The IPL 2015 tournament finally came to an end with the Mumbai Indians team emerging as true winners, says Vaikundarajan. They completed one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the eight-year history of the Indian Premier League by transforming a terrible start to the tournament - they were at the bottom of the table for the first two weeks - into a title win.
2. The IPL 2015 tournament finally
came to an end with the Mumbai
Indians team emerging as true
winners, says Vaikundarajan. They
completed one of the most
remarkable turnarounds in the
eight-year history of the Indian
Premier League by transforming a
terrible start to the tournament -
they were at the bottom of the
table for the first two weeks - into
a title win.
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3. This was Mumbai Indians’ second
victory in the eight year long
history of IPL. Mumbai Indians'
love affair with Eden Gardens
continued as they got their second
IPL title following a crushing 41-
run win over Chennai Super Kings
in a lopsided summit clash at
Kolkata last Sunday night.
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4. It was a story of a stunning turnaround for a team that lost its first
four games. Mumbai won nine of their last 10 matches as all their
big players came to the party when it was required, says
Vaikundarajan.
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5. Mumbai Indians posted an imposing 202 for five as skipper Rohit
Sharma (50) and Lendl Simmons (68) rattled up a 119-run stand
off just from 67 balls after being called upon to bat. The Mumbai
Indians’ captain who has an ODI world record of 264 and also a
debut Test hundred at the Eden Gardens, yet again exploded at
his favorite venue.
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6. Sharma (6 fours, 2 sixes) and Simmons (8 fours, 3 sixes) plundered
19 boundaries in their partnership. Nehra bore the brunt - he was
hit for three sixes and a four in the 17th over by Pollard - and
Mumbai Indians finished for only the second ever 200-plus win in
an IPL final, says Vaikundarajan
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7. Rohit Sharma went up on stage to collect his trophy and said, “We played like
true champions. Mumbai Indians have shown great character. It was just a
matter of putting everything on the field and I couldn't have asked for
anything better. We've got guys in our team to do well. We always spoke
about showing character. We won in 2013, but this is very sweet. We came
from nowhere to win. Credit goes to all the boys for doing well. It was
important that we got some momentum, it didn't happen at the start, but the
turnaround was great”. He was handed a 15-crore cheque.
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8. The awards went To:
Dwayne Bravo earned the Purple Cap for taking 26 wickets. David Warner
won the Orange Cap for scoring 562 runs in the season. Chennai Super Kings
bagged the Fair Play award. Shreyas Iyer named the Emerging Player of the
season. Chris Gayle gets the Maximum Sixes award, for hitting 38 sixes this
season. Best Catch of the season was awarded to Dwayne Bravo, for his
breathtaking effort at long-on to dismiss Shane Watson in Chennai. Rohit
Sharma is the Man of the Match for his 26-ball 50.
Vaikundarajan wishes all the team members and players hearty
congratulations.
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