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CSK V KKR IPL 5 Final KKR wins IPL 2012 |
An electrified MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai wa sfilled to capacity to support the men in yellow lift the Indian Premier League trophy for the third time. But it was Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)who won the IPL for the first time at the home turf of two-time winners, Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Purple is the colour of the Indian Premier League 2012 and the Kolkata Knight riders (KKR) are the new Kings. There are a whole host of new heroes who made this possible: The unheralded Manvinder Singh Bisla, the legendary Jacques Kallis, Shakib Al Hasan, and Kolkata's own Manoj Tiwary.
First it was Murali Vijay and then Suresh Raina and Michael Hussey who lead Chennai Super Kings (CSK) attack against the visitors Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)who. Vijay (42 off 32), Raina (73 off 38) and Hussey (54 off 43) powered CSK to a daunting total against KKR. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) seemed to be on a roll earlier last night as they hammered 190-3 in 20 overs against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Each of them played like they owned the stage as Shah Rukh Khan's Knight Riders (KKR) notched up an unbelievable win with two balls to spare.
A chase of 191 is thought to be out of bounds when you are playing at the Chepauk against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL
Final 2012, and when skipper Gautam Gambhir got out in the first over in IPL Final 2012, it seemed Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were well on their way to making it a hat-trick of titles winning IPL 5 final.
But Bisla came out of nowhere and started hitting every single bowler on view in IPL final. Bisla didn't know till Saturday evening whether he would be playing the IPL final. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took a big gamble by playing him ahead of Brendon McCullum and the Haryana batsman was an absolute revelation.
With the pitch staying good for batting, Bisla simply put his foot out of the way and continued to hit through the line. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowlers were left clueless. Then there was Kallis at the other end top contend with. The South African looked rock solid and it seemed that he knew he was eager to win the game on his own.
But when he got out with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). still needing 16 off 11 balls, CSK were in with a chance. Dhoni started playing his standard tricks, taking time between deliveries and making the pressure unbearable for every single soul on the ground!
But it was destined to be KKR's night. Shakib survived a close call when Billy Bowden called a no-ball for a waist-high full toss off Ben HIlfenhaus. Shakib hit a boundary off the next ball and it was down to nine off the last over.
Bravo was a picture of confidence coming into bowl, but so was Tiwary. Two brilliant boundaries and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). was on top the world with two balls to spare.
Earlier, when Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batted, it was again the brilliant batting unit that came to the fore in the IPL 5 final. While M Vijay (42 off 32 balls)and Mike Hussey gave them the dream start, opening pair put on 87 runs in 10.2 overs, Raina (71 off 36 balls) played his best innings of the IPL 2012 and took his team to a position of strength.
TWISTS AND TURNS
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) race to 190/3 as Suresh Raina comes good with 38-ball 73.
Player of the season Sunil Narine gets just one of the first 13 overs, which allows Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman to get into groove. Ends with 0/37.
Gambhir, IPL 5's second-highest run scorer with 590 runs, falls early. But Manvinder Bisla (89) and Jacques Kallis (69) post 136-run stand to swing match back for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Michael Hussey catches a Kallis slog sweep but topples over boundary as a dismissal turns into a six on the last ball of the 16th over
Kallis holes out off a Hilfenhaus full toss in the second-last ball of the 19th over as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) seem to be choking on the brink of victory.
With Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) needing 16 runs off 7 balls, Shakib al-Hasan is caught off Hilfenhaus but it's called a no-ball for being above waist height and the batsmen run 2. Shakib then hits a 4 as a single ball costs CSK 7 runs.
Batting at No. 7, Manoj Tiwary (9 runs off 3 balls) finishes off match in final over.
ROLL OF HONOUR
Man of the Final: Manvinder Bisla, Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rising Star of the tournament: Mandeep Singh, Kings XI Punjab.
Golden Player of the season: Sunil Narine, Kolkata Knight Riders.
Fairplay Award: Rahul Dravid, Rajasthan Royals.
Orange Cap: Chris Gayle, Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Purple Cap: Morne Morkel, Delhi Daredevils.
Power performance of the season: AB de Villiers, Royal Challengers Bangalore.
FIVE STARS WHO WON IPL 5 FOR KKR
5-19: Mystery spinner Narine produced many outstanding spells, none so better than his 5-19 against Kings XI.
4-18: Laxmipathy Balaji showed he still has a few tricks up his sleeve, as he got the RCB batsmen flummoxed.
3-17: Shakib Al Hasan got both Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane, and RR were never a problem for KKR.
93: The KKR skipper was in terrific form throughout the tournament. Against RCB, he smashed 93 off 51 balls.
40*: Yusuf Pathan remained out of form throughout this IPL, but struck gold against the Devils in the 1st qualifier.
Kolkata Knight Riders wins IPL 5, KKR v CSK IPL 2012 Final, Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders.
IPL 2012 Final Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings V Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 5 Final Scoreboard
Chennai Super Kings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
MEK Hussey | b Kallis | 54 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 125.58 |
M Vijay | c Shakib Al Hasan b Bhatia | 42 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 131.25 |
SK Raina | c Lee b Shakib Al Hasan | 73 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 192.10 |
MS Dhoni*† | not out | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 155.55 |
Extras | (lb 3, w 2, nb 2) | 7 |
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Total | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 190 | (9.50 runs per over) |
Did not bat DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, BW Hilfenhaus, SB Jakati, S Badrinath |
Fall of wickets 1-87 (Vijay, 10.2 ov), 2-160 (Hussey, 17.1 ov), 3-190 (Raina, 19.6 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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B Lee | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.50 | (1nb) |
Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | (1w) |
SP Narine | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 |
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Iqbal Abdulla | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
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JH Kallis | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | (1nb, 1w) |
R Bhatia | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.66 |
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YK Pathan | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17.00 |
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Kolkata Knight Riders(target: 191 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
MS Bisla† | c Badrinath b Morkel | 89 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 185.41 |
G Gambhir* | b Hilfenhaus | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
JH Kallis | c Jadeja b Hilfenhaus | 69 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 140.81 |
LR Shukla | c Hussey b Bravo | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
YK Pathan | c Badrinath b Ashwin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Shakib Al Hasan | not out | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 157.14 |
MK Tiwary | not out | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 300.00 |
Extras | (lb 1, w 6, nb 1) | 8 |
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Total | (5 wickets; 19.4 overs) | 192 | (9.76 runs per over) |
Did not bat R Bhatia, Iqbal Abdulla, SP Narine, B Lee |
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Gambhir, 0.6 ov), 2-139 (Bisla, 14.4 ov), 3-152 (Shukla, 16.2 ov), 4-164 (Pathan, 17.1 ov), 5-175 (Kallis, 18.5 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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BW Hilfenhaus | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | (1nb, 1w) |
JA Morkel | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 | (2w) |
R Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 |
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DJ Bravo | 3.4 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 13.36 | (2w) |
SB Jakati | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 |
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Toss Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat
Kolkata Knight Riders wins IPL 5 Final by 5 wickets