Chennai Super Kings had reached the finals of the Indian Premier League for the second time in three seasons. Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first.

The Super Kings had contributions from everybody as Murali Vijay (26 from 19) and Mathew Hayden (17 from 31) added 44 runs for the first wicket. Suresh Raina, the big match player for CSK once again played a crucial innings and it was his innings (57* from 35) that took Chennai to 168 runs.

Mumbai Indians had the batting line-up to chase such a total. They lost Dhawan (0) early in the innings after which Sachin Tendulkar (48 from 45) and Abhishek Nayar (27 from 26) added 66 runs for the second with. But towards the end, it became a tough ask for them as they surprisingly batted Pollard at number eight. With 55 needed from the last three overs, Pollard scored 22 runs from Bollinger’s third over but he perished in the next over and Chennai won their maiden IPL title by 22 runs.

Player of the match SK Raina (Chennai Super Kings)

Player of the series SR Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)