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.Chennai replace Oram with Bollinger
Squad Players with international caps before the start of the 2010 IPL season are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes Batsmen01Murali Vijay Right-handed Right-arm off break 03 Suresh Raina Left-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain09 Arun Karthik Right-handed Right-arm leg break 10 George Bailey Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas28 Matthew Hayden Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas 33 Subramaniam Badrinath Right-handed Right-arm off break 48 Michael Hussey Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas77 Anirudha Srikkanth Right-handed Right-arm off break 90 Abhinav Mukund Left-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders Jacob Oram Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas. Player withdrew from the tournament.81 Albie Morkel Left-handed Right arm medium-fast Overseas Thisara Perera Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas Justin Kemp Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Hemang Badani Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Chandrasekar Ganapathy Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers07 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain42 Parthiv Patel Left-handed – Bowlers14 Ravichandran Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm off break 16 Makhaya Ntini Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas17 Sudeep Tyagi Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 23 Joginder Sharma Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 24 Doug Bollinger Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas27 Shadab Jakati Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 55 Lakshmipathy Balaji Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 76 Manpreet Gony Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 97 Thilan Thushara Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Overseas800 Muttiah Muralitharan 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.Chennai hit by MS Dhoni injury 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.
Season standings
Match log NoDateOpponentVenueResultScorecard1 14 March Deccan Chargers Chennai Lost by 31 runs Scorecard2 16 March Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Won by 55 runs, MoM – Mahendra Singh Dhoni 66* (33) Scorecard3 19 March Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Matthew Hayden 93 (43) Scorecard4 21 March Kings XI Punjab Chennai Match tied, Lost the Super Over Scorecard5 23 March Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 36 runs Scorecard6 25 March Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard7 28 March Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Lost by 17 runs Scorecard8 31 March Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Murali Vijay 78 (39) Scorecard9 3 April Rajasthan Royals Chennai Won by 23 runs, MoM – Murali Vijay 127 (56) Scorecard10 6 April Mumbai Indians Chennai Won by 24 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina 23 (18) and 1/12 (2.3 overs) Scorecard11 10 April Deccan Chargers Nagpur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard12 13 April Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Won by 9 wickets, MoM – Ravichandran Ashwin 3/16 (4 overs) Scorecard13 15 April Delhi Daredevils Chennai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard14 18 April Kings XI Punjab Dharamsala Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Mahendra Singh Dhoni 54* (29) Scorecard15 22 April Deccan Chargers (semi-final) Navi Mumbai Won by 38 runs, MoM – Doug Bollinger 4/13 (4 overs) Scorecard16 25 April Mumbai Indians (final) Navi Mumbai Won by 22 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina 57 (35), 1/21 Scorecard Overall record: 9–7. Champions. Qualified for 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Most runs Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s 16 520 47.27 142.85 83* 0 4 15 458 35.23 156.84 127 1 2 15 356 32.26 117.49 55* 0 2 16 346 21.62 124.01 93 0 1 11 287 31.88 136.66 66* 0 2
Most wickets Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w 12 15 21.93 6.85 3/16 0 11 13 22.38 7.65 2/17 0 12 13 22.53 6.10 3/16 0 8 12 17.25 6.67 4/13 1 14 11 36.81 8.49 2/23 0
Champions League T20
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.
Season standings Teams Chennai Super Kings 4 3 1 0 6 +2.050 Warriors 4 3 1 0 6 +0.588 Victorian Bushrangers 4 3 1 0 6 +0.366 Wayamba Elevens 4 1 3 0 2 −1.126 Central Districts Stags 4 0 4 0 0 −1.844
Match log DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 11 September Central Stags Durban Won by 57 runs, MoM – Subramaniam Badrinath 52* (42) Scorecard 15 September Wayamba Elevens Centurion Won by 97 runs, MoM – Suresh Raina 87 (44) Scorecard 18 September Victorian Bushrangers Port Elizabeth Lost by Super Over Scorecard 22 September Warriors Port Elizabeth Won by 10 runs, MoM – Michael Hussey 50 (39) Scorecard 24 September Royal Challengers Bangalore (semi-final) Durban Won by 52 runs(D/L), MoM – Suresh Raina 94* (48) Scorecard 26 September Warriors (final) Johannesburg Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Murali Vijay 58 (53) ScorecardOverall record: 5– 1. Champions.
Most runs Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 50s 6 294 49.00 122.50 73 0 3 6 203 40.60 167.76 94* 0 2 4 132 44.00 105.60 51* 0 2
Most wickets Player Innings Wickets Average Economy rate Best Bowling 4w 6 13 11.69 6.51 4/18 1 6 12 11.00 5.69 3/16 0 6 9 17.33 7.03 3/27 0
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