle

Franchise Fee: $ 107 million

Source: IPL T20 Official Website

Kings XI Punjab : Complete T20 Cricket Team 2009

Here comes the team of youngsters from Punjab, leading the way is the classic all rounder captain Yuvraj Singh.

The team is supported by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta as a co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab along with Ness Wadia..Some of the cricket stars shining within the team's performance are Kumar Sangakkara, Yusuf Abdullah, Ravi Bopara and the captain himself.

• Yuvraj Singh (Captain)
  
• Ajitesh Argal
  
• Amanpreet Singh
  
• Brett Lee
  
• Burt Cockley
  
• Irfan Pathan
  
• James Hopes
  
• Karan Goel
  
• Kumar Sangakkara
  
• Luke Pomersbach
  
• Mahela Jayawardene
  
• Piyush Chawla
  
• Ramesh Powar
  
• Ranadeb Bose
  
• Ravi Bopara
  
• Ravikant shukla
  
• Ryan Ninan
  
• Sahil Kukreja
  
• Shaun Marsh
  
• Simon Katich
  
• Sunny Sohal
  
• Tanmay Srivastava
  
• Taruwar Kohli
  
• Uday Kaul
  
• Vikramjeet Malik
  
• VRV Singh
  
• Wilkin Mota
  
• Yusuf Abdullah
  
• Head Coach: Tom Moody
  

Team Owner(s):

Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendra Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur)

Franchise Fee: $76 million

Source: IPL T20 Official Website

Mumbai Indians : Complete T20 Cricket Team 2009

The costliest Franchise in IPL, lead by the legend himself  ' Sachin Tendulkar' . 

The little master has given more opportunities to the Indian players in his side and some of the stars for IPL season II from Mumbai Indians are Sachin Tendulkar (yes!), Jean Paul Duminy, Sanath Jayasuirya, Lasith Malinga among others.

Sachin Tendulkar - Captain

Abhishek Nayar

Ajinkya Rahane

Chetanya Nanda

Dhawal Kulkarni

Dilhara Fernando

Dwayne Bravo

Graham Napier

Harbhajan Singh

Jaydev Shah

Jean Paul Duminy

Kyle Mills

Lasith Malinga

Luke Ronchi

Mohammad Ashraful

Pinal Shah

Rahil Shaikh

Rohan Raje

Ryan McLaren

Sanath Jayasuirya

Saurabh Tiwary

Shikhar Dhawan

Yogesh Vijay Takawale

Zaheer Khan

Head Coach: Shaun Maclean Pollock

Team Owner(s): Reliance Industries Ltd

Franchise Fee: $ 111.9 million

Rajasthan Royals: Complete T20 Cricket Team 2009

Rajasthan Royals, a team which won the IPL Season I in a grand style, lead by the world's greatest leg spinner Warny ( Shane Warne). The stars for IPL cricket season II are Graeme Smith, Yusuf Pathan & Munaf Patel among others.

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is a co-owner of this team.

Shane Warne - Captain & Coach

Abhishek Raut

Ahad Malek

Amit Singh

Anup Revandkar

Ashraf Makda

Atul Sharma

Dimitri Mascarenhas

Dinesh Salunke

Gajendra Singh

Graeme Smith

Lee Carseldine

Mahesh Rawat

Mohammad Arif

Mohammad Kaif

Morne Morkel

Munaf Patel

Naman Ojha

Niraj Patel

Paras Dogra

Paul Valthaty

Pratmesh Salunke

Pushkaraj Chavan

Raiphi Gomez

Ravindra Jadeja

Robert Quiney

Shane Harwood

Shane Watson

Shaun Tait

Siddharth Chitnis

Siddharth Trivedi

Srideep Mangela

Swapnil Asnodkar

Tyron Henderson

Yusuf Pathan

Kamran Khan

Team Owner(s):Emerging Media

Franchise Fee: $ 67 million

Source: IPL T20 Official Website