Rajasthan Royals held their nerve in a pressure cooker situation to seal the inaugural IPL title in the last ball before a jam packed D Y Patil Stadium in Navi mumbai on Sunday.Despite its share of controversies and the heady mix of glamour and cricket, the Indian Premier League's first edition would be best remembered for the triumph of the underdog wherein a retired spin legend inspired the cheapest franchisee of the event to title win.Rajasthan Royals grabbed victory in a very exciting final.Indian won the 20-20 final as an underdog with lot of new team members. Rajasthan Royals also do the same.
India’s newest cricket star Yousuf Pathan sparkled with both the bat and ball to guide Rajasthan Royals to a tense, final-ball triumph over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final here on Sunday night.A galaxy of international stars might have added fizz to the IPL but it was India’s most improved domestic player who mattered most in the tense final.
Unlike in the two semi-finals, neither team held a clear advantage at the end of the first innings.The Chennai Super Kings paced their innings well, not trying anything too rash, and a collective effort took them to a fighting 163. Rajasthan Royals weren’t as dominant with the ball as they’ve usually been but Yousuf Pathan’s three strikes ensured that the game never really got away.
Warne-led Jaipur outfit chasing a competitive 164-run target got off to a solid start after the innovative Asnodkar got into the act but stuttered in the middle before Yusuf Pathan wrested the game from Super Kings with a blistering 39-ball 56. Pathan's knock left Royals with a not-so-diifficult equation of 8 runs in last over.
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