Rajasthan Royals are First IPL champs

Rajasthan Royals has beaten chennai Superkings to win the first IPL.

The match was complete nail biter with rajasthan royals needing 8 runs in last over with only 3 wickets in hand. Balaji bowled the last ball, who went for 1,0,1,2 wd,1,2,1

Rajasthan royal won the match on last ball.

Yousof pathan was pick of the players for his awesome all round performance taking 3 wickets for only 22 runs in 4 overs and scoring an impressive 50.

Indian Premier League Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Final Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, June 1, 2008

Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Rudi Koertzen (SA) Third Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (Ind) Toss: Rajasthan Royals (Elected to field) Match Status: Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wkts

Rajasthan Royals Innings | Chennai Super Kings Innings

Batting: Rajasthan Royals Innings

Batsmen Rajasthan Royals (164/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Niraj Patel b M Gony 2 11 0 0 18.18 Swapnil Asnodkar c S Raina b A Morkel 28 20 4 0 140.00 Kamran Akmal (wk) run out (M Ntini) 6 7 1 0 85.71 Shane Watson b M Muralitharan 28 19 3 0 147.37 Yusuf Pathan run out (S Raina) 56 39 3 4 143.59 Mohammad Kaif c MS Dhoni b M Muralitharan 12 9 0 1 133.33 Ravindra Jadeja c C Kapugedara b A Morkel 0 1 0 0 0.00 Shane Warne (c) not out 9 9 1 0 100.00 Sohail Tanvir not out 9 7 0 0 128.57 Siddharth Trivedi Munaf Patel Extras: b - 1, w - 5, nb - 2, lb - 6 14 Total: (164 for 7 in 20 overs) 164 Run Rate: 8.20

Fall Of Wickets

1/19 (Niraj Patel, 3.1 ov.), 2/41 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 6.1 ov.), 3/42 (Kamran Akmal, 6.4 ov.), 4/107 (Shane Watson, 14.1 ov.), 5/139 (Mohammad Kaif, 16.6 ov.), 6/139 (Ravindra Jadeja, 17.1 ov.), 7/143 (Yusuf Pathan, 17.4 ov.)

Bowling: Chennai Super Kings

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Makhaya Ntini 4 1 21 0 0 0 5.2 Manpreet Gony 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5 Albie Morkel 4 0 25 2 2 3 6.2 Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 42 0 0 1 10.5 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 0 39 2 0 0 9.8

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Batting: Chennai Super Kings Innings

Batsmen Chennai Super Kings (163/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Parthiv Patel (wk) c K Akmal b Y Pathan 38 33 5 0 115.15 Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan c R Jadeja b Y Pathan 16 14 1 1 114.29 Suresh Raina c R Jadeja b S Watson 43 30 1 2 143.33 Albie Morkel c K Akmal b Y Pathan 16 13 0 2 123.08 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) not out 29 17 1 2 170.59 Chamara Kapugedara c S Asnodkar b S Tanvir 8 12 0 0 66.67 Subramaniam Badrinath not out 6 2 1 0 300.00 Manpreet Gony Muttiah Muralitharan Lakshmipathy Balaji Makhaya Ntini Extras: b - 1, w - 3, nb - 1, lb - 2 7 Total: (163 for 5 in 20 overs) 163 Run Rate: 8.15

Fall Of Wickets

1/39 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 5.2 ov.), 2/64 (Parthiv Patel, 8.6 ov.), 3/95 (Albie Morkel, 12.4 ov.), 4/128 (Suresh Raina, 16.2 ov.), 5/148 (Chamara Kapugedara, 19.1 ov.)

Bowling: Rajasthan Royals

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Sohail Tanvir 4 0 40 1 0 1 10.0 Shane Watson 4 0 29 1 1 1 7.2 Munaf Patel 2 0 14 0 0 0 7.0 Yusuf Pathan 4 0 22 3 0 0 5.5 Siddharth Trivedi 2 0 21 0 0 0 10.5 Shane Warne 4 0 34 0 0 1 8.5

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The Teams

Chennai Super Kings: Parthiv Patel(w), Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Subramaniam Badrinath, Chamara Kapugedara, Albie Morkel, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Makhaya Ntini, Joginder Sharma(sub), Palani Amarnath(sub), Abhinav Mukund(sub), Arun Karthik(sub), Napolean Einstein(sub), R Ashwin(sub), Shadab Jakati(sub), Srikkanth Anirudha(sub), Suresh Kumar(sub), Viraj Vilas Kadbe(sub), Sudeep Tyagi(sub) Rajasthan Royals: Niraj Patel, Swapnil Asnodkar, Kamran Akmal(w), Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Warne (c), Siddharth Trivedi, Sohail Tanvir, Munaf Patel, Mahesh Rawat(sub), Dinesh Salunkhe(sub), Aditya Angle(sub), Taruwar Kohli(sub), Anup Revandkar(sub), Jaydev Shah(sub), Pankaj Singh(sub), Parag More(sub), Sumit Khatri(sub), Younis Khan(sub)