Cricket: "Chennai Super Kings are the Kings of IPL 2010"

It all came to the Finale when Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians reached the Finals. Mumbai Indians were the favourites who topped the table in league stage and convinsingly outplayed Bangalore in the first Semifinal.

On the other hand Chennai barely made it to the Semifinal. Dhoni who took them to the Semifinal made sure they won the semifinal. They won semifinal but not as convinsingly as Mumbai Indians. But they were hungry for the title as they are the first team to reach Finals on two occasions.

Chennai super kings won the toss and chose to bat first. It was a decent start for them where Murli Vijay was at his best and Hayden at his worst. Once Murli and Hayden departed wickets kept falling. Raina who was dropped earlier played anchor role for while. While the wickets were falling at other end he made sure he stayed till the end. With Dhoni he scroed 72 runs in less than 6 overs which proved very crucial for chennai. Raina remained unbeaten on 57 and helped chennai scored 160 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs. For mumbai Fernando took 2 wickets and was very economical.

Mumbai had a disastorous start in this tournment. They lost shikhar dhawan in the second over to Bollinger. Tendulkar again played a key role and played elegant shots which were pleasing to eyes. Pressure on runrate and rotation of strike marred the chase for mumbai. All of a sudden increase in required rate made mumbai to loose wickets. Tendulkar too perished after making a polished 48. It was all left to Pollard who actually was send very late in the innings. Though he was send very late and he tried to hopes for Mumbai by stiking Bollinger the bowler in form for 22 runs. But once rayudu was run out, Pollard too couldnt stick around longer and eventually Dhoni applied completed pleasure on Mumbai and they fell short by 22 runs. For chennai Jakati took two crucial wickets.

So after the first edition denied Chennai their IPL cup, they made sure they win IPL 2010. Tendulkar was man of the series for his consistancy and Raina was man of the final for his crucial innings.

So Chennai are the IPL 2010 Champions.