Chennai Super Kings in 2010

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The Chennai Super Kings were one of the eight teams that took part in the 2010 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the third year in succession. They won the tournament after beating Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in the finals. With this, they qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, which they won by beating the Warriors in the finals.

Background

Chennai Super Kings had finished as semifinalists in the 2009 edition of the IPL held in South Africa. They had failed to qualify for the inaugural CLT20 as the other losing semifinalists, Delhi Daredevils, progressed to the event having a better record than CSK in the group stages.

Pre-season player signings

The Super Kings added Justin Kemp and Thisara Perera to their roster, the former filling an empty slot while the latter serving as a substitute to Andrew Flintoff, who had planned to skip that season. They also signed former ICL cricketer Hemang Badani and local all-rounder Chandrasekar Ganapathy. Australian pacer Doug Bollinger was drafted as the replacement player for all-rounder Jacob Oram who was injured before the start of the tournament.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2010 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
01	Murali Vijay	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
03	Suresh Raina	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
09	Arun Karthik	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
10	George Bailey	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas
28	Matthew Hayden	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
33	Subramaniam Badrinath	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
48	Michael Hussey	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
77	Anirudha Srikkanth	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
90	Abhinav Mukund	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
	Jacob Oram	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas Withdrawn Player
81	Albie Morkel	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Overseas
	Thisara Perera	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
	Justin Kemp	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
	Hemang Badani	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
	Chandrasekar Ganapathy	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
07	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
42	Parthiv Patel	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
14	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
16	Makhaya Ntini	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas
17	Sudeep Tyagi	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
23	Joginder Sharma	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
24	Doug Bollinger	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas
27	Shadab Jakati	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
55	Lakshmipathy Balaji	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
76	Manpreet Gony	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
97	Thilan Thushara	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Overseas
800	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas

Indian Premier League

The Chennai Super Kings began the 2010 season with a 31-run defeat against the defending champions Deccan Chargers. In their second match, they beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs, as captain MS Dhoni scored an unbeaten 66 off 33 balls. During the match Dhoni picked up an injury after he was hit on the arm by a rising delivery from Shane Bond. The injury forced Dhoni to sit out of the tournament for a week during which Suresh Raina took over the captaincy of the team. Then they also managed to beat Delhi Daredevils comfortably by 5 wickets as Matthew Hayden struck 93 off 43 deliveries. Their fourth match of the season, against Kings XI Punjab, went to the Super Over after the match ended in a tie. In the Super Over, CSK set Punjab a target of 10, which the latter chased down comfortably with two balls to spare. They lost to the Royal Challengers in the next match after RCB batsman Robin Uthappa scored an unbeaten 68 to help his team put up a big total on the board. At Mumbai, Suresh Raina scored an unbeaten 83 to take his team to 180/2 in 20 overs. But, the home team Mumbai Indians chased down this total, thanks to their openers Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan, both of whom struck fifties. This game also marked the return of their skipper Dhoni who missed the three previous games due to injury. They lost their fourth game on trot after they went down to Rajasthan Royals by 17 runs at Ahmedabad. The losing streak came to an end after Murali Vijay made a 39-ball 78 against the Royal Challengers to help his team chase down the target of 162. Vijay continued his good form in the next game against Rajasthan Royals, scoring 127 (56 balls) including eight fours and 11 sixes. He combined with Albie Morkel (62 off 34 balls) to set up the biggest total in the history of IPL (246/5). Chennai managed to win the game by 23 runs despite Rajasthan batsmen Naman Ojha's 94* and Shane Watson's quickfire 60. The match also witnessed the IPL debut of pacer Doug Bollinger, who became a vital cog in their bowling attack. He impressed with figures of 2/15 (4 overs) in the high-scoring match. They could beat the consistent Mumbai Indians at Chepauk with an all-round performance by Suresh Raina. Raina impressed again in the next game against Deccan Chargers by scoring 52, but this knock could not save CSK from a 6-wicket defeat. In another home game, the Super Kings beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets with 39 balls to spare. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had a good season with the ball, delivered once again with figures of 4-0-16-3. His effort was ably supported by the CSK batsmen Vijay (50* from 40) and Raina (78* from 39). However, they lost to Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets after poor showing by the batsmen. Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir won the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 57. Their last league match, a do-or-die for Chennai, was at the picturesque Dharamsala against Kings XI Punjab. The match is remembered for CSK skipper Dhoni's innings of 54* (29) that turned the match on its head to give Chennai an improbable win. He was well supported by Raina's 46 (27) and Subramaniam Badrinath, who scored 53 (36) to set up the chase of 192. They ended their league fixtures with 14 points from as many matches, finishing with the same number of points as three other teams with two semi-final spots at stake. Chennai got the third place as they had the best Net run rate of the four teams which finished on 14 points.

In the semi-final at Navi Mumbai, the Super Kings bowled out the Deccan Chargers for 102 after setting them a target of 143, winning the game by 38 runs to book their place in the finals. Bollinger won the Man of the Match for his bowling effort of 4-1-13-4. The win also assured them a place in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. At the IPL final, the Chennai Super Kings took on the tournament favorites Mumbai Indians. Chennai, electing to bat first after winning the toss, were struggling at one stage with the score of 68/3 after 12 overs. But then, Raina produced, what turned out to be a match-winning innings, 57* (35), as his team put up 168/5 in 20 overs. Mumbai Indians kept losing wickets in their run-chase and eventually lost the match by 22 runs. Chennai Super Kings were crowned champions of the tournament for the first time. Raina won the Man of the Match award in the final while Mumbai skipper Sachin Tendulkar was named Player of the Tournament.Template:Fact

Match log

No	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
1	14 March	Deccan Chargers	Chennai	Lost by 31 runs	Scorecard
2	16 March	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 55 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Mahendra Singh Dhoni 66* (33)	Scorecard
3	19 March	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Template:Flagicon Matthew Hayden 93 (43)	Scorecard
4	21 March	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai	Match tied, Lost the Super Over	Scorecard
5	23 March	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	Lost by 36 runs	Scorecard
6	25 March	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
7	28 March	Rajasthan Royals	Ahmedabad	Lost by 17 runs	Scorecard
8	31 March	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Template:Flagicon Murali Vijay 78 (39)	Scorecard
9	3 April	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	Won by 23 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Murali Vijay 127 (56)	Scorecard
10	6 April	Mumbai Indians	Chennai	Won by 24 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Suresh Raina 23 (18) and 1/12 (2.3 overs)	Scorecard
11	10 April	Deccan Chargers	Nagpur	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
12	13 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Template:Flagicon Ravichandran Ashwin 3/16 (4 overs)	Scorecard
13	15 April	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
14	18 April	Kings XI Punjab	Dharamsala	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Template:Flagicon Mahendra Singh Dhoni 54* (29)	Scorecard
15	22 April	Deccan Chargers (Semi Final)	Navi Mumbai	Won by 38 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Doug Bollinger 4/13 (4 overs)	Scorecard
16	25 April	Mumbai Indians (Final)	Navi Mumbai	Won by 22 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Suresh Raina 57 (35), 1/21	Scorecard
Overall Record of 9 – 7 Champions of the 2010 Indian Premier League Qualified for 2010 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike rate	Highest Score	100s	50s
Template:Sortname	16	520	47.27	142.85	83*	0	4
Template:Sortname	15	458	35.23	156.84	127	1	2
Template:Sortname	15	356	32.26	117.49	55*	0	2
Template:Sortname	16	346	21.62	124.01	93	0	1
Template:Sortname	11	287	31.88	136.66	66*	0	2

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Average	Economy rate	Best Bowling	4w
Template:Sortname	12	15	21.93	6.85	3/16	0
Template:Sortname	11	13	22.38	7.65	2/17	0
Template:Sortname	12	13	22.53	6.10	3/16	0
Template:Sortname	8	12	17.25	6.67	4/13	1
Template:Sortname	14	11	36.81	8.49	2/23	0

They topped Group A with 6 points (3 wins and 1 loss) to qualify for the semi-finals where they had to face Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead, Durban. After a comprehensive victory of 52 runs by (D/L) method against the Challengers, they played their first CLT20 final at Johannesburg. They beat the Chevrolet Warriors by 8 wickets in the final, becoming the first IPL side to win the CLT20. Murali Vijay won the Golden Bat for scoring the maximum runs in the tournament and Ravichandran Ashwin was the leading wicket-taker and he was awarded the Man of the Series.

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Match log

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
11 September	Template:Flagicon Central Stags	Durban	Won by 57 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Subramaniam Badrinath 52* (42)	Scorecard
15 September	Template:Flagicon Wayamba Elevens	Centurion	Won by 97 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Suresh Raina 87 (44)	Scorecard
18 September	Template:Flagicon Victorian Bushrangers	Port Elizabeth	Lost by Super Over	Scorecard
22 September	Template:Flagicon Warriors	Port Elizabeth	Won by 10 runs, MoM – Template:Flagicon Michael Hussey 50 (39)	Scorecard
24 September	Template:Flagicon Royal Challengers Bangalore (Semi Final)	Durban	Won by 52 runs(D/L), MoM – Template:Flagicon Suresh Raina 94* (48)	Scorecard
26 September	Template:Flagicon Warriors (Final)	Johannesburg	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Template:Flagicon Murali Vijay 58 (53)	Scorecard
Overall Record of 5 – 1 Champions of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike rate	Highest Score	100s	50s
Template:Sortname	6	294	49.00	122.50	73	0	3
Template:Sortname	6	203	40.60	167.76	94*	0	2
Template:Sortname	4	132	44.00	105.60	51*	0	2

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Average	Economy rate	Best Bowling	4w
Template:Sortname	6	13	11.69	6.51	4/18	1
Template:Sortname	6	12	11.00	5.69	3/16	0
Template:Sortname	6	9	17.33	7.03	3/27	0

See also

• Mumbai Indians in 2010