Match Details
Match – Final IPL Season 3, 2010
Date – April 25, 2010 Sunday
Time – 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time
Venue – DY Patil Stadium Mumbai

What we were waiting for has finally arrived, a Super Sunday, finish all your pending works and get set for the grand finale of the prestigious INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE.

Today, two of the greatest Indian cricketers, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni will take on each other for the ultimate title – DLF IPL 2010 winner. Chennai Super Kings had up’s and downs in this season but when it mattered the most, they have jelled together like a team and have played superbly to enter the finals. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians had a dream run in this season, thanks to Sachin Tendulkar. He has played superbly so far and Mumbai would be hoping to see him in field on Sunday. As per some reports, due to stitches, Sachin is not sure for the final. But cricket fans are hoping to see the God of Cricket back in action in the final.

We at iplcricketlive.com hope that today’s match is real thriller and may the best team wins.

Match: 2nd semi-final T20, IPL3
Venue: DY Patil Stadium Mumbai
Date: April 22, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs

Today in the second semi final between Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers, Chennai won the toss and elected to bat first. Once again Mathew Hayden failed to give CSK a good start and was out for just 8. The stars for Chennai so far, Murli Vijay and Suresh Raina also failed today and left Chennai reeling at 29/3 in 4.5 overs. Deccan Chargers bowlers gave them no room to hit the ball and bowled a very tight line and length. MS Dhoni and S Badrinath then played cautiously and took the score to 81, at which Dhoni got out after scoring 30 runs off 32 balls. Albie Morkel (4 runs) also got out cheaply and Chennai were in some serious problem with 5 batsmen out for just 96 runs on board. A Srikkanth (24 runs)then played some shots and took the score to 137. Finally CSK just managed to score 142/7 in 20 overs and now has to rely on his bowlers to save this match for them.

Deccan Chargers bowlers did a splendid job and restricted Chennai Super Kings for just 142. Deccan needed 143 to win and go to finals they opened the batting with Gilchrist and Gibbs. They both started off really cautiously and scored just 19 runs in 5 overs. Gilly again failed today and was out after scoring just 15 runs. Deccan lost T Suman also in the same over and were reduced to 23/2 in 5.5 overs. All hopes were on Rohit Sharma and Gibbs but the dreams of Deccan’s shattered as Rohit got out after scoring 2 runs leaving Deccan Chargers struggling at 31/3 in 7.2 overs. At the end of 10 overs they were 43/3 and needed 100 runs off last 10 overs. Chennai Super Kings surely had an upper hand at this stage. The bowlers didn’t let the side down and got two more wickets and reduced Deccan’s to 54/5 in 12.1 overs. The wickets were falling at regular interval and Deccan Chargers never looked comfortable against CSK bowlers. The batsmen let Deccan’s down today, Symonds was the top scorer with just 23 runs and thus they lost the match by a margin of 38 runs.

So now Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians on the final on 25th April 2010 at DY Patil Stadium.

Semi Final Match Highlights

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.6 overs, Extras 7
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 15.4 overs, Extras 9
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 142/7 in 20.0 overs.

* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 11.3 overs, Extras 2
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 16.6 overs, Extras 8

2nd Semi Final Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard

Match Details
Match : Semi Final – 2 DLF IPL 2010
Sun- 22 April 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: DY Patil Stadium

Today the second semi final will be played at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai between Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers. The winner of this match will take on Mumbai Indians in the final to be held on 24th April at the very same venue. Mumbai registered a comprehensive win over Bangalore in first semi final held on 21st April 2010.

Deccan Chargers, the defending champions would like to win this match and then again challenge Mumbai for the champion title this year where as Dhoni’s CSK would not like to mess this golden opportunity to lift the trophy. Today’s match would bring the best off two teams as if they lose today, all efforts so far would go in vain.

Both these teams have played well at difficult times to seek position in the semi finals and now lets hope the best team wins.

Teams for Semi Final -2
Chennai Super Kings Team
MS Dhoni (Captain), R Ashwin, SK Raina, M Vijay, HK Badani, ML Hayden, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, DE Bollinger, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, MEK Hussey, SB Jakati, AB Karthik, JM Kemp, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, PA Patel, NLTC Perera, T Thushara, S Tyagi.

Deccan Chargers Team
A Gilchrist (captain/wicket keeper), RJ Harris, DR Smith, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, MR Marsh, B Sumanth, MD Mishra, AA Reddy, AA Bilakhia, HH Gibbs, VVS Laxman, DB Ravi Teja, RG Sharma, TL Suman, AS Yadav, Anirudh Singh, PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh, KAJ Roach, R Sharma, Jaskarandeep Singh Bhuttar.

Match details
Match : 54 DLF IPL 2010
Sun-18 April 2010
Time: 4pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to field.
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets

Today in the 54th match, Kings XI were invited to bat first and they did got off to a good start with M Jayawardene scoring 21 off just 8 balls before getting out. But the real star for Kings XI Punjab was Shaun Marsh. He batted superbly today and provided full entertainment to the jammed packed Dharamsala stadium crowd. Marsh (88* runs off 57 balls) along with Sangakkara (33 runs off 24 balls) played with ease and Chennai Super King bowlers looked helpless in front of them. But then CSK got two quick wickets off Sangakkara and Yuvraj and it looked like they will be back in the game, but Shaun Marsh and Irfan Pathan then played superbly and scoring runs at a very good run rate. They both took scored 99 runs in last 8 overs and thus made sure that if Chennai has to go to semi finals, they have to show their best performance today.

While playing under immense pressure to perform or perish, Chennai Super Kings started off cautiously. But Hayden again failed today and was out when the team score was 13. M Vijay was the next to go and the scorecard read 27/2 in 4.1 overs. This was not the start, CSK would have wanted. Suresh Raina and S Badrinath then were at the center and they had to shoulder a huge responsibility to sail the drowning ship of Chennai. S Raina played superbly and scored 46 off just 27 balls but just when it looked CSK are getting back on track, Theron got his wicket leaving CSK 89/3 in 9.4 overs. CSK were 123/3 in 14 overs and required 70 off last 6 overs to win this match and enter the semi finals. A brilliant 53 by Badrinath and 54 not out by Dhoni helped CSK inch closer to victory as they needed 16 to win in the last over. Dhoni showed his class and scored 2 sixes and a four to register a 6 wicket win over Kings XI Punjab.

Thus Chennai Super Kings won today’s match and have entered semi finals. KKR are also now out for the contention of semi finals.

Match Highlights

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 6.1 overs, Extras 3
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 12.3 overs, Extras 3
* SE Marsh: 50 off 41 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.2 overs, Extras 4
* Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab – 192/3 in 20.0 overs

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 6.1 overs, Extras 3
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.3 overs, Extras 4
* S Badrinath: 50 off 35 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.1 overs, Extras 9
* MS Dhoni: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)

Match 54 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match details
Match : 54 DLF IPL 2010
Sun-18 April 2010
Time: 4pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Today’s match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings will seal the fate of Chennai Super Kings. They had to win today’s match to qualify for the semi finals. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab would like to save the pride and win today’s match. Also today’s match is of much interest to Kolkata Knight Riders as if Chennai Super Kings win today, KKR will be knocked out. So not only Kings XI but Kolkata Knight Riders fans would also be praying for Kings victory today. The match is to be played at Dharmsala a new good looking stadium will host its second match on 4pm IST.

Teams for today’s match
Chennai Super Kings Team
MS Dhoni (Captain), R Ashwin, SK Raina, M Vijay, HK Badani, ML Hayden, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, DE Bollinger, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, MEK Hussey, SB Jakati, AB Karthik, JM Kemp, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, PA Patel, NLTC Perera, T Thushara, S Tyagi.

Kings XI Punjab Team
Kumar Sangakkara (Captian), Yuvraj Singh, Shawn Marsh, Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R Powar, V.R.V. Singh, P. Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Ravikant shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli, Amanpreet Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava, Love Ablish, Manvinder Bisla, Bipul Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Mahela Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Yusuf Abdulla, Nuwan Kulasekara, Adrian Barath, Jerome Everton Taylor.