Riding on lady luck, Chennai Super Kings skipper (CSK) Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifted his first trophy after marriage with Sakshi Sing Rawat.
The IPL-3 Champion, Chennai Super Kings thrashed Warriors to clinch the second edition of Champions League T20 (CLT20). CSK thrashed Warriors by eight wickets in the final on Sunday night.
Chasing a moderate total of 129 runs in 20 overs, opener Mike Hussy and Murali Vijay set the momentum in favour of CSK with 103 runs opening partnership.
Chennai bagged massive jackpot after winning the CLT20-2010. As many as 11 awards went in favour of CSK. CSK earned USD 2.5 million, which was almost double to the IPL-3 money. Warriors got USD 1.30 million.
Murali Vijay clinched Golden Bat awards for scoring highest run in the tournament. He scored 294 runs in six matches with an average of 49 runs.
Spinner R Ashwin bagged golden ball award for most successful bowler in the tournament.
Spin bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin and Muttiah Muralitharan set up the win as the Warriors were restricted to 128 for seven in 20 overs.
Chennai opening batsmen Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay put on 103 for the first wicket without needing to take any risks.
The result was never in any real doubt although there were only six balls to spare when captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning runs.
Yet the Warriors got off to a flying start, with captain Davy Jacobs hitting 34 off 21 balls after winning the toss.
The South African team raced to 39 for no wicket in the first four overs before Ashwell Prince was bowled by Doug Bollinger for six.
Jacobs was out in the next over when he missed an attempted reverse sweep against Ashwin and was leg before wicket.
After that the scoring rate slowed to a trickle. Ashwin, the top wicket-taker in the tournament, took two for 16 in his four overs and fellow off-spinner Muralitharan took three for 16.
Jacobs hit eight boundaries but the rest of the batsmen could only manage five fours and a six between them, with two fours and a six hit by Craig Thyssen off successive balls in the 17th over.
Vijay made 58 and Hussey 51 not out as the methodically chased down the Warriors total.
Vijay, who finished as the tournament's leading run-scorer, had two let-offs, both from Mark Boucher, the most experienced player in the Warriors team.
The South African Test wicketkeeper missed an edge off Rusty Theron when Vijay was on 15 and fumbled a stumping chance off left-arm spin bowler Nicky Boje when the batsman had scored 34.
Brief Scores – Chennai Super Kings 132 for 2 (Murali Vijay 58, Michael Hussey 51*, Nicky Boje 1-29) beat Warriors 128 for 7 (Davey Jacobs 34, Muttiah Muralitharan 3-16, R Ashwin 2-16) by 8 wickets.
Man-of-the-Match – Murali Vijay for his confident 58 off 53 balls, helping the Super Kings claim their first CLT20 trophy.
Man-of-the-Series - Ravichandran Ashwin for his consistent performance throughout the tournament that saw him take 13 wickets.
Golden Bat winner – Murali Vijay – Chennai Super Kings – (Runs – 294, Avg. – 49.00, SR - 122.50)
Golden Wicket winner – Ravichandran Ashwin – Chennai Super Kings – (Wkts - 13, Econ – 6.51, Avg. - 11.69)
