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23
Jun
T20 World Cup 2009 Most Valuable Player
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The Most Valuable Player of World Cup 2009 was as expected, Shahid Afridi. Though he bloomed late, in 7 matches, he scored 176 runs in 125 balls scoring at a strike rate of 140.8 at an average of 35.2. He scored 2 50s in the matches that mattered the most - the SemiFinals and Finals. He also took 3 catches He bowled 28 overs and took 11 wickets giving 149 runs at an average of 13.54 at a very miserly 5.32g RPO. Phew! Some performance!

He was followed by of course, Dilshan, who had a dream run with his bat! In 7 matches, he scored 317 runs in 219 balls scoring at a strike rate of 144.74 at an average of 52.83. He scored 3 50s in matches that mattered the most, except the final. He also took 3 catches.

Next were Kallis and Gayle both on the strength of their batting like Dilshan. In fact, this tournament was so one-sided for the Batsmen that there was only one allrounder in the Top 30 to get points on bowling front as well. There were of course a few bowlers on the list, but as low as 20th - Mendis, 21st Van der Merwe, 24th Razzaq, 25th Ojha, 28 Ajmal and 30th Umar Gul.  Rest all were batsmen!

Here’s a list of Top 10 MVP (Most Valuable Players):

Sno. Player
1 Shahid Afridi (Pak)
2 TM Dilshan (SL)
3 JH Kallis (SA)
4 CH Gayle (WI)
5 AB de Villiers (SA)
6 KP Pietersen (Eng)
7 Yuvraj Singh (India)
8 LMP Simmons (WI)
9 KC Sangakkara (SL)
10 AJ Redmond (NZ)
11 G Gambhir (India)
12 RS Bopara (Eng)
13 Younis Khan (Pak)
14 DJ Bravo (WI)
15 Kamran Akmal (Pak)
16 RG Sharma (India)
17 ST Jayasuriya (SL)
18 LJ Wright (Eng)
19 BB McCullum (NZ)
20 BAW Mendis (SL)
21 RE van der Merwe (SA)
22 DPMD Jayawardene (SL)
23 GC Smith (SA)
24 Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
25 PP Ojha (India)
26 Shoaib Malik (Pak)
27 NJ O’Brien (Ire)
28 Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
29 OA Shah (Eng)
30 Umar Gul (Pak)

*These rankings are based on Players who qualified for the bowlers and  batters lists. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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21
Jun
Unpredictable Pakistan is World Champion
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Scorecard:

Sri Lanka: 138 for 6 (20 overs)

(Sangakkara 64* off 52 balls, Matthews 35* off 24 balls, Razzaq 3 for 20)

Pakistan: 139 for 2 (18.4 overs)

(Afridi 54* off 40 balls, Kamran 37 off 28 balls, Malik 24* off 22 balls, Jayasuriya 1 for 8)

Sri Lanka began with a very shaky start and went down to 32 for 4 with Razzaq having struck thrice. And no soon had they recovered to add 35 runs for the 5th wicket that PPakistan struck twice again and they were now struggling at 70 for 6 off 13 overs. With unknown quantity Matthews walking in to join old war horse Sangakkara at the crease it looked real bleak for Sri Lanka. However, Matthews went ballistic with Sangakkara to add 68 runs off the last 7 overs.

Now Pakistan was under pressure. They began cautiously and even allowed Malinga to bowl a near maiden. They kept on slowly inching forward and were nearing 50 when they lost their first wicket. Now was the time to launch an attack and Afridi walked in. He looked a little subdued at the start and Kamran added a few runs on board when they lost a second wicket to Muralitharan’s first ball. Can Murali do it?

Well Pakistan slowly limped their way to 113 for 2 off 17 over. Now requiring 26 off 3 overs, it looked that the match was somewhat in Pakistan’s hand but Sri Lanka had a slight chance. They tried Udana. Well Pakistan decided in the very same over by smashing 19 runs. Now it was going to be very easy. Afridi completed the formalities in the next 4 balls.

Unpredictable Pakistan is the new World Champion.

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