Reliving the previous nine IPL finals

2010: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

Chennai won their first titlw in 2010.

Vijay and Hayden, bathing in form, started the proceedings for CSK against the off-spin of Harbhajan Singh. They put on 44 before Vijay skied a bouncer from Dilhara Fernando to Saurabh Tiwary at midwicket. Pollard quickly accounted for Hayden, and Fernando returned to pick Badrinath, and CSK were suddenly struggling at 67-3.

Raina started to attack the bowling in the company of Dhoni. The former got two reprieves and made the most of them to end up on an unbeaten 57. With quick contributions from Dhoni and Srikkanth Aniruddha, CSK reached a competitive 168.

Bollinger got the initial breakthrough, picking up Shikhar Dhawan early in the chase. Sachin Tendulkar played some glorious strokes in the company of Abhishek Nayar, who was providing the aggressive intent at the other end. Dhoni put an end to the partnership with a masterful run-out with 101 needed from 52. Tendulkar was furious, as the game had turned into a crucial phase.

He carried on at the other end, and had the equation at 70 off 35 balls, when he chipped a delivery from Jakati to long off. Tiwary and Duminy departed in quick succession, and the game looked as good as over.

Kieron Pollard had some fireworks reserved, and unleashed them with the 51 needed off 17. He plundered runs from Bollinger and Morkel, but with 28 needed off 9, had a terrible mix-up with Rayudu which resulted in the latter’s run-out. He himself was dismissed off the very next over, leaving Mumbai short by 22 runs.