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Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Series of the second edition of the Indian Premier League. Gilchrist scored the second highest runs in the tournament after Matthew Hayden scoring 495 runs in his 16 innings with 54 fours and 29 sixes. He also led the Deccan Chargers team to victory in IPL T20 season 2 under his captaincy.

Matthew Hayden was awarded the Orange Cap for the highest runs in IPL 2 as he amassed 572 runs in 12 innings at an average of 52.00 with 60 fours and 22 sixes. RP Singh was awarded the Purple Cap for being the leading wicket taker in IPL 2 scalping 23 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 18.13

In Match 32 of the IPL T20 season 2, Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Mumbai Indians to bat. Deccan Chargers could only reach 145/6 in 20 overs with the help of useful innings from Rohit Sharma (38 off 36 balls), Venugopal Rao (28 off 17 balls) and Adam Gilchrist (25 off 29 balls). It seemed to be an easy chase for the Mumbai Indians but it seemed that the Mumbai Indians batsmen had got habituated to the art of choking every time they took a start. Even a valuable half century by J P Duminy (52 off 48 balls) and Pinal Shah (29 off 19 balls) could not save them from a defeat as the whole Mumbai Indians lineup tumbled and could reach only 126/8 in 20 overs. The special feature of the innings is that Rohit Sharma took the second hat-trick of IPL T20 season 2 as he bagged the wickets of Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh and J P Duminy in consecutive deliveries. After the hat-trick he also took another wicket leaving only one ball in between. The best bowling figures for Deccan Chargers were of Rohit Sharma, R P Singh and Tirumalsetti Suman with figures of 4/6, 2/19 and 2/14 respectively. Rohit Sharma was awarded the Man of the Match for his valuable innings of 38 runs off 36 balls and his bowling spell of 4 wickets for 6 runs in 2 overs.

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) b Rohan Raje 25 29 2 1 86.21
Herschelle Gibbs c Sachin Tendulkar b Dhawal Kulkarni 0 5 0 0 0
Tirumalsetti Suman c Pinal Shah b Dwayne Bravo 20 13 1 2 153.85
Rohit Sharma c Dwayne Bravo b Lasith Malinga 38 36 2 1 105.56
Dwayne Smith b Sanath Jayasuriya 16 12 1 1 133.33
Venugopal Rao run out (Dwayne Bravo) 28 17 2 1 164.71
Dwaraka Ravi Teja * not out 4 4 0 0 100
Ryan Harris not out 5 4 0 0 125
RP Singh
Shoaib Ahmed
Harmeet Singh
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 5 9
Total: (145 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 145 Run Rate: 7.25

Fall of Wickets1-8 (Herschelle Gibbs, 1.4), 2-37 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 5.3), 3-62 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.4), 4-85 (Dwayne Smith, 13), 5-118 (Rohit Sharma, 17.1), 6-137 (Venugopal Rao, 19.1)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 24 1 0 2 6
Dhawal Kulkarni 4 0 21 1 0 2 5.25
Harbhajan Singh 2 0 23 0 0 0 11.5
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 16 1 0 0 5.33
Rohan Raje 3 0 25 1 0 0 8.33
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 0 31 1 0 0 7.75

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Ryan Harris b RP Singh 5 7 1 0 71.43
Sachin Tendulkar (C) b RP Singh 2 4 0 0 50
Pinal Shah (W) c Dwayne Smith b Tirumalsetti Suman 29 19 3 2 152.63
JP Duminy c Adam Gilchrist b Rohit Sharma 52 48 7 0 108.33
Dwayne Bravo c Ryan Harris b Tirumalsetti Suman 13 16 0 0 81.25
Abhishek Nayar b Rohit Sharma 1 4 0 0 25
Harbhajan Singh b Rohit Sharma 0 1 0 0 0
Saurabh Tiwary st Adam Gilchrist b Rohit Sharma 3 5 0 0 60
Rohan Raje not out 11 7 0 1 157.14
Dhawal Kulkarni not out 7 9 0 0 77.78
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 2 3
Total: (126 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 126 Run Rate: 6.3

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.4), 2-7 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.5), 3-60 (Pinal Shah, 8.5), 4-97 (Dwayne Bravo, 14.1), 5-103 (Abhishek Nayar, 15.5), 6-103 (Harbhajan Singh, 16), 7-108 (JP Duminy, 17.1), 8-109 (Saurabh Tiwary, 17.3)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
RP Singh 4 0 19 2 0 1 4.75
Harmeet Singh 3 0 28 0 0 0 9.33
Dwayne Smith 1 0 13 0 0 0 13
Shoaib Ahmed 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.5
Tirumalsetti Suman 4 0 14 2 0 0 3.5
Rohit Sharma 2 0 6 4 0 0 3

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Deccan Chargers were at the last position in IPL T20 season 1 while Chennai Super Kings were the finalist last year. But times have changed and fortunes also seemed to have changed as the match results showed. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. Though Chennai Super Kings lost a few wickets but due to a brilliant innings by Matthew Hayden (49 off 35 balls), they were cruising at 88/2 after 10 overs. But then the CSK batsmen struggled and failed to capitalize on the terrific start and ended at 165/6 in 20 overs. Pragyan Ojha was good with the ball for the chargers and took 2 wickets for 11 runs in 2 overs. Deccan Chargers started their innings with sixes and fours throughout the ground by Adam Gilchrist (44 off 19 balls) and Hershelle Gibbs (69 off 56 balls) and they reached 60 in merely 4 overs. Though Chennai Super Kings tried to take a few wickets and curb down the run rate but it was too late and Deccan Chargers cruised to 169/4 in 19.3 overs. Suresh Raina did well for the Super Kings with 2 wickets for 18 runs. Hershelle Gibbs was awarded the Man of the Match for his splendid innings of 69 runs off 56 balls.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen    Status    Runs    Balls    4s    6s    S.Rate
Parthiv Patel     c Adam Gilchrist b Fidel Edwards    0    2    0    0    0
Matthew Hayden     c Rohit Sharma b Pragyan Ojha    49    35    8    0    140
Suresh Raina     c & b Rohit Sharma    25    19    1    2    131.58
MS Dhoni (C) (W)     c Shoaib Ahmed b Pragyan Ojha    22    22    1    1    100
Jacob Oram     not out    41    29    4    2    141.38
Albie Morkel     c RP Singh b Venugopal Rao    13    7    1    1    185.71
Subramaniam Badrinath     c & b RP Singh    8    9    0    0    88.89
Manpreet Gony     not out    0    0    0    0
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 3, lb – 0    7
Total: (165 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs)    165    Run Rate: 8.25

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.2), 2-64 (Suresh Raina, 6.5), 3-102 (MS Dhoni, 12.3), 4-103 (Matthew Hayden, 13), 5-129 (Albie Morkel, 16.5), 6-165 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 19.5)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler    O    M    R    W    nb    wd    R/O
Fidel Edwards     4    0    21    1    0    0    5.25
RP Singh     3    0    32    1    3    2    10.67
Dwayne Smith     1    0    17    0    0    0    17
Venugopal Rao     4    0    35    1    0    1    8.75
Rohit Sharma     3    0    18    1    0    0    6
Pragyan Ojha     2    0    11    2    0    0    5.5
Shoaib Ahmed     3    0    31    0    0    1    10.33

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen    Status    Runs    Balls    4s    6s    S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)     c Muttiah Muralidaran b Suresh Raina    44    19    5    3    231.58
Herschelle Gibbs     not out    69    56    6    2    123.21
VVS Laxman     c Jacob Oram b Suresh Raina    4    5    0    0    80
Rohit Sharma     c MS Dhoni b Lakshmipathy Balaji    18    19    0    1    94.74
Dwayne Smith     lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran    12    5    1    1    240
Azharuddin Bilakhia     not out    12    14    1    0    85.71
Venugopal Rao
RP Singh
Fidel Edwards
Shoaib Ahmed
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 5, lb – 2    10
Total: (169 for 4 wickets in 19.3 overs)    169    Run Rate: 8.67

Fall of Wickets1-67 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.4), 2-75 (VVS Laxman, 7.3), 3-114 (Rohit Sharma, 13.4), 4-130 (Dwayne Smith, 15.2)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler    O    M    R    W    nb    wd    R/O
Lakshmipathy Balaji     3.3    0    41    1    0    1    11.71
Manpreet Gony     1    0    20    0    0    1    20
Albie Morkel     3    0    29    0    1    0    9.67
Muttiah Muralidaran     4    0    17    1    0    1    4.25
Suresh Raina     4    0    18    2    0    0    4.5
Joginder Sharma     1    0    14    0    0    0    14
Jacob Oram     3    0    28    0    0    0    9.33

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Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers both came to the IPL as the underdogs after a dismal performance last year. But they started this year well with a win each. But Deccan Chargers seemed more consistent and so they were the favorites. Adam Gilchrist, the Deccan Chargers captain won the toss and decided to bat. Gilchrist (71 off 45 balls) led the way with support from Rohit Sharam (52 off 30 balls) to post a total of 184/6 in their 20 overs which is also the highest total in IPL 2 till now. Bangalore started off badly with Jesse Ryder bowled for duck by Edwards and their top order failed miserably. Though Rahul Dravid (48 off 27 balls) and Virat Kohli (50 off 32 balls) in the middle order did their best to revive the match but the high target had already slipped off their hands. Bangalore Royal Challengers could only make 160/8 in their 20 overs and were defeated by 24 runs. In the bowling, R P Singh from the Chargers bowled another good spell of 4/17 in his 4 overs to get the purple cap for the highest wicket taken in IPL 2 till now. Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing innings of 71 off 45 balls.

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Hyderabad
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Virat Kohli b Kevin Pietersen 71 45 6 5 157.78
Herschelle Gibbs lbw b Praveen Kumar 13 7 1 1 185.71
VVS Laxman c Dale Steyn b Jesse Ryder 5 10 0 0 50
Rohit Sharma c Kevin Pietersen b Dale Steyn 52 30 1 5 173.33
Scott Styris c Praveen Kumar b Kevin Pietersen 14 8 0 1 175
Venugopal Rao run out (Karan Sharma) 9 13 0 0 69.23
Dwaraka Ravi Teja not out 8 5 1 0 160
Fidel Edwards not out 3 2 0 0 150
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 8 9
Total: (184 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 184 Run Rate: 9.2

Fall of Wickets1-46 (Herschelle Gibbs, 3.5), 2-66 (VVS Laxman, 7.1), 3-127 (Adam Gilchrist, 13.1), 4-147 (Scott Styris, 15.3), 5-172 (Rohit Sharma, 18.2), 6-174 (Venugopal Rao, 19)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 37 1 0 0 9.25
Dale Steyn 3 0 21 1 0 0 7
Jacques Kallis 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 39 0 0 0 9.75
Jesse Ryder 3 0 29 1 0 1 9.67
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 31 2 0 0 7.75

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Bangalore
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder b Fidel Edwards 0 1 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa (W) c Dwaraka Ravi Teja b Scott Styris 12 19 1 0 63.16
Jacques Kallis c Rohit Sharma b RP Singh 15 14 3 0 107.14
Kevin Pietersen (C) st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 11 15 1 0 73.33
Rahul Dravid c Venugopal Rao b Scott Styris 48 27 5 2 177.78
Virat Kohli c Herschelle Gibbs b RP Singh 50 32 7 0 156.25
Rajesh Bishnoi run out (Adam Gilchrist) 1 2 0 0 50
Karan Sharma c Adam Gilchrist b Scott Styris 1 3 0 0 33.33
Praveen Kumar not out 14 6 0 2 233.33
Anil Kumble not out 1 1 0 0 100
Dale Steyn
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 1 7
Total: (160 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Jesse Ryder, 0.1), 2-19 (Jacques Kallis, 3.5), 3-38 (Robin Uthappa, 7.2), 4-62 (Kevin Pietersen, 10.3), 5-115 (Rahul Dravid, 15.4), 6-123 (Rajesh Bishnoi, 16.3), 7-134 (Karan Sharma, 17.4), 8-158 (Virat Kohli, 19.4)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Fidel Edwards 4 0 39 1 0 1 9.75
RP Singh 4 0 17 2 0 0 4.25
Harmeet Singh 4 0 44 0 0 4 11
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 27 1 0 0 6.75
Scott Styris 4 0 32 3 0 1 8

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