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Total number of sixes in IPL 2009

Well, its a big number. Total 506 sixes were hit in the tournament and 1316 4's.

Check the top batsman's with most number of sixes here

Man of the match statistics of IPL 2009

I just sorted out the Man of the match details for this IPL 2009 games (excluding tomorrows final).

"YK Pathan" of Rajasthan Royal topped the list with 3 Man of the match awards.

The details below:

3 YK Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
2 Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
2 SR Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
2 RG Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
2 ML Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)
2 MK Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 M Muralitharan (Chennai Super Kings)
2 LRPL Taylor (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 KC Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab)
2 JP Duminy (Mumbai Indians)
2 JH Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 DPMD Jayawardene (Kings XI Punjab)
2 AC Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
2 AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)
1 V Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
1 TM Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils)
1 SK Warne (Rajasthan Royals)
1 SK Raina (Chennai Super Kings)
1 SB Jakati (Chennai Super Kings)
1 S Badrinath (Chennai Super Kings)
1 RS Bopara (Kings XI Punjab)
1 RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
1 R Dravid (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
1 R Bhatia (Delhi Daredevils)
1 PP Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
1 MV Boucher (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
1 MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
1 LR Shukla (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)
1 HH Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
1 GC Smith (Rajasthan Royals)
1 G Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils)
1 DR Smith (Deccan Chargers)
1 DP Nannes (Delhi Daredevils)
1 DL Vettori (Delhi Daredevils)
1 CH Gayle (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 BJ Hodge (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 B Lee (Kings XI Punjab)
1 A Singh (Rajasthan Royals)
1 A Nehra (Delhi Daredevils)
1 A Mishra (Delhi Daredevils)

For all the results of IPL 2009 with scoreborad and full details, cricinfo url

Australia's Twenty20 world cup 2009 squad

The squad:

Ricky Ponting (capt),
Michael Clarke,
Nathan Bracken,
Brad Haddin,
Nathan Hauritz,
Ben Hilfenhaus,
James Hopes,
Michael Hussey,
David Hussey,
Mitchell Johnson,
Brett Lee,
Peter Siddle,
Andrew Symonds,
David Warner,
Shane Watson.

India's Twenty20 world cup squad

Indian squad for the World Twenty20 world cup

MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

IPL 2009 point table

The updated point table for the IPL 2009 can be found here

IPL 2009 schedule with IST time

1 Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town April 18 4 p.m
2 Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town April 18 8 p.m
3 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town April 19 4 p.m
4 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 19 8 p.m
5 Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth April 20 8 p.m
6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban April 21 4 p.m
7 Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 21 8 p.m
8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m
10 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 23 8 p.m
11 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban April 24 8 p.m
12 Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers Durban April 25 4 p.m
13 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 25 8 p.m
14 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth April 26 4 p.m
15 Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 26 8 p.m
16 Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban April 27 4 p.m
17 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth April 27 8 p.m
18 Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria April 28 8 p.m
19 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban April 29 4 p.m
20 Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 29 8 p.m
21 Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria April 30 4 p.m
22 Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria April 30 8 p.m
23 Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London May 1 4 p.m
24 Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban May 1 8 p.m
25 Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth May 2 4 p.m
26 Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg May 2 8 p.m
27 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth May 3 4 p.m
28 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians Johannesburg May 3 8 p.m
29 Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers East London May 4 8 p.m
30 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 5 4 p.m
31 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 5 8 p.m
32 Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria May 6 8 p.m
33 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria May 7 4 p.m
34 Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 7 8 p.m
35 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians East London May 8 8 p.m
36 Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley May 9 4 p.m
37 Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley May 9 8 p.m
38 Mumbai Indians Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth May 10 4 p.m
39 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg May 10 8 p.m
40 Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley May 11 8 p.m
41 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria May 12 4 p.m
42 Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria May 12 8 p.m
43 Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers Durban May 13 8 p.m
44 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban May 14 4 p.m
45 Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals Durban May 14 8 p.m
46 Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 15 8 p.m
47 Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth May 16 4 p.m
48 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 16 8 p.m
49 Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 17 4 p.m
50 Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 17 8 p.m
51 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 18 8 p.m
52 Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg May 19 8 p.m
53 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 20 4 p.m
54 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 20 8 p.m
55 Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria May 21 4 p.m
56 Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria May 21 8 p.m
57 Semi Final 1 Pretoria May 22 8 p.m
58 Semi Final 2 Johannesburg May 23 8 p.m
59 Final Johannesburg May 24 8 p.m