IPL 2009 winner is .............

Battle lines are drawn to take the star studded trophy and Lalit Modi si all set to preside over the second edition of IPL on Sunday . Lets take a peek at the four finalist . Go thru this and predit who will be the IPL2 winner . Remember the Poll here closes on Saturday 2400hrs Pacific Time .

Delhi Daredevils: This is Viru or Virender Sehwag’s team with some very good combination of experience and young talent. Although this time it missed the aggression of Pakistan players it there are seasoned campaigners in Daniel Vettori, Gautam Gambhir, and Ashish Nehra and lately Dinesh Karthik coming back to form is a big plus. They play with attitude and true cricketing spirit. Although there have been some losses, the team is a strong contender for winning IPL 2009 title. VIRU and GAUTI both looked dangerous in todays clash . Good for them and the game.

Chennai Super Kings: The team looks one of the very impressive ones with handful of talent as well as star power. It has experienced players like Hayden who is playing well in every match and with a captain like MS Dhoni any franchise can rest assured to have great show. His current form although is not amazing, he can still prove most valuable on his day. Muralitharan, Jacob ram, Michael Hussey and Makhaya Ntini (didn’t play yet) add strength and solidity to this team. It has all qualities to clinch the title

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijay Mallya surely tried to impress bringing in captaincy change. The team now doesn’t look like a test squad even though it has veterans like Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis playing. In fact, Kevin Pieterson left IPL 2009 half way around and it is Anil Kumble who is reviving the team with superb bowling performance. Ross Taylor is playing very well and so Jesse Ryder. Praveen Kumar adds strength to bowling If you think that this is batsmen rich, you are wrong they won some on batting and some games by bowling. It will be interesting to watch how the team of experienced lot will invent ways to win the IPL 2009 title. Wasn’t suprising about the RCB to try Manish at the top and take a risk . Kumble is a hppy man after the first Indian to hit a ton in T20.

Deccan Chargers: One of the no-hopers of IPL 2008 surprised everyone this DLF IPL 2009 season. Change in captaincy changed the way it played and they are now a team with electrifying charge and spirit under Adam Gilchrist Symonds joining late still proved that he can add immense value to the team. There are again West Indies’ Dwayne Smith and Fidel Edwards. Pragyan Ojha is a new found and is performing very well.


Teams with nerves of steel will win from here on and I take a stand that it will be a close finish between the predicted finalists Delhi and Chennai. But I will put my money on Chennai guys. What say folks . If you consider yoruself a cric buff and that you have invested enough time from home and office over the last one month, put in a one liner comment to predict the winners.