The 2010 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night

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match played between the

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and the

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on 25 April 2010 at the

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to determine the winner of the

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, an annual professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the Super Kings defeated the Indians by 22

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s. The Indians, captained by

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, topped the group stage table with 10 wins in 14 matches, whereas the Super Kings, led by

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, stood at the third position with seven wins in 14. They had defeated the

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and the

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respectively in the semi-finals. Mumbai Indians qualified for the first time in their Indian Premier League history while it was the second time for Chennai Super Kings in three years. Super Kings qualified for the final at

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where they lost to

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by three

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s in a last ball thriller.

Route to the Final

Group stage

The Super Kings' campaign started with a loss against the defending champion

. They went on to win their next two matches against

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and

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respectively, but then lost four consecutive matches against

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, Royal Challengers, Indians and

. Though the loss against Kings XI came in a Super-Over after the match ended in a

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. From then they went on to win three consecutive matches against Royal Challengers, Indians and Royals, but they again lost to Chargers at their next match. However they won two of their last three matches including their last match of group stage which led them to the knockout stage. While on the other hand campaign for Mumbai Indians was like a bed of roses. They won seven out of their first with the only defeat coming in their third match against the Royal Challengers. But after this start they won three and lost three of their last six matches. However 20 points from 10 wins in 14 matches were more than enough for them to be the points table topper as their closest team at the points table, Deccan Chargers had 16 points in their bag. The two teams faced each other in two matches of the group stage, Indians and Super Kings won one each. Both the Super Kings and Indians played at the

for the first time in the finals. :Note: The points at the end of each group match are listed. :Note: Click on the points to see the summary for the match.

Semi-final

The Indians played the fourth placed team Royal Challengers in the first semi-final. The Indians won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indians didn't have a good opening partnership. Opener and skipper Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed at 11 runs. The other opener Shikhar Dhawan got out at 29. But

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batsmen

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and

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scored 52 and 40 respectively. Lower order batsman

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scored an unbeaten cameo of 33 from 13 balls to take the score to 184 for 5 in 20 overs.

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took two wickets for 43 runs. In reply Royal Challengers were never comfortable in chasing down Indians' 184. They lost wickets in regular break and could finally score 149 for 9 wickets falling short by 35 runs.

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scored the highest 31 runs for the Royal Challengers. Kieron Pollard took three wickets for 17 runs. Mumbai won the match by 35 runs and qualified for the final while Royal Challengers were eliminated from the tournament as a result of this match. Royal Challengers also got a place in the third-place playoff match. Kieron Pollard was named the

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. In the second semi-final, Super Kings played the Chargers. The Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first, But they made slow star from the starting also they lost their first three wickets in 29 runs. But later on contributions of 37 and 30 from middle order batsmen

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and skipper Dhoni rescued Super Kings and helped to build up their innings. In later part of the innings a cameo of 24 runs from Srikkanth Anirudha helped Super Kings post a total of 142 for 7 on the board. Ryan Harris took three wickets for 29 runs. To chase down 142, the chargers started very slow. They lost their first wicket at 19 runs with skipper

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departing after scoring 15 runs. Then they started losing wickets on regular interval. With this going on the Chargers lost all their wickets for 104 run in 19.2 overs.

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scored 23 runs which was the highest in Chargers innings. Super Kings bowler

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took four wickets for 13 runs in 4 over and was also named the man of the match. Chennai won the match by 38 runs and advanced to the final while Chargers were eliminated from the tournament and had to play the third-place playoff where their opponent was the Royal Challengers.

Match

Summary

Winning the toss, Super Kings' captain MS Dhoni opted to bat first. The Super Kings scored 168 runs in 20 overs with a loss of five wickets.

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at number three,

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top scored for the Super Kings with an unbeaten 57 runs off 35 balls. Skipper Dhoni scored 22 and a late cameo of 15 from

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helped Super Kings to reach the total. Indians' bowler

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took two wickets for 23 runs. The Indians failed to build a good opening partnership with their opener

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, got out at one run. However partnership of 67 runs in second wicket showed light of hope to the Indians. But after the end of that partnership all hope went down for the Indians. Skipper Sachin Tendulkar scored 48 runs and a 27 off 10 balls cameo from

wasn't enough to reach the target of 169. They scored 146 in the allotted 20 overs with a loss of nine wickets.

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got two wickets and Muttiah Muralidharan,

, Suresh Raina,

got one wicket each. Super Kings won the match by 22 runs to win their first Indian Premier League Title. Suresh Raina was awarded the

for his knock of unbeaten 57 and a wicket. This match raised eyebrows as to why Kieron Pollard was held back down the order when he could have higher ip the order when the target was within reach.

Scorecard

On-field

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and

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Reserve umpire:

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Toss: Super Kings elected to bat first Result: Super Kings won by 22 runs League impact: Super Kings won the 2010 Indian Premier League Source: Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Vijay, 7.2 overs), 2-47 (Hayden, 8.4 overs), 3-67 (Badrinath, 11.2 overs), 4-139 (Dhoni, 17.1 overs), 5-157 (Albie Morkel, 19.3 overs Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan, 1.4 overs), 2-67 (Nayar, 11.2 overs), 3-73 (H Singh, 11.6 overs), 4-99 (Tendulkar, 14.2 overs), 5-100 (Tiwary, 14.5 overs), 6-114 (Duminy, 16.6 overs), 7-142 (Rayudu, 18.5 overs), 8-142 (Pollard, 18.6 overs), 9-143 (Z Khan, 19.3 overs)

References

External links

Official website of Indian Premier League
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