IPL 4: Big Finals: CSK Vs RCB…
Match 74: Big Finals:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match that has been waited for past 50 days, and surging past tiresome 73 games, finally here is the final’s – Chennai taking on their close neighbours Bangalore. Dhoni could do no wrong on this day as he won the coin and straight away decided to Bat first on a track which looked to slow down in the later of the innings. Hussey and Vijay proved how crucial the decision was, as both of them took RCB’s bowling apart, esp Vijay was merciless when ball was pitched in his arc of swinging arm. Balls touched crowd more often than the boundary lines. Both these players not only found boundaries, a point worth a mentioning is running between the wicket, i am damn sure, CSK would have stole minimum of 25 to 30 runs, with quick running between them. These two have been a example for the players watching throughout the world. Both Players got of to the fifties, Vijay being the first followed slowly by Hussey. After a record opening partnership stands between them, Hussey departed for well made 63 runs. Dhoni came in two hits to ground and he was gone, Murali Vijay finally got himself out, after a tiresome innings of 95 of 52 balls. Bravo and Raina hat their point to say with their six over the bowlers to finish Chennai with mammoth 205/5 in 20 overs.
Chasing a score over 10 runs per over needed a kind of start that only Gayle can give, but it wasn’t the day for him, as Ashwin “The Undertaker” who did him again and this time even before Gayle thought of touching the ball, he was caught behind for a 3 ball duck. Mayank Agarwal was the second victim of Ashwin who failed to pick the carom ball. RCB seems can bounce back when De Villers and Kolhi were batting, but once Jakathi removed De Villiers cheaply for 18, it just game Chennai all the way, Kohli went for a sweep against Raina and completely missed it to fall prey of LBW decision. Tiwary alone batted out the 20 overs just to justify his 1.6Mn purchase. In the end a most one sided final out of all the four tournaments we have seen, CSK won the match by 58 runs…
For Chennai, its a team effort and as a unit they clicked, right from the auction where they went on to retain maximum of their players. Now, they have a proven point. CSK ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF IPL 2011………………
GUMMTAKALAI GUMMAVA, ENGA CHENNAINA CHUMMAVA….
CHENNAI SUPER KINGSKU ORU PERIYA WHISLE PODU MAMU….
Match 74 Scorecard:
CSK 205/5 in 20 overs.
Murali Vijay 95 M.Hussey 63
C.Gayle 2/34 S.Arvind 2/39
RCB 147/8 in 20 overs.
Virat Kohli 35 S.Tiwary 42*
R.Ashwin 3/16 S.Jakthi 2/19
CSK WON THE MATCH BY 58 RUNS…
Interesting facts as on DAY 50:
- CSK became the first team to play with the unchanged team for 6 games on a trot, highest ever by any team in IPL so far.
- Zaheer Khan and Saurabh Tiwary are the players in the squad who played the finals last year, when they were with Mumbai Indians and this year they play for RCB, only irony is, they face the same opponents, CSK…
- Fastest fifty for CSK came in the finals as Chennai scored the 50 in 31 balls, this just second time in this series, they have went past fifty in the first 6 powerplay overs.
- First four of the match came after 47 balls from the bat of Hussey, but CSK have already scored 4 sixes.
- Vijay’s Fifty of 29 balls is the second fastest fifty by a CSK player.
- 100 runs in 10.3 overs, is the fastest by CSK for this season.
- 159 runs partnership between Mike hussy and Murali Vijay is the highest ever for CSK in the IPL History, bettering 106 Vs RCB in the second season of IPL.
- 159 runs between Vijay and Hussey is also the highest over opening stand in the all the season’s of IPL, previous was 155* runs between Gilchrist and Laxman Vs Mumabi in the first season.
- 205/5 is the highest score by any team in an IPL final, 168/5 is the previous best by the same team Chennai Super Kings.
- Vettori gave 34 runs in his 4 overs, without a wicket, it’s just the second instance , Vettori has gone past 30 runs in this season and both time it was against CSK, last time he was taken for 42 in his 4 overs.
- Gayle Picked up his Second duck of this season, last duck came in 7 balls, this time in 3 balls.
- Murali Vijay scored the 1900th Boundary of the tournament.
- Scott Styris is the only person in Chennai Squad who has won the Title with Deccan’s earlier and this time with CSK.
- Chennai Super Kings won all the games played in their Home Ground Chennai Chepauk, Stat says 8 out of 8 for this season and overall 18 games out of 25 played.
- Vijay’s 95 and Hussey’s 63 are the two highest scores in an IPL final. The previous-highest was also by a Chennai batsman – Suresh Raina’s unbeaten 57 against Mumbai last year. Vijay’s 95 is also his second-highest in all IPLs, next only to his 127 against Rajasthan last year.
- This is the first time in an IPL final we don’t have a maiden bowled, on the other three occasions, it was, Makaya Nitini in the first, Ryan Harris in the Second, and Ashwin the third.
Awards & Winners of IPL 2011:
Citibank Rising star of the Tournament – Iqbal Abdulla of KKR.
King of Karbonn Kamal Catches – Kieron Pollard (10 catches in 16 games, won three times the Karbon Kamal catch award)
Volkswagan Best Individual performance of the tournament – Paul Valthaty (120* against CSK)
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (511 runs in 9 matches with 181.56 strike rate)
Purple Cap – L.Malinga (27 wickets in 14 matches)
Fly Kingfisher Fair play award – Chennai Super Kings (135 out of 140) (Second in a row and third time overall)
Golden Player of this Tournament – Christopher Henry Gayle
IPL Pitch and Outfield Award – Punjab Cricket Association
At the end of DAY 50:
No.of Catches Dropped for the day – 4
Total no.of Boundaries – 1916
Total no.of Sixes –639
Orange Cap – Chris Gayle (608) followed by Virat Kohli (557)
Purple Cap – S.Malinga (28) followed by Munaf Patel (22)
Most Sixes – Chris Gayle (44) followed by MS Dhoni (23)
Most Fours – Sachin Tendulkar (67) followed by Chris Gayle (56)
Longest Six – Adam Gilchrist (122 M) followed by Albie Morkel (114 M & 109 M)
~rams~
