CSK v RCB 2011 IPL Closing Ceremony Photos

Award and Prizes of 2011 IPL - Prize Money of IPL 4

After 74 matches, the champions remains the same as Chennai Kings defend their title by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final. During the season lot of records has been made and broken and lot of new players shines. Find the awards and prizes for all the category.

2011 IPL 4 Awards and Prizes:

Winning DLF IPL 4 Trophy - Chennai Kings - Rs. 10 Crore

Runner-up DLF IPL 4 - Royal Bangalore - Rs. 5 Crore

Man of the Final - Murali Vijay (CSK) - Rs. 5 Lac

Man of the Series - Chris Gayle (RCB) - Rs. 5 Lac

Orange Cap - Chris Gayle (RCB) - Rs. 10 Lac

Purple Cap - Lasth Malinga (MI) - Rs. 10 Lac

Rising Player - Iqbal Abdullah (KKR) - Rs. 10 Lac

Catches in IPL4 - Kieron Pollard (MI) - Rs. 10 Lac

Best inning in IPL4 - Paul Valthaty 119* runs - Volkaswagen Vento

Kingfisher Fair Play Award - Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Kings v Royal Bangalore 2011 IPL4 Final Photo Highlights - Murali Vijay Man of the Match

Chennai easily beat Bangalore in the Grand Finale of 2011 IPL by 58 runs and retained the trophy. M Vijay played a brilliant match winning of 95 runs and got Man of the Match while Hussey contributed with 63 runs and R Ashwin took 3 wickets for 16 runs.

CSK v RCB 2011 IPL Final Match Result - Chennai are IPL Kings again, beat RCB by 58 runs

In an one sided final Chennai retained their crown as King of Indian Premier League by lifting 2011 IPL4 trophy beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by a huge margin of 58 runs on Saturday, 28th May, 2011 at Chepauk Stadium Chennai. CSK made 205/5 n 20 overs and RCB made 147/8 in 20 overs.

Dhon won the toss and Chennai openers put the best opening partnership in the history of IPL with 159 runs in 15 overs as Hussey hit 63 off 45 balls and M Vijay played a brilliant inning of 95 runs off just 52 balls with 4 fours and 6 sixes. They lost some quick wickets but managed to score highest score in the final with 205/5 as all bowlers got the hammering by Vijay and Hussey.

Chasing a huge target RCB's inning derailed in the 1st over itself when in-form and highest run scorer in the tournament Chris Gayle out without scoring any runs bowled by Ashwin also took the wicket of other opener Agarwal in his next over. They soon lost the match when they reduced to 70/6 in 10 overs and managed only 147/8 as only Kohl 35 and Saurabh Tiwary 42* not out put some fight. R Ashwin was the pick of the bowler with 3 wickets for just 16 runs.

Match Summary:

Chennai Super Kings - 205/5 in 20 overs (Vijay 95, Hussey 63, Gayle 2-34)

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 147/8 in 20 overs (Kohli 35, Ashwin3-16 , Jakati 2-21)

Toss - Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Murali Vijay (Chennai Super Kings)

Result - Chennai Super Kings won by 58 runs

Royal Bangalore v Chennai Kings 2011 IPL Final Live Score - CSK v RCB IPL4 Teams

after 73 matches, now it's Grand Finale of 2011 IPL 4, between top two teams defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, 28th May, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai , in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Chennai Super Kings won their last match against their neighbor in the first play-off and now they have to fight again for the big final. It's their 3rd final in 4 years and they will try hard to defend their title at a place where they already won last 7 games. Suresh Raina is a big match player but their main worry will be opening where they were unable to provide quick runs so Hussey and Vijay needs to revised their strategy. R Ashwin was injured in the last match but he will probably fit and they will likely go with the unchanged team. Albie and Bravo is providing depth with both bat and ball.

Royal Challengers Bangalore is now have a good chance to take revenge of their lost in play off and Chris Gayle has to repeat their performance against Mumbai as he is in terrific form with 608 runs in 11 innings and holding the Orange Cap as highest run scorer. But theie middle order is not performing and much depend on Virat Kohl and need big inning from Saurabh Tiwary and AB de Villiers. Their bowling is quite good with Zaheer and Vettor and inclusion of Syed Mohammad who took price wicket of Tendulkar in the last game will further give depth to them.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 Grand Finale:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Subramaniam Badrinath, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Shadab Jakati.

Royal Bangalore Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 Grand Finale:

Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Luke Pomersbach, Abhimanyu Mithun, Daniel Vettori (cap), Zaheer Khan, Sreenath Arvind, Syed Mohammad.

Mumbai v Bangalore 2011 PL 2nd Play-Off Result, Photos - Bangalore in Final with Chennai on 28th May

Chris Gayle played another superb inning in IPL 4 and helped Bangalore for their 2nd final on Saturday against Chennai by hitting 89 runs off 47 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes as they beat Mumbai by 43 runs in the 2nd play-off.

Mumbai Indians v Royal Bangalore 2011 IPL 2nd Play-Off Live Score - RCB v MI IPL4 Teams, Commentary

In the 2nd play-off of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will play to reach for their 2nd final on Friday, 27th May, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai , in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata 2 times in a row in last over thrillers to reach this play-off and their confidence will be high as Munaf Patel is bowling really well along with top wcket taker Lasith Malinga. They found a good opener Blilzzard giving quick start and taking off pressure from Tendulkar. Rayudu and Franklin batting well under pressure but hard hitter Pollard is flop so far.

Royal Challengers Bangalore on the other hand lost their last match which they had almost won but they have strong team with Gayle is in good form and they will lot depend on him while Kohli played a brilliant inning in the last match but de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary are out of form.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 2nd Play-Off:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Rajagopal Satish, Ambati Rayudu, Tirumalasetti Suman (wk), Abu Nachim, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Royal Bangalore Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 2nd Play-Off:

AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Luke Pomersbach, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohammad Kaif, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Mithun, Daniel Vettori (cap), Zaheer Khan, Sreenath Arvind.

Mumbai v Kolkata Eliminator of IPL 4 Photos - Munaf Patel Man of the Match

Mumbai once again beat Kolkata by 4 wickets in the last over and this time knocked them out of the IPL4, and now face Bangalore in the 2nd play-off. Munaf Patel got Man of the Match for his 3-27.

MI v KKR IPL4 Eliminator Result - Mumbai in play-off, beat Kolkata by 4 wickets

In the eliminator match of 2011 IPL4, Mumbai Indians beat again Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining and qualify for the play-offs on Wednesday, 25th May, 2011 at Wankhede, Mumbai. KKR made 147/7 in 20 overs and and MI 148/6 made in 19.2 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders playing in the shadow of last match which they lost on the last ball, collapsed to 20/4 in 5.3 overs and then Pathan 26 runs and Ryan ten took the score to 80 runs in 13 overs. Ryan ten played a superb inning of unbeaten 70 runs off 49 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes while Shakib hit quick fire 16 balls 26 runs. Munaf Patel was picked of the bowler with 3-27

Mumbai Indians then got a blazing start by Blizzard who hit 30 balls 51 runs and Tendulkar 36 runs put 81 runs in 8 overs but then lost few quick wickets and reduced to 103/4 in 13 overs. Match was closed when they needed 15 runs in last 12 balls with Harbhajan and Franklin on the crease with Lee bowling and Bhajji hit four on the 1st balls but Lee managed to give 4 runs in next 5 balls. 7 needed on the last over and Bhajji hit a six on the 2nd ball bowled by Shakib and seal a victory.


Match Summary:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 147/7 in 20 overs (Ryan ten 70*, Shakib 26*, Munaf 3-27)

Mumbai Indians - 148/6 in 19.2 overs (Blizzard 51, Tendulkar 36, Kallis 2-18)

Toss - Mumbai Indians, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Munaf Patel (Mumbai Indians)

Result - Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Riders 2011 IPL Eliminator Live Score - MI v KKR IPL4 Teams

After the most thrilling match of 2011 IPL, Mumbai Indians Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will meet again in the eliminator round of IPL 4, on Wednesday, 25th May, 2011 at Wankhede, Mumbai, in a night game starting from 14.30 GMT, 8:00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians won the last ball thriller when Ambati Rayudu hit a six off Balaji and made 23 runs off last overs thanks to James Franklin who hit 17 runs off 5 balls with 4 successive fours and they will be high on confidence when they take Kolkata again this time in eliminator. Tndulkar is back in form again but hard hitter Pollard yet to play his trademark inning.

Kolkata Knight Riders lost so many things in that last over bowled by Balaji, a certain Champions League birth by moving to 2nd place and also to to avoid eliminator and if they lost agan from no where they have to blame themselves only. Kallis is giving good start with solid performance and they need Gambhir, Pathan and Tiwary for the big total. Iqbal Abdullah bowling well taking crucial wickets but they have to replace their weak link Balaj by some bode else.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 Eliminator:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Rajagopal Satish, Ambati Rayudu (wk), Tirumalasetti Suman (wk), Abu Nachim, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 Eliminator:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Iqbal Abdulla, L Balaji.

Chennai v Bangalore 1st Qualifier of IPL 4 Photos - Suresh Raina Man of the Match

Suresh Raina hit brliant 50 balls unbeaten 73 runs and takes Chennai to their 3rd finals when they beat Bangalore by 6 wickets with 2 balls remaining in a thriller.