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Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League
Logo of the Indian Premier League
Countries	India
Administrator	BCCI
Headquarter	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2008
Last tournament	2011
Next tournament	2012
Tournament format	Double round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams	10
Current champion	Chennai Super Kings
Most successful	Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers (1 title each)
Qualification	Twenty20 Champions League
Most runs	Suresh Raina (1375)[1]
Most wickets	R. P. Singh (51)[2]
Website	IPLT20.com
2011 Indian Premier League
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquartered in Mumbai^[3][4] supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, current chairman and commissioner of IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It is currently contested by 10 teams consisting of players from around the world. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.^[5]
In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on YouTube.^[6] Its brand value was estimated to be around $4.13 billion the same year.^[7][8] According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA. It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be $3.84 million.^[9] The brand value of Chennai Super Kings (winner IPL 2010, finalist IPL 2008 and semi-finalist IPL 2009) is estimated at USD 48.4 Million.
Role Of CSK In IPL-1: 
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain. The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Every team played each other both at home and away in a round robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
Role Of CSK In IPL-2: 
The 2009 season coincided with the general elections in India. Owing to concerns regarding players' security, the venue was shifted to South Africa. The format of the tournament remained same as the inaugural one. Deccan Chargers, who finished last in the first season,were big underdogs, but came out as eventual winners defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final.
Role Of CSK In IPL-3:

The third season opened in January 2010 with the auction for players. 66 players were on offer but only 11 players were sold. In this season, Deccan Chargers did not play at their preferred home location of Hyderabad, India due to the ongoing political crisis in the Telangana region . The new bases for the champions this season were Nagpur, Navi Mumbai and Cuttack. Four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The first semi-final was won by Mumbai Indians who defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 35 runs. Chennai Super Kings defeated Deccan Chargers in the second semi-final. The final was played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings won by a margin of 22 runs.
Role Of CSK In ACL

CSK beat Warriors to lift the Airtel CLT20:

Johannesburg: Chennai Super Kings recorded their first Champions League T20 title win after an eight-wicket victory over Chevrolet Warriors in Johannesburg.

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Batting first the Warriors ended up with a disappointing total of 128 after a very impressive start. The Warriors innings was once again marked by skipper Davy Jacob's excellence. Jacobs opening the innings for the Warriors scored 34 runs. But soon after Jacob's fall to Ashwin, the Warriors batting lost track completely and lost wickets at regular intervals. Craig Thyssen(25) down the order did offer some resistance before being dismissed by Muttiah Muralitharan.

For the CSK bowling, R Ashwin was excellent and managed to pick up two wickets, giving away just 16 runs in his spell of four overs. Muralitharan with all his experience was excellent as well, bagging three wickets and giving away just 16 runs in his spell of four overs.

R Ashwin for his terrific run throughout the series, finished up with 13 wickets in the tournament to win the golden wicket award. Muralitharan finished one wicket short of Ashwin's mark.

Chasing a meager total of 129, the CSK openers got off to a cautious start with experienced Hussey and Murali Vjay knocking singles and twos' and getting those odd boundaries. The duo put on a solid partnership of 103 runs before Vijay was dismissed. Vijay scored 58 runs before being dismissed by Boje. Incidentally Vijay became the highest run scorer and was awarded with the Golden bat award.

At the other end, determined Hussey made sure he saw the CSK side home with an unbeaten 51 off 46 balls with skipper M.S Dhoni at the other end. The CSK side reached the target with six balls to spare.

For the Warriors bowling, Lonwabo Tsotsobe was impressive but could not fetch any wicket. He finished with 0-14 in his spell of four overs. Spinner Boje picked up a wicket and gave away 29 runs in his spell of four overs.

Chennai Super Kings Vs Chevrolet Warriors -  Scorecard

Chevrolet Warriors innings(20 overs maximum) :DJ Jacobs-34, AG Prince-6, CA Ingram-16, JP Kreusch-17, MV Boucher-5, J Botha-7, CA Thyssen-25, N Boje-8, J Theron-2, Extras-8, Total-128

Chennai Super Kings innings(target: 129 runs from 20 overs) :MEK Hussey-51, M Vijay-58, SK Raina-2, MS Dhoni-17, Extras-4, Total-132.