With the start of DLF-IPL 2009 in South Africa at Cape Town shortly, let’s recall the stupendous event held last year.
Man of the Series 2008
Shane Watson with 472 runs and 17 wickets from 15 matches
Man of the Match 2008 and Batsman of the Series
On 5 occasions Shaun Marsh earned Man of the Match with a run aggregate of 616 runs from 11 matches to be Batsman of the series
Bowler of the Series
Rajasthan Royal's Sohail Tanvir for his 22 wickets aggregate from 11 games including the best bowling figures of the tournament - 6 for 14
Team for Fair Play Award
Chennai Super Kings
Player of Under-19
Bangalore Royal Challenger's Srivats Goswami
Aggregate of 500 plus runs in the Tournament
Marsh 616
Gautam Gambhir 534
Sanath Jayasuriya 514
Most Fours
Gambhir 68
Marsh 59
Jayasuriya 57
Graeme Smith 54
Adam Gilchrist 51
Most Fifty's
Marsh 6
Gambhir 5
are the batsmen who made five or more half-centuries in the tournament
Marsh’s six fifties included a hundred
Most Catches in the Tournament
Suresh Raina with 10 catches from 16 matches, the only fielder (excluding wicket-keepers) to take 10 or more catches
Most Catches in an Innings
Sachin Tendulkar with four catches against Kolkata Knight Riders
Most Wickets
Tanvir with 22, was the only bowler to capture more than 20 wickets
Most Dismissals
Y.V.Takawale 11 dismissals, with 10 catches and 1 stumping in 7 matches
Most Dismissals in a Match
Y.V.Takawale with 4 dismissals (3 catches and a stumping) against Rajasthan Royals
Most Stumpings in the Tournament
Kamran Akmal with 4 stumpings
Most Runs and Most Wickets respectively as Captains
Mahendra Singh Dhoni aggregated 414 runs from 16 matches
Shane Warne had a tally of 19 wickets from 15 matches
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