Answer: Dwayne Bravo
The West Indian test player, Dwayne Bravo, took a total of 26 wickets for his side, the Chennai Super Kings. Bravo became the only player to win the Purple Cap for a second time, having previously won it in the 2013 season.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Chris Gayle(Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Chris Gayle of Royal Challengers Bangalore notched a total of 608 runs in 12 matches with a mind-blowing strike rate of 183.13 to finish as the leading run-scorer of the tournament.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: orange
The leading run-scorer of the tournament is awarded the Orange Cap in honor of his exceptional batting performance. Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings 2009), Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians 2010), Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab 2008) and Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore 2011) have been its winners.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Lalit Modi
The IPLs 2008 and 2009 were sponsored by DLF even though Lalit Modi owned it.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: Lasith Malinga(Mumbai Indians)
Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians bagged a total of 28 wickets in 16 matches to emerge as the leading wicket taker of the tournament. His figure of 28 wickets was also the highest in IPL history. The previous highest was 21 wickets by Sohail Tanveer of Rajasthan Royals in 2008.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan won the first IPL final in the last ball of the match against the Chennai Super Kings. They won the match by 3 wickets.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: 60
There were a total of 56 league games and 4 playoffs. The league games were played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team both home and away. The top 4 teams from the league stage made it to the playoffs.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: purple
The leading wicket-taker of the tournament is awarded the Purple Cap in honor of his class apart bowling performance. Sohail Tanveer (Rajasthan Royals 2008), Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians 2011), Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers 2010) and RP Singh (Deccan Chargers 2009) have been its winners.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: 2nd
Mumbai Indians, who went on to win the tournament, had finished 2nd in the league stages. Interestingly, ever since the new playoff format was introduced in the IPL, all the teams that have gone on to win the trophy, have finished the league stage in 2nd position.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Iqbal Abdulla (Kolkata Knight Riders)
The man from small-town from Inia (in India) really impressed the people around him with his slow-left arm bowling. The 21 year old youngster picked-up 16 wickets at the economy of 6.1 in 15 matches.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: 1
Only the Rajasthan Royals had a non-Indian captain in Shane Warne, an Australian. WS Laxman was captain of Decccan Chargers but, due to an injury was side-lined after six games. Adam Gilchrist replaced him as captain for the remainder of the IPL season.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: David Warner
The Australian, David Warner, won the Orange Cap in spite of his team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, not making in to the playoffs. He became the 4th Australian after Shaun Marsh (2008), Matthew Hayden (2009) and Michael Hussey (2013) to achieve this. This was also the first time a player from Sunrisers Hyderabad won the Orange Cap.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab)
Paul Valthaty (of Kings XI Punjab) scored 120* off 63 balls when they successfully chased the score of 189 runs in the match against the Chennai Super Kings. He was presented with the Best Individual Performance award.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Kolkata
The beautiful Eden Gardens in Kolkata hosted the final of the IPL Season 8. The Eden Gardens stadium, with a capacity of 66,000 is considered to be one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world and is home to the IPL team of Kolkata Knight Riders.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab)
The Volkswagon Passat had to be awarded to the winner of the Best Individual Performance award. The winner was Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab, hence he got the car.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Deccan Chargers
Deccan won only 3 of their 14 matches in IPL 2008. Their victims were the Chennai Super Kings, the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: Andre Russell
For his all round contribution with both the bat and ball, Andre Russell was named the Most Valuable Player of the season, in spite of his team, Kolkata Knight Riders, not making it to the playoffs. The Purple Cap and the Most Sixes award were also awarded to West Indian players, Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle respectively.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Chris Gayle(Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Chris Gayle was undoubtedly the most entertaining player of IPL 2011. He came to the team and placed Royal Challengers Bangalore on the top of the points table. Gayle scored 608 runs and also picked up 8 wickets in 12 matches of IPL 2011. His team lost to Chennai Super Kings in the finals.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Mumbai
It was held in DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.It was played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings lost the final of IPL 2015 to Mumbai Indians. This was the fourth time that Chennai ended up as runners up. They won the competition previously in 2010 and 2011.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Chris Gayle of Royal Challengers Bangalore won the most Man of the Match awards with six, whereas Rahul Sharma and Michael Hussey won 3 each and Lasith Malinga won 2.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: Tom Moody
Tom Moody is an Australian who used to coach the Sri Lankan cricket team.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
Answer: Chris Gayle
The West Indian, Chris Gayle, hit a total of 38 sixes in the tournament. This was the fourth time in eight seasons of the IPL that Chris Gayle ended up achieving this feat.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League 2015
Answer: Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni led-Chennai Super Kings won this title the second time. They scored 5/205 in 20 overs batting first while Royal Challengers Bangalore managed a meager 8/147 in 20 overs resulting Chennai Super Kings winning by 58 runs. They won their first title in the 2010 edition by beating Mumbai Indians in the finals.
From Quiz: IPL 2011
Answer: N.Srinivasan
Srinivasan bought the Chennai franchise in 2008 and named the team as the Chennai Super Kings.
From Quiz: Indian Premier League
