Indian Premier League’s new team Pune will render the services of Australia’s 1999 World Cup winning coach Geoff Marsh. Geoff Marsh is the father of sensational cricketer from Australia Shaun Marsh who played for Kings XI Punjab. His other son Mitchell also was a part of Deccan Chargers team in IPL 2010.

“I love challenges and I am sure I can handle them,” said Marsh.

IPL’s future looks in troubled waters as BCCI is yet to decide the charges against ex IPL Chairman Lalit Modi. But the 10 teams are confident that everything would be sorted out before the next edition and cricket will again come out of this problem and IPL 2011 would be much bigger and better.

Match: DLF IPL 2010 Final
Venue: DY Patil Stadium Mumbai
Date: April 25, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat.
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 22 runs
Man of the match: S Raina

The grand finale of DLF IPL 2010 ended with a spectacular ceremony today and in the end it was Chennai Super Kings who won this years mega cricketing event by beating all odds and winning the final against the most consistent team, Mumbai Indians.

Cricket fans were waiting to see this gala finale and it had a perfect ending with MS Dhoni lifting the trophy after a superb game of cricket. Millions of fans around the globe enjoyed 60 thrilling matches in this season. Now it ended with a high note as an Indian captain won this year’s DLF Indian Premier League title.

Earlier, in the match, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off really slowly as Hayden looked totally out of form and was not able to play his shots. But M Vijay played some good shots and took CSK to 44 runs in 7.2 overs before getting out in an attempt to increase the run rate. In the very next over, Hayden also got out and CSK were 47/2 in 8.4 overs. Suresh Raina and Badrinath then played cautiously and crossed the 50 run mark. Badrinath then got out after scoring just 14 and CSK were 67/3 in 11.2 overs. Now all responsibility was on the shoulders of Captain Cool Dhoni and Suresh Raina. They both played superbly and took the score past 100. Suresh Raina was the star for Chennai as he scored 57 runs off just 35 balls. It was his brilliant batting which helped Chennai Super Kings post a total of 168/5 in 20 overs.

Mumbai Indians needed 169 to win DLF IPL trophy and the opened with S Dhawan and S Tendulkar. Dhawan got out for a duck and in the second over leaving Mumbai at 1/1 in 1.4 overs. Tendulkar and Nayar then steadied the innings and Mumbai were 33/1 at the end of 6 overs. Sachin and Nayar then took the score to 67 in 11th over, Nayar was run out and in a surprise move, Harbhajan Singh was sent to bat. He also got out for just 1 and Mumbai were 73/3 in 12 overs. Sachin and A Rayudu then took the team score 99. Jakati go the priced wicket of Tendulkar and S Tiwary in the same over and it looked Chennai Super Kings would be back in the game. CSK then got the wicket of Duminy and Mumbai were struggling at 114/6 in 17 overs. They needed another 54 runs in 18 balls and had 4 wickets in hand. K Pollard played a cameo and scored 21 runs in an over and the equation to 33 needed from last 2 overs. But Chennai bowler Morkel kept his head cool and bowled a superb 19th over and took the important wicket of Pollard. It was all over for Mumbai as they needed 27 from last over and they could manage just 146/9 and thus lost the finals to Chennai by 22 runs.

Final Match Highlights

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 9.1 overs, Extras 3
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 14.3 overs, Extras 4
* SK Raina: 50 off 24 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 18.5 overs, Extras 6
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 168/5 in 20.0 overs.

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 9.4 overs, Extras 6
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (91 balls), Extras 11

IPL Final – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

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: 3rd Place Play-off
Venue: DY Patil Stadium Mumbai
Date: April 24, 2010
Toss: Deccan Chargers elected to bat
Result: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 9 Wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished on a high note today as they thrashed Deccan Chargers by 9 wickets to win today’s match and thus qualify for the Champions League T20. Earlier Deccan’s won the toss and decided to bat first. A superb bowling by Bangalore never allowed Deccan Charger batsmen to score runs. Wickets started to fell right from the very first over and the whole batting order collapsed. Deccan’s were all out for mere 82/10 in 18.3 overs. The entire batting line up looked spineless against classic bowling by Kumble (4 wickets) and team.

Chasing 83, Royal Challengers Bangalore started off really calmly and scored just 50/1 in 9.5 overs. But as the total was very small, they played with ease and finally thrashed Deccan’s by 9 wickets to get the third spot in this edition of DLF Indian Premier League.

* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 11.3 overs, Extras 4
* Innings Break: Deccan Chargers – 82/10 in 18.3 overs
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 9.5 overs, Extras 3

3rd Place Play Off Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Now all eyes are on the grand finale to be played tomorrow between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

Play off for 3rd Place
Date: Sat 24 April-2010
Time: 20:00
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Today is the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers at DY Patil Stadium In Mumbai at 8pm. The winner of this match will be eligible for the the Champions T20. Deccan’s who are the defending champions lost to CSK where as Royal Challengers lost the semi final to Mumbai Indians. Now both these teams would wish to win this match and get the third spot.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have already qualified for the Champions T20.

Teams for today’s match
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.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Final eleven will be announced before match.