The Last Season of T20 World Cup was won by India. In the upcoming season of ICC T20 World Cup 2009, 12 teams are going to participate in the tournament and all the teams are divided in to four groups as given Below :
Group A : India, Bangladesh, Ireland
Group B : Pakistan, England, Netherland
Group C : Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies
Group D : South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland

The ICC T20 World Cup 2009 will be starting from Friday, June 5, 2009.

The tournament ends on Sunday, June 21, 2009 with the Final match at London.

Match No     Match                                         Day         Time     Venue
1                England v Netherlands         5-Jun-09     17:30     Lord’s
2                New Zealand v Scotland      6-Jun-09     10:00     The Oval
3               Australia v West Indies        6-Jun-09     13:30     The Oval
4               India v Bangladesh                 6-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
5               South Africa v Scotland        7-Jun-09     13;30     The Oval
6               England v Pakistan                  7-Jun-09     17:30     The Oval
7               Bangladesh v Ireland             8-Jun-09     13:30     Trent Bridge
8               Australia v Sri Lanka              8-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
9               Pakistan v Netherlands         9-Jun-09     13:30     Lord’s
10            New Zealand v South Africa 9-Jun-09     17:30     Lord’s
11            Sri Lanka v West Indies       10-Jun-09     13:30     Trent Bridge
12           India v Ireland                        10-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
13           D1 v A2                                       11-Jun-09     13:30     Trent Bridge
14           B2 v D2                                       11-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
15           B1 v C2                                       12-Jun-09     13:30     Lord’s
16          A1 v C1                                        12-Jun-09     17:30     Lord’s
17          C1 v D2                                        13-Jun-09     13:30     The Oval
18          D1 v B1                                         13-Jun-09     17:30     The Oval
19          A2 v C2                                        14-Jun-09     13:30     Lord’s
20         A1 v B2                                         14-Jun-09     17:30     Lord’s
21          B1 v A2                                         15-Jun-09     13:30     The Oval
22          B2 v C1                                         15-Jun-09     17:30     The Oval
23         D1 v C2                                         16-Jun-09     13:30     Trent Bridge
24         D2 v A1                                        16-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
25      1st Semi-Final                              18-Jun-09     17:30     Trent Bridge
26     2nd Semi-Final                             19-Jun-09     17:30     The Oval
27         Final                                             21-Jun-09     15:00     Lord’s

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The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team left for London on Friday morning to defend their World Twenty20 title.

The team would have a week in England to get used to the conditions. India have their first game against Bangladesh on June 6. But before that they play warm-up matches against New Zealand next Monday and against Pakistan on Wednesday.

Most of the players in the current team played in the Indian Premier League in South Africa and the team is regarded as favourites by quite a few experts around the world.

Before leaving to England, the skipper said in a press conference that his team is a little bit tired after the IPL but is confident that India would retain the T20 World Cup.

Dhoni further added that they did not feel the need for a warm up session as they have had enough practice through this IPL. He was pleased with the fact that he had plenty of options with regards to non-regular bowlers, especially in spin department and that all his players have the experience of handling pressure by playing in the IPL.

Part timers Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma had taken hat-tricks in IPL and Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan had been good over the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja was praised for his high talents inspite of his limited international experience.

The 27-year-old Indian skipper was not too concerned about the team’s opening combinations in both batting and bowling when queried about the indifferent forms of opening batsmen Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir and bowlers Ishant Sharma and an injured Zaheer Khan.

Dhoni said the team members would have to make best use of the days they have at their disposal after reaching England prior to Indias opening match.

Dhoni was confident that good cricket-playing wickets would be in evidence during the competition that ends on June 21.

Dhoni also brushed aside concerns that the team would be fatigued by now after playing non-stop cricket since the tour to New Zealand earlier this year and the IPL.

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The Second Edition of the Indian Premier League ended with a perfect fitting finale between the Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Awards and honours for the concluded DLF IPL II are as follows:

The Winners: Deccan Chargers (Rs 4.8 crore)

Runners-up: Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs 2.4 crore)

Fair Play Award: Kings XI Punjab

Man of the Match (final): Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

DLF Golden Player of the League (Player of the Tournament): Adam Gilchirst (Deccan Chargers)

Orange Cap winner (highest scorer): Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)

Purple Cap winner (highest wicket-taker): Rudra Pratap Singh (Deccan Chargers)

Under-23 Player of the league: Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers)

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Lalit Modi, the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League said the eight-team tournament will be expanded to 10 teams in 2011.

Mr. Modi also said the IPL will be back in India next year and the cramped International Cricket Council (ICC) schedule does not leave any room for the possibility of a second IPL in a calendar year in 2010.

“We have been missing India but we have made a strong fan base in South Africa. We have a tight schedule next year. But we will have two more teams in the league from 2011,” said Modi.

Modi, who is also the vice-president of the BCCI, said that organising the IPL in South Africa was a great experience.

“We had a great time in South Africa. Everything was perfect. I am satisfied with the way the tournament was successfully conducted here at such a short time,” he said.

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Deccan Chargers completed an extraordinary journey from being at the bottom of the table last year to win the second edition of the Indian Premier League, defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in a exciting final at the New Wanderers on Sunday.

There was no lack of excitement and heartbreak in the title clash as the 37-day, 59 match tournament ended with a fitting finale between last year’s bottom two sides.

Royal Challengers captain Anil Kumble used his guile and experience to claim four wickets and restrict the formidable Chargers to 143 after winning the toss. Herschelle Gibbs top-scored for Chargers with an unbeaten 53 while Andrew Symonds contributed 33. 

The Challengers, who were coming on the back of five successive wins, were never on the top of the chase and lost wickets at regular intervals. They lost five wickets in the last six overs and finished at 137-9.

Andrew Symonds (3-18), Pragyan Ojha (3-28) and Harmeet Singh (2-23) all chipped in with the ball.

Ross Taylor (27) held the Bangalore innings together at a difficult time, but two successive blows by Symonds tilted the scales in the Chargers favour. Challengers needed 45 off 36 balls at that stage.

Taylor holed out to Venugopal Rao in the deep and Virat Kohli was out to a brilliant piece of stumping by Gilchrist. Harmeet Singh, in the next over took out Mark Boucher, who gave a straight catch to Gibbs at point.

Robin Uthappa (17) kept the team in the hunt and Challengers needed 27 off the last two overs. Uthappa and Vinay Kumar took 12 runs off the first five balls of Ryan Harris, before the latter was out to a brilliant catch by Harmeet at long leg.

RP Singh kept his nerve in the last over and Uthappa could hit only one four off the fifth ball, but it was all over for Chargers by then.

Earlier, Challengers’ in-form opening pair of Manish Pandey (4) and Jacques Kallis (16) got out without making much on the scoreboard.

Kallis hit Ryan Harris for two fours before dragging a RP Singh delivery onto the stumps.

Van der Merwe (32) meant business straightway, hitting Harris for two sixes but Ojha, who has been in impressive form through out the tournament dismissed Pandey and Merwe.

Taylor and Dravid looked to build a partnership by adding 22 runs, but Dravid went for a paddle shot and was bowled by Harmeet Singh.

Earlier, Challengers were off to a great start as Kumble, opening the attack, bowled for a duck the dangerous Andrew Gilchrist, who had single-handedly crushed Delhi Daredevils in the semifinals.

Suman fell to a good running catch by Pandey off Vinay Kumar in the fourth over. Symonds was dropped on five by Rahul Dravid in the slips, but could not do much and became Kumble’s second victim.

Gibbs smashed three boundaries and two sixes in 48 balls while Symonds faced 21 balls and cracked four boundaries and a six. The pair shared a third wicket stand of 40 runs to bring the Chargers back on track.

Kumble removed Rohit Sharma for 24 and Venugopal Rao for a duck in the 17th over.

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The 2nd semi-final between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings ended favorable for the Bangalore, who won by 6 wickets at the Wanderers, Johannesburg in the second season of Indian Premier League on Saturday.

This time the finals will be played by the two bottom placed teams of last year inaugural IPL.

Chasing 147, Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid set up the chase before Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli finished it off in a clinical finish with seven balls to spare.

Scoreboard:

Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)

PA Patel               lbw b Kallis                            36

ML Hayden        c Pandey b Vinay Kumar  26

MS Dhoni            c Vinay Kumar b Merwe   28

SK Raina             c Boucher b Kumar             20

JA Morkel          not out                                     20

JDP Oram           c Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9

S Badrinath       not out                                        1

Extras (lb 3, w 3)                                                  6

Total (5 wickets; 20 overs)                          146

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-69, 3-104, 4-125, 5-140

Bowling:P Kumar:4-0-26-1-6.50, JH Kallis:4-0-26-1-6.50, R Vinay Kumar:4-0-38-2-9.50, A Kumble:4-0-30-0-7.50, RE van der Merwe:4-0-23-1-5.75

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 147 runs from 20 overs)

JH Kallis           c Patel b Gony            9

MK Pandey     b Jakati                        48

VD Merwe       b Morkel                        2

R Dravid          lbw b Muralitharan 44

V Kohli            not out                          24

LRPL Taylor not out                           17

Extras (lb 3, nb 2)                                  5

Total (4 wickets; 18.5 overs)        149

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-22, 3-94, 4-110

Bowling: JA Morkel:3-0-26-1-8.66, MS Gony:2-0-23-1-11.50, SB Jakati:4-0-29-1-7.25, SK Raina:3-0-23-0-7.66, M Muralitharan:4-0-15-1-3.75, L Balaji:2-0-16-0-8.00, JDP Oram:0.5-0-14-0-16.80

Man of the match: MK Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

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This second semi-final is a sign of how healthy and competitive this IPL has been and in this second semi-final, we don’t have a clear favourite. There really is little separating Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, primarily due to how well Bangalore have rallied in the second half of the tournament.

At the halfway stage of this year’s tournament Bangalore looked to have fallen upon their besieged ways of 2008, with just two wins from seven games. In the same timeframe Chennai had won three of seven, with one match washed out. They then went on to win five in a row, prompting many to declare them surefire semi-finalists. Then they were halted by Bangalore in Durban, a thrilling match that turned around Bangalore’s fortunes. Chennai have both sputtered and smacked in recent matches, on the one hand being beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders after posting 188 yet bouncing back to clinch a low-scoring thriller over Kings XI Punjab. Bangalore have won four in a row and can rightfully stare Chennai in the eye.

Past IPL form, though, may count for little during the hazards of a knock-out match and the fight could be decided by which team keeps its cool. Chennai have the practiced wiles of Muttiah Muralitharan, coming off a tremendous Man-of-the-Match game, and Matthew Hayden. Chennai’s Indian players have performed better than Bangalore’s – Suresh Raina is second to Hayden in runs scored, MS Dhoni has been consistent, the bowlers have all contributed – and on that level Chennai hold an advantage.

Bangalore will rely heavily on Anil Kumble, and hope that Jacques Kallis recovers from a hamstring strain picked up in their last match. While one pair of Bangalore openers are yet to click together, the side have been handed a massive boost by young Manish Pandey’s century in the last round-robin match. Ross Taylor and Mark Boucher offer power-hitting down the order. Praveen Kumar is always a threat with his subtle changes of pace with the new ball, Kumble is always there with the ball, and Roelof van der Merwe can be relied on to keep it tight.

At this stage last year, Chennai found themselves up against overwhelming favourites Punjab, but knocked them aside to make the final. Bangalore, conversely, finished last year second from bottom on the points table. Call it the south Indian Ashes, if you like, for back on the domestic circuit these two state sides enjoy a storied history.

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Following are the statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League`s semi-final match between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers here.

• Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist (85 off 35 balls) registered the fastest IPL fifty. With his 17-ball half-century, Gilchrist surpassed the 21-ball 50s registered by Yusuf Pathan (2008) and Brendon McCullum (2009).
• Gilchrist`s 17-ball half-century is the fifth fastest in Twenty20.
• Gilchrist is the first player to make 900 runs in the IPL, aggregating 931 in 29 innings at an average of 33.25, including one hundred and six fifties.
• Gilchrist received his fourth Man of the Match award in the IPL. 
• Delhi Daredevils opener Gautam Gambhir posted his second IPL duck in the match. For David Warner, it was his first in the IPL.
• The duo`s dismissal for ducks was the fifth instance of both the openers getting out without scoring in the IPL.
• Abraham de Villiers was the leading run-getter for Delhi in the IPL 2009 — 465 at an average of 51.66 in 15 matches.
• Herschelle Gibbs became the first batsman to register four ducks in the IPL 2009.
• For Delhi, Nehra is the leading wicket-taker with 19 wickets.
• Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored for Delhi with a 65 off 51 balls. The Sri Lankan had top-scored for the team in the last year`s semi-final against Rajasthan Royals as well with 33 in a total of 87.
• Delhi Daredevils have lost two successive semi-finals – both by huge margins – by 105 runs to Rajasthan Royals last year and by six wickets to Deccan Chargers in the IPL 2009.
• Delhi Daredevils have won 10 and lost five out of 15 they played in the second edition of the IPL.
• Dilshan (65 off 51 balls) recorded his fourth IPL fifty. The innings is his second best in the IPL – his highest being an unbeaten 67 off 47 balls against Bangalore at Port Elizabeth.
• Dilshan completed his 400 runs in the IPL 2009, aggregating 418 (ave.41.80) in 14 games.
• Ryan Harris, with two wickets – Gautam Gambhir and David Warner – in his first over, produced his best IPL performance (3/27), eclipsing the 2 for 20 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Johannesburg on May 16, 2009.
• Virender Sehwag, in the course of his 39 off 31 balls, Sehwag has completed his 600 runs in the IPL, aggregating 604 at an average of 27.45, including four fifties in 25 matches.
• Deccan Chargers, with their six-wicket triumph, have posted their first victory in five games against Delhi Daredevils.
• Deccan Chargers have now won eight and lost seven out of 15 played in the second edition of the IPL.

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Its Semi-Final time and Delhi play Deccan Chargers in the first semi-final in Centurion this evening, while Chennai will take on Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second semi-final on Saturday night.

Delhi’s opening duo hasn’t been at its best, but that hasn’t stopped them from looking a formidable unit right through the tournament. If the star of the middle-order has been AB de Villiers, there have been two silent performers in the team who have always chipped in with useful performances at the right time to take Delhi out of trouble.

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Karthik are not the biggest stars of the Delhi team; they are not used to too much stardom at the national level either. While Karthik is still coming to terms with the fact that he is not in the T20 World Cup team, Dilshan is finally relishing the opportunity to bat up the order, which he doesn’t always get while playing for Sri Lanka.

In a tournament of many ups and downs, Delhi have looked the safest bet by a long stretch, but there’s a thin line between confidence and complacency that they will need to be wary of. Sachin Tendulkar agreed that the Daredevils had looked the most impressive in the tournament, but felt the best team on the day would win. “Delhi has looked the best side, without doubt. But in this format, it’s a case of having one bad day and the pressure is on you. Instead of hitting sixes, the ball might be caught at long-off. But the good thing for Delhi is that they have done well, and done well consistently,” he said.

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Retired Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has expressed his disappointment at not being given a chance by the Delhi Daredevils to prove his fitness during this season’s IPL. He is contracted with Delhi next year as well, but McGrath hinted that he may not return for the 2010 season. 

The 39-year-old McGrath, who retired after the 2007 World Cup, played almost every game for Delhi in the inaugural IPL and was among the stand-out bowlers in that tournament. However, with Victoria fast bowler Dirk Nannes being outstanding this season, and the Indian pace contingent of Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan and Aavishkar Salvi performing consistently, McGrath has been on the sidelines this year.

“It has been hard to be a part of the bench, and I was hoping for a game during the league stage,” he wrote in his column in the Hindustan Times. 

McGrath, who was signed by Delhi for US$350,000, went on to suggest that he may not be back for the next season. “I am contracted for another year with Delhi, but that is a long way away. Right now, I would not bet on myself returning.”

Delhi has been the most impressive side of the tournament so far, finishing on top after the league stage, and takes on Deccan Chargers in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday.

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