Deccan Charges - IPL T20 2009 Champions

Deccan Chargers made a remarkable fightback to rout Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in a nail-biting, tub thumping final to win the second edition of the Indian Premier League at Johannesburg on Sunday.

Chasing a modest 144 to win, Bangalore could make only 139 for nine in their quota of overs.

Pragyan Ojha was Hyderabad's most successful bowler, with figures of three for 28 followed by a double whammy by Symonds who plucked the danger man Ross Taylor & Virat Kohli. The credit also goes to the entire team for their didication and hard work on the field by doing excellent piece of fielding and not missing any catches. Gilli did a wonderful stumping of Virat which left the batsman drooling.

It was sheer irony that the team that finished with last in the inaugural edition of the tournament went on to lift the trophy in the second season.

It can also be accrued to fate that the two teams that occupied the bottom of the table in the inaugural edition contested the final this year. Both, along with Delhi Daredevils, qualify for the inaugural Champions League T20, to be held in India in October.

Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers triumph meant that for the second year running an Australian captain lifted the coveted trophy -- Adam Gilchrist following in the footsteps of the legendary Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals.

Earlier, a superb spell of bowling by Anil Kumble (4-0-16-4) helped Bangalore restrict the Chargers to a paltry 143 for six.

Herschelle Gibbs scored a sublime & steady 53 not out off 48 balls (3x4, 2x6) to keep the Hyderabad challenge alive. The South African combined aggression with caution to good effect to anchor the team's innings to perfection after the early dismissal of Adam Gilchrist for zilch.

All in all 143 was an easy achievable task for Bangalore. Ross Taylor & Dravid looked steady, but some cheeky shots by them cost them their wicket. Robin Uthappa was the duck in the team. He is a batsman and could not perform at all. He was trying to get singles and doubles instead of scoring maximums. He will remember this loss forever.

DC's RP Singh's excellent last over repeated again. Earlier too he boweled so well to not give away runs.

Deccan Charges - rulezzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!!!!!!!!

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-KK