The best bowler in IPL 2009 was no doubt Matthew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He got 572 runs at an average of 52 and a strike rate of 144.81. He struck 5 half-centuries in the process and hit 22 sixes and 60 fours.

Third came van Wyk of Kolkata Knight Riders who in just 5 matches scored 167 runs at an average of 55.66 runs at a strike rate of 126.51.

Here’s a list of Top 10 Batsmen:

S. No. Player Team
1 ML Hayden Chennai Super Kings
2 M Pandey Royal Challengers Bangalore
3 MN van Wyk Kolkata Knight Riders
4 A Symonds Deccan Chargers
5 AB de Villiers Delhi Daredevils
6 AC Gilchrist Deccan Chargers
7 BJ Hodge Kolkata Knight Riders
8 SK Raina Chennai Super Kings
9 TM Dilshan Delhi Daredevils
10 DR Smith 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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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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