2011 Indian Premier League final

{{Infobox limited overs final

| title = 2011 Indian Premier League final

| image =

| event = {{nobr|2011 Indian Premier League}}

| team1 = Chennai Super Kings

| team1score = 205/5

| team1overs = 20 overs

| team2 = Royal Challengers Bangalore

| team2score = 147/8

| team2overs = 20 overs

| details = Chennai Super Kings won by 58 runs

| date = 28 May 2011

| stadium = M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

| attendance = 49,637

| city = Chennai

| man_of_the_match = Murali Vijay (CSK)

| man_of_the_tournment1b = Chris Gayle

| umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak)
Simon Taufel (Aus)

| television = SET Max

| previous = 2010

| next = 2012

}}

The 2011 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 28 May 2011 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai to determine the winner of the 2011 Indian Premier League, an annual professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the defending champion Super Kings defeated the Royal Challengers by 58 runs.

The Royal Challengers, captained by Daniel Vettori, topped the group stage table with 19 points in 14 matches, whereas the Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, stood at the second position with just one point less than the Royal Challengers.{{cite web|url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/series/466304.html?view=pointstable|title = Points Table|access-date = 30 November 2016|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

Royal Challengers qualified for the final for the second time in their Indian Premier League History. They previously qualified for the final at 2009 Indian Premier League where they lost to the Deccan Chargers by six runs.{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/current/match/392239.html|title= Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers at Johannesburg, May 24, 2009|access-date = 30 November 2016}} On the other hand, it was the third overall and second consecutive final for the Super Kings. They previously qualified for the final at 2008 Indian Premier League where they lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets in a last ball thriller.{{cite web|url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/engine/current/match/336040.html|title = Final: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008}} and at the very previous, 2010 Indian Premier League where they got a 22 runs win over the Mumbai Indians to bag their first ever Indian Premier League title.{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/current/match/419165.html|title = Final: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, Apr 25, 2010}}

It was also the first time that a defending champion of the tournament qualify for the final and defend their title. Previous champions Rajasthan Royals (2008) and Deccan Chargers (2009) failed to qualify for the final or defend their title at the next tournament.{{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/series_results.html?id=117;type=trophy|title=Records/Indian Premier League/Series results|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date= 30 November 2016}} With this win the Chennai Super Kings also became the first team to have won the IPL on more than one occasion.{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/story/517001.html|first=Sriram|last=Veera|date=28 May 2011|access-date=29 May 2011|title=Vijay stars in Chennai's successful title defence|work=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN}}

Match

= Summary =

Winning the toss, Super Kings' captain MS Dhoni elected to bat first. The Super Kings scored 205 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 5 wickets. They scored 159 in their opening partnership before Mike Hussey got out after scoring 63 runs from 45 balls.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501271.html?innings=1;view=fow;wrappertype=live2|title=Partnership Table|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 November 2016}} But the other opener Murali Vijay was the top scorer for his side. He scored 95 runs just missing out a century. Chris Gayle was the best bowler for the Royal Challengers. He took two wickets. In reply, Royal Challengers failed to build a good pressure opening partnership when their opener Chris Gayle got out for a duck in the third ball of their innings. The Royal Challengers couldn't play effectively in the game as they couldn't build partnerships. Their innings came to an end at 147 with loss of eight wickets. Saurabh Tiwary scored unbeaten 42 for the Royal Challengers. Super Kings bowler Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets for 16 runs. Murali Vijay was awarded the man of the match for his knock of 95.{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/engine/match/501271.html|title = Final: Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai, May 28, 2011|access-date = 30 November 2016}}

Despite being at the losing end Royal Challengers' Chris Gayle was named the man of the tournament for scoring 608 runs with bat and taking 8 wickets with ball.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0HjSXTY86y49DUo6hJfKmWi18Mw?docId=CNG.86cef52d30e13b28b2d80598a38bfa1d.191|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124230054/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0HjSXTY86y49DUo6hJfKmWi18Mw?docId=CNG.86cef52d30e13b28b2d80598a38bfa1d.191|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2013|first=Abhaya|last=Srivastava|date=28 May 2011|access-date=29 May 2011|title=Chennai win IPL with huge win over Bangalore|work=Google News|agency=Agence France-Presse}} He also won the Orange Cap for scoring 608 runs.{{cite web|title=Most runs-2011|url=http://www.iplt20.com/stats/2011/most-runs|publisher=iplt20|access-date=19 April 2015}} Lasith Malinga from Mumbai Indians won the Purple Cap for taking 28 wickets.{{cite web|title=Most wickets-2011|url=http://www.iplt20.com/stats/2011/most-wickets|publisher=iplt20|access-date=24 May 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/ipl/news/item/174051-fans-emotionally-drained-after-indias-world-cup-win-dhoni|date=29 May 2011|access-date=29 May 2011|title=Fans "emotionally drained" after India's World Cup win: Dhoni|work=NDTV|publisher=New Delhi Television Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530195530/http://sports.ndtv.com/ipl/news/item/174051-fans-emotionally-drained-after-indias-world-cup-win-dhoni|archive-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead}} The Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award was again won by the Chennai Super Kings for topping the fair-play table.{{cite web|title=Poor on-field behaviour takes sheen off Mumbai's victories|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article3422063.ece?textsize=large&test=1|work=The Hindu|access-date=2 September 2012|author=G Viswanath|location=Mumbai|date=15 May 2012|quote=Delhi Daredevils (DD) were evaluated as the best in three of the four previous IPL tournaments. DD was awarded the Fair Play Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2011, while Kings XI Punjab won the trophy in the IPL played in South Africa in 2009.}} Iqbal Abdullah of Kolkata Knight Riders was awarded the Emerging Player of the Year award.{{cite web|url= http://www.iplt20.com/teams/kolkata-knight-riders/squad/85/Iqbal-Abdulla/|title = Iqbal Abdulla|publisher=iplt20.com|access-date = 30 November 2016}}

= Scorecard =

On-field umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)

Third umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL)

Reserve umpire: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)

Toss: Super Kings elected to bat first

Result: Super Kings won by 58 runs

League impact: Super Kings won the 2011 Indian Premier League

Source:{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Final 2011 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/501271/chennai-super-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-final-indian-premier-league-2011|access-date=2020-12-09|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}

class="wikitable"

|+Chennai Super Kings innings

|c Mithun b Syed Mohammed

|63

|45

|140.00

Murali Vijay

|c Vettori b Aravind

|95

|52

|182.69

MS Dhoni{{Dagger}} (c)

|c Kohli b Aravind

|22

|13

|169.23

Suresh Raina

|b Gayle

|160.00

Albie Morkel

|c Kohli b Gayle

|50.00

S Badrinath

|not out

|0.00

Dwayne Bravo

|not out

|600.00

Did not bat

| colspan="4" |Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Doug Bollinger, Shadab Jakati

Extras

|(lb 7, w 2)

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |—

Total

|(20 overs, 10.25 runs per over)

|205/5

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

class="wikitable"

|+Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling

!Economy

|30

|7.50

Sreenath Aravind

|39

|13.00

Chris Gayle

|34

|8.50

Syed Mohammed

|39

|13.00

Daniel Vettori (c)

|34

|8.50

Abhimanyu Mithun

|22

|11.00

class="wikitable"

|+Royal Challengers Bangalore innings

|b Ashwin

|10

|200.00

Chris Gayle

|c Dhoni{{Dagger}} b Ashwin

|0.00

Virat Kohli

|lbw b Raina

|35

|32

|109.37

AB de Villiers

|lbw b Jakati

|18

|12

|150.00

Luke Pomersbach

|c & b Jakati

|66.66

Saurabh Tiwary

|not out

|42

|34

|123.52

Daniel Vettori (c)

|c & b Ashwin

|0.00

Abhimanyu Mithun

|c Bollinger b Bravo

|11

|137.50

Zaheer Khan

|c Hussey b Bollinger

|21

|100.00

Syed Mohammad

|not out

|100.00

Did not bat

| colspan="4" |Sreenath Aravind

Extras

|(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |

Total

|(20 overs, 7.35 runs per over)

|147/8

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gayle, 0.3 overs), 2-16 (Agarwal, 2.3 overs), 3-48 (de Villiers, 6.3 overs), 4-62 (Pomersbach, 8.3 overs), 5-69 (Kohli, 9.6 overs), 6-70 (Vettori, 10.2 overs), 7-92 (A Mithun, 12.6 overs), 8-130 (Z Khan, 18.4 overs)

class="wikitable"

|+Chennai Super Kings bowling

!Economy

|16

|4.00

Albie Morkel