IPL 2010 - Teams I like

1. Chennai Super Kings
2. Mumbai Indians
3. Delhi Daredevils
4. Deccan Chargers
   
5. Kings XI Punjab
6. Rajasthan Royals
7. Royal Challengers Bangalore
8. Kolkata Knight Riders

IPL 2009 - Some Statistical Flashback

Top Teams after League Stage

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
DD	14	10	4	0	0	20	+0.311	1978/255.2	1953/262.4
CSK	14	8	5	0	1	17	+0.951	2086/255.3	1855/257.1
RCB	14	8	6	0	0	16	-0.191	1994/276.0	2027/273.2
DC	14	7	7	0	0	14	+0.203	2111/272.4	2097/278.1
KXIP	14	7	7	0	0	14	-0.483	1787/251.2	1887/248.3
RR	14	6	7	0	1	13	-0.352	1688/253.1	1810/257.5
MI	14	5	8	0	1	11	+0.297	1897/256.2	1802/253.4
KKR	14	3	10	0	1	7	-0.789	1757/248.5	1867/237.5

Final Matches

1st Semi-Final: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers at Centurion - May 22, 2009

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

Delhi Daredevils 153/8 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 154/4 (17.4/20 ov)

2nd Semi-Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings at Johannesburg - May 23, 2009

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Chennai Super Kings 146/5 (20/20 ov); Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/4 (18.5/20 ov)

Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers at Johannesburg - May 24, 2009

Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs

Deccan Chargers 143/6 (20/20 ov); Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/9 (20/20 ov)

Top 10 Batsmen

ML Hayden (CSK)	572
AC Gilchrist (DC)	495
AB de Villiers (DD)	465
SK Raina (CSK)	434
TM Dilshan (DD)	418
JP Duminy (MI)	372
HH Gibbs (DC)	371
BJ Hodge (KKR)	365
SR Tendulkar (MI)	364
RG Sharma (DC)	362

Most Sixes

AC Gilchrist (DC)	29
ML Hayden (CSK)	22
SK Raina (CSK)	21
RG Sharma (DC)	18
Yuvraj Singh (KXIP)	16
DR Smith (DC)	15
LRPL Taylor (RCB)	15
TM Dilshan (DD)	13
AB de Villiers (DD)	12
BB McCullum (KKR)	12
YK Pathan (RR)	12
HH Gibbs (DC)	12

Top 10 Bowlers

RP Singh (DC)	23
A Kumble (RCB)	21
A Nehra (DD)	19
SL Malinga (MI)	18
PP Ojha (DC)	18
IK Pathan (KXIP)	17
MM Patel (RR)	16
PJ Sangwan (DD)	15
DP Nannes (DD)	15
YA Abdulla (KXIP)	14

IPL 3.0 Auction

Sold players:

• Kieron Pollard (Mumbai, 750,000+)
  
  
• Shane Bond (Kolkata, 750,000+)
  
  
• Kemar Roach (Deccan, 720,000)
  
  
• Wayne Parnell (Delhi, 610,000)
  
  
• Mohammad Kaif (Punjab, 250,000)
  
  
• Eoin Morgan (Bangalore, 220,000)
  
  
• Damien Martyn (Rajasthan, 100,000)
  
  
• Justin Kemp (Chennai, 100,000)
  
  
• Thissara Perera (Chennai, 50,000)
  
  
• Adam Voges (Rajasthan, 50,000)
  
  
• Yusuf Abdulla (Punjab, 50,000)

Best Movies of 2009

I didn't get to see that many films in 2009, so I can only list the best movies from what I have seen:

My top 5 Hollywood flicks of 2009:

1. Avtar
2. The Hangover
3. District 9
4. Star Trek
5. Terminator Salvation

My top 5 Tamil films of 2009:

1. Naadodigal
2. Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
3. Eeram
4. Maayandi Kudumbathaar
5. Unnaipol Oruvan

After second thoughts I changed both the lists. I removed Pasanga and added Maayandi Kudumbathaar in the Tamil List.

As I got tickets for Avatar only in Jan 2010, I had to bring that in place of 2012 and Star Trek made the list in place of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Avtar has to come here as it has made my all time top 10 films!