IPL 2011 interesting facts & details

Indian Premier League 2011 Finalists

IPL 2011 winner is Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final of the IPL 2011 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Chennai Super Kings scored 206 runs with the help of their opener Murali Vijay's performance, Murali Vijay scored 95 runs of 52 ball with four fours and six sixes. But Royal Challengers Bangalore scored only 147 in their 20 overs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of Chennai Super Kings proved his intelligent captaincy once more in IPL 2011 also.

IPL 2011 Winner - Chennai Super Kings
Runner Up of Indian Premier League 2011 - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Indian Premier League 2011 Interesting facts

Top scorer in IPL 2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) - 511 runs
Most Wicket Taker - Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) - 27 wickets
Most number of Catches taken - Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
Best Individual Performance in the IPL 2011 - Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab batsman) scored 120 runs against Chennai Super Kings

Orange Cap Winner of IPL 2011- Chris Gayle, of Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 511 runs
Purple Cap Winner of IPL 2011- Lasith Malinga, of Mumbai Indians taken 27 wickets

Total runs scored in IPL 2011 - 21154 runs
Total wickets in IPL 2011 - 813 wickets
Total number of Centuries scored in IPL session 4 - 18 centuries
Total number of Fifties scored in IPL 2011 - 89 Fifties
Total number of sixes hit in IPL 4 - 639 sixes
Total number of boundaries hit in IPL 2011 - 1914 boundaries

Most number of sixes hit in IPL 4 - Chris Gayle, hit 44 sixes
Most number of boundaries hit in IPL 2011 - Chris Gayle, hit 76 boundaries
Most Fifties scored in IPL 2011 - Badrinath of Chennai Super Kings scored 5 fifties in IPL session 4.
Fastest Half century in IPL 2011 - Sunny Sohal, scored fifty in just 24 balls against Chennai Super Kings.