IPL: India’s pride, world’s envy

nes and he finished as Player of the Tournament.

Chris Gayle (608) Lasith Malinga (28) Chris Gayle (733) Morne Morkel (25) gated. Chennai made it to another final but were unsuccessful as Mumbai avenged their 2010 defeat. Chasing 148, Chennai fell short by 23 runs.

Mike Hussey (733) Dwayne Bravo (32) In was one of the closest seasons with just three points separating the top-five teams. Mumbai Indians clinched their second title by defeating Super Kings. They first beat them in Qualifier 1 and again in the final. Mumbai posted 202-5, thanks to contributions by Lendl Simmons (68) and Rohit Sharma (50). Chennai were given a solid start by Dwayne Smith (57) but the others misfired as Mumbai recorded a 41-run win. Later, Chennai and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two years for the betting activities of Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra in 2013. Meiyappan and Kundra were suspended for life.

David Warner (562) Dwayne Bravo (26) Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune were brought in to fill the void left by Chennai and Rajasthan for two years. While Pune failed to fire, Gujarat topped the group to qualify for the play-offs but lost both the qualifiers against the eventual finalists – Royal Challengers and Sunrisers. Bangalore had been the biggest under-achievers in IPL history and it felt this time they would turn in around. But Hyderabad had some other plans as they won a closely-fought final by eight runs. Chris Gayle (76) and Virat Kohli (54) started off briskly as they chased 209 for victory but Bangalore’s challenged fizzled out.

Virat Kohli (973) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (23)