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In a good match, Chennai Super Kings defeated the Mumbai Indians and became the winner of IPL 3. It was the first time in the IPL when any Indian captain lifted the trophy. MS Dhoni did this job. Raina was the hero of the final match who smashed a great knock and took 1 wicket. He also contributed in the fielding that made him Man of the Match. Man of the series award gone to Sachin. He also won the orange cap for being the highest run getter in this tournament. Fair play award gone to MS Dhoni while purple cap to Ojha.

Results and score card

Chennai Super Kings won by 22 runs

CSK – 168 in 20 overs

MI – 146 in 20 overs

Man of the match – Raina (Chennai Super Kings)

Man of the series - Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

So guys, the final match has been started and Chennai Super Kings won the toss and they decided to bat first. Sachin is playing in this match and he is looking very fit and fine. Here is the team.

Chennai Super Kings

Vijay, Hayden, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, JA Morkel, S Badrinath, S Anirudha, R Ashwin, SB Jakati, DE Bollinger, M Muralitharan

With the great all-round performance of Pollard, Mumbai entered in final. It is the first time when Mumbai got a chance to play in the final. Today was the great day for Pollard. He smashed 33 runs in just 13 balls and took 3 wickets in his 4 over spell. Tiwary and Rayudu also played a great innings that helped Mumbai Indians to won by 35 runs. Tiwary made 52 runs while Rayudu contributed with 40 runs.

Mumbai Indians 184/5 (20/20 ov)

Bangalore 149/9 (20/20 ov)

Man of the match – KA Pollard

Check out the IPL 2010 Semi-Final Schedule.

21 Wed – Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

22 Thursday – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings, and Bangalore Royal Challengers are the name of four teams who have successfully entered in the semi final of the IPL 3.

Mumbai Indians 133/8 (20/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders 135/1 (17.3/20 ov)

Man of the Match - Murali Kartik

Having an orange cap indicates about the leading run getter in the tournament. And at this time orange cap is on the head of Sachin Tendulkar. He is now the highest run scorer in the IPL. However Kallis is not too far behind him.

Sachin Tendulkar’s great form is on the way and in this match he scored his best individual score in IPL. He played a great inning of 89 runs in just 59 balls.