The best bowler in IPL 2009 was A. Singh of Rajasthan Royals. He got just 5 matches, but took 9 wickets at an average of 10.55 each, and an economy rate of 5.42 RPO.

He was followed by the old stalwarts Muthiah Muralitharan (Chennai Super Kings) taking 14 wickets at an average of 18.64 and an economy rate of 5.22 RPO, and Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore) taking 21 wickets at an average of 16.52 each, and an economy rate of 5.86 RPO came in 3rd just a few decimals behind Murali.

Here’s a list of Top 10 Bowlers:

S. No. Player Team
1 A Singh Rajasthan Royals
2 M Muralitharan Chennai Super Kings
3 A Kumble Royal Challengers Bangalore
4 SL Malinga Mumbai Indians
5 B Lee Kings XI Punjab
6 A Nehra Delhi Daredevils
7 MM Patel Rajasthan Royals
8 RP Singh Deccan Chargers
9 R Bhatia Delhi Daredevils
10 PP Ojha Deccan Chargers

*These rankings are based on Teams who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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Today a surprising result emerged. The position of Teams in my table is aligned more or less exactly as per my initial prediction:

My Initial Prediction:

It actually doesn’t get closer than this!

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Well the tournament has begun and looking at first few matches. I would stick my neck out and try and make a few predictions. Well looks like CSK, DD and KXIP are the best bets for semifinals. And a toss up between MI, RCB, and DC for the last berth. However, RR and KKR look weaker in my analysis.

Chennai Super Kings - MS Dhoni, Flintoff, Hayden, Raina - 14.25
(others: Badrinath, Balaji, Fleming, Gony, Ntini)

Delhi Daredevils - Gambhir, Sehwag, Vettori - 13.5
(others: Collingwood, DeVilliers, Dilshan, McGrath, Maharoof, Warner)

Kings XI Mohali - Yuvraj, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Sangkarra - 13
(others: Bopara, Katich, Hopes, Pathan)

Mumbai Indians - Jaysuriya, Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Zaheer - 11.75
(others: Bravo, Duminy, Malinga)

Royal Challengers, Bangalore - Kevin Pietersen, Dale Steyn, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor - 11.75
(others: Praveen Kumar, Kallis, Virat Kohli)

Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad - Symonds, Styris - 11.5
(others: Gilchrist, Edwards, Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Vaas, Venugopal Rao)

Kolkata Knight Riders - Brendon McCullum, Gayle - 10.25
(others: Ganguly, Mortaza, Mendis, David Hussey, Ishant Sharma)

Rajasthan Royals, Jaipur - Shane Watson, Mascarenhas - 7.75
(others: Graeme Smith, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan)

Do post your lineups, I would love to hear what others have to say.

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