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RESULT

Final (D/N), Johannesburg, May 24, 2009, Indian Premier League

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Deccan Chargers

143/6

Royal Challengers Bangalore

(20 ov, T:144) 137/9

Chargers won by 6 runs

Player Of The Match

, RCB

4/16

Player Of The Series

, DCH

495 runs

Deccan hold nerve to win IPL

Deccan hold nerve to win IPL

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Over 20 • RCB 137/9

Chargers won by 6 runs

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Symonds' double blow proves crucial

The IPL final could have gone either way but Andrew Symonds' back-to-back strikes tilted the balance in favour of the Deccan Chargers, believes captain Adam Gilchrist and rival Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble

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Young and old thrive for Deccan

In the end there wasn't much to separate the two teams. The team that won the tight moments won the game - and the tournament

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Bangalore v Deccan, IPL final, Johannesburg

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RCB Innings

Player Name		R	B
JH Kallis	bowled	15	17
MK Pandey	caught	4	8
RE van der Merwe	stumped	32	21
R Dravid	bowled	9	13
LRPL Taylor	caught	27	20
V Kohli	stumped	7	8
MV Boucher	caught	5	6
RV Uthappa	not out	17	15
P Kumar	caught	2	3
R Vinay Kumar	caught	8	8
A Kumble	not out	1	1
Extras	(lb 9, w 1)
Total	137(9 wkts; 20 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Jacques Kallis	Manish Pandey
2nd	16	Roelof van der Merwe	Manish Pandey
3rd	21	Rahul Dravid	Roelof van der Merwe
4th	22	Rahul Dravid	Ross Taylor
5th	20	Ross Taylor	Virat Kohli
6th	0	Mark Boucher	Virat Kohli
7th	8	Mark Boucher	Robin Uthappa
8th	3	Robin Uthappa	Praveen Kumar
9th	19	Robin Uthappa	Vinay Kumar
10th	8	Anil Kumble	Robin Uthappa

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Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
DC	14	10	4	20	0.311
CSK	14	8	5	17	0.951
RCB	14	8	6	16	-0.191
DCH	14	7	7	14	0.203
KXIP	14	7	7	14	-0.483
RR	14	6	7	13	-0.352
MI	14	5	8	11	0.297
KKR	14	3	10	7	-0.789