League or knock-out there was only one champion. It was fitting that the most consistent side in the tournament held their nerve to clinch a thriller. The Chennai Super Kings summoned every ounce of their reserves to take the match till the last ball but a calm swat from Sohail Tanvir, when one was needed […]
Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals beat the Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in a thrilling inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Mumbai.
Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir hit the winning run from the final ball of the innings to seal the victory.
Eight city-based franchises took part in the Twenty20 series, with the world’s top players joining home-grown […]
It was a cat-and-mouse battle at the DY Patil Stadium. Unlike in the two semi-finals, neither team held a clear advantage at the end of the first innings. The Chennai Super Kings paced their innings well, not trying anything too rash, and a collective effort took them to a fighting 163.
Rajasthan Royals, who chose to […]
Rajasthan Royals won their 11th toss of the IPL and expectedly chose to field at the DY Patil Stadium on a surface that is expected to favour the bowlers first-up. Shane Warne said his side were accustomed to chasing targets though the pitch could deteriorate as the game goes on. Read more
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Match facts
Sunday, June 1
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
As the summer blockbuster comes to an end, two of its biggest superstars clash in the finale in Mumbai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of the Chennai Super Kings, is the highest-paid player in this league but his counterpart in the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has […]
17th Over: WICKET! Asif grounds the bat very casually, Jaipur on the prowl, a sharp throw from short mid wicket and Rawat flashes the bails off in a jiffy. Jaiur win by 105 runs
16th Over: WICKET! Mahesh edges a Patel bouncer and Rawat finishes it off behind the stumps. McGrath is the last man in. […]
Crowd favourite: Half an hour before the first semi-final, the Wankhede was only about half full. An hour into the game the crowd, now packed to the rafters, was screaming “Watson, Watson” as he smashed Delhi’s bowlers to all parts of the ground. Mumbai has been known to cheer only their own but two neutral […]
16th Over: WICKET! Mahesh edges a Patel bouncer and Rawat finishes it off behind the stumps. McGrath is the last man in. FOUR! McGrath gets it on the gloves and the ball races away fine. Delhi are 87-9
15th Over: Warnie is ripping them off. He finishes his spell off with a tidy delivery. Delhi are […]
Match facts
Friday, May 30
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
The irony of the Indian Premier League’s first semi-final is that Delhi have Rajasthan to thank for their place in the final four. Stuck on 15 points after 14 matches, Delhi needed Rajasthan to beat Mumbai in Jaipur and only after Mumbai’s final-ball choke was […]
In just over 48 hours, a team that lost nearly 50% of its league matches could be crowned champions of the inaugural Indian Premier League. A competition spanning six weeks, nearly as long as the much-criticised World Cup in the Caribbean, will finally reach its climax at two venues that none of the four semi-finalists […]
Greg Shipperd, the Delhi Daredevils coach, and Virender Sehwag, the captain, have singled out the Wankhede pitch as the deciding factor on the result of the first semi-final. Shipperd also felt the par score would be “anywhere above 150″ and had no doubt, just like the majority of the IPL games during the league phase, […]
Rajasthan Royals may have ended the league stage on top, but it will be the Kings XI Punjab who head into the semi-finals full of confidence after triumphing by 41 runs in a dead-rubber top-of-the-table clash in Mohali.
Shane Warne rested himself for the game, and there was not much the Rajasthan Royals’ captain-cum-coach could do […]