| Event | 2010 Indian Premier League | ||||||
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| Chennai Super Kings won by 22 runs | |||||||
| Date | 25 April 2010 | ||||||
| Venue | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | ||||||
| Player of the match | Suresh Raina (CSK) | ||||||
| Umpires | Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Simon Taufel (Australia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,836 | ||||||
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The 2010 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 25 April 2010 at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai to determine the winner of the 2010 Indian Premier League, an annual professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It ended as the Super Kings defeated the Indians by 22 runs.
The Indians, captained by Sachin Tendulkar, topped the group stage table with 10 wins in 14 matches, whereas the Super Kings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, stood at the third position with seven wins in 14. They had defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Deccan Chargers respectively in the semi-finals.[1]
Mumbai Indians qualified for the first time in their Indian Premier League history while it was the second time for Chennai Super Kings in three years. Super Kings qualified for the final at 2008 Indian Premier League where they lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets in a last ball thriller.[2]