IPL 2011 Final Winner: Chennai vs Bangalore

IPL 2011 Final Winner: The Chennai Super Kings blew away the Royal Challengers Bangalore, winning by 58 runs, in the 2011 IPL final at Chennai to clinch the title in emphatic style.

This was their second IPL crown in four years of competition and they have made the knock-out stage every single year. For Bangalore, this was the second time unlucky in the finals after they finished runners-up in 2009.

IPL 2011 Final Statistics – IPL 2011 Final Winner?

Winning Team	Chennai Super Kings
Highest Scorer (Orange Cap)	Chris Gayle (608 runs)
Highest Wickets Taker	Lasith Malinga (28)
Man of the Series	Chris Gayle
Winning Team Captain	MS Dhoni
Maximum Sixes	Chris Gayle (44)
Runner Up Team	Royal Challengers Bangalore

In the 2011 IPL final match Chennai won the toss and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni didn’t have any hesitation in opting to bat first in the high-stakes game. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay gave them a flying start bringing up the 50 in only six overs and then went on to put on a record partnership for the first wicket.

The duo added 159 runs during their stay at the wicket spanning 14.5 overs. Hussey seemed to play a holding role and even so made 63 runs off 45 balls, with three fours and three sixes. But it was Vijay’s belligerence put paid to Bangalore’s chances. He made 95 runs off only 52 balls, hitting four fours and six sixes.

Vijay was out in the 19th over, cramping up obviously and exhaustion robbing him a chance to complete a chanceless hundred. Dhoni who had promoted himself to number three garnered 29 runs with Vijay in quick time, taking most of the strike himself.

He scored a blazing 22 runs off 13 balls with two sixes. The following batsmen all tried to slog with around ten balls remaining, as Chris Gayle took two wickets in the last over, and for a minute it appeared as if Chennai might just fall short of 200. But Dwayne Bravo came in and hit the last ball for six, taking them to 205 for five.

The run chase was all about what Gayle could do. Unfortunately, he was out for a three-ball duck as Ravichandran Ashwin had him caught behind the wicket.

Mayank Agarwal was out for ten and they were already 16 for two in the third over. If any hope was remaining, it was in Virat Kohli who tried his best in the losing cause, scoring 35 runs off 32 balls.

But that the top score of the innings was 42 runs by Saurabh Tiwary who came down later in the order told a tale of woe for Bangalore. Ashwin took three for 16 in four overs and Shadab Jakati finished with two for 21 as Chennai outplayed their opponents on the day.

CSK vs RCB 2011 IPL Final Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings Innings

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Michael Hussey c Mithun b Syed Mohammad	63	45	3	3	140.00
Murali Vijay c Vettori b Aravind	95	52	4	6	182.69
MS Dhoni (c) c Kohli b Aravind	22	13	0	2	169.23
Suresh Raina b Gayle	8	5	0	1	160.00
Albie Morkel c Kohli b Gayle	2	4	0	0	50.00
S Badrinath not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dwayne Bravo not out	6	1	0	1	600.00

Extras	9 (b 0, lb 7, w 2, nb 0, p 0)
Total	205 (5 wkts, 20 Ov)
Did not bat	Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger

IPL 2011 Final Scorecard: CSK Fall of Wickets

Fall of Wickets
159-1 (M Hussey, 14.5), 188-2 (Vijay, 18.1), 188-3 (Dhoni, 18.2), 199-4 (Albie Morkel, 19.4), 199-5 (Raina, 19.5)

CSK vs RCB IPL Final Match: RCB Bowlers

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Zaheer Khan	4	0	30	0	0	0	7.50
Sreenath Aravind	3	0	39	2	0	2	13.00
Chris Gayle	4	0	34	2	0	0	8.50
JS Mohammad	3	0	39	1	0	0	13.00
Daniel Vettori	4	0	34	0	0	0	8.50
Abhimanyu Mithun	2	0	22	0	0	0	11.00

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Mayank Agarwal b R Ashwin	10	5	2	0	200.00
Chris Gayle lbw b Raina	0	3	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli lbw b S Raina	35	32	1	1	109.38
AB de Villiers lbw b S Jakati	18	12	3	0	150.00
Luke Pomersbach c & b S Jakati	2	3	0	0	66.67
Saurabh Tiwary not out	42	34	1	3	123.53
Daniel Vettori c & b R Ashwin	0	1	0	0	0.00
Abhimanyu Mithun c D Bollinger b DJ Bravo	11	8	2	0	137.50
Zaheer Khan c M Hussey b D Bollinger	21	21	2	0	100.00
JS Mohammad not out	2	2	0	0	100.00

Extras	6 (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, p 0)
Total	147 (8 wkts, 20 Ov)
Did not bat	Sreenath Aravind

IPL 2011 Final Scorecard: RCB Fall of Wickets

Fall of Wickets
1-1 (Gayle, 0.4), 16-2 (Mayank Agarwal, 2.3), 48-3 (de Villiers, 6.3), 62-4 (Pomersbach, 8.3), 69-5 (Kohli, 9.6), 70-6 (Vettori, 10.2), 92-7 (Mithun, 12.6), 130-8 (Zaheer, 18.4)

CSK vs RCB IPL 2011 Final Match: CSK Bowlers

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Ravichandran Ashwin	4	0	16	3	0	0	4.00
Albie Morkel	3	0	24	0	0	0	8.00
Doug Bollinger	3	0	28	1	0	1	9.33
Shadab Jakati	4	0	21	2	1	0	5.25
Suresh Raina	4	0	39	1	0	0	9.75
Dwayne Bravo	2	0	15	1	0	0	7.50