2009 FINALISTS RCB AND DECCAN CHARGERS FACED EACH OTHER FOR THIRD PLACE IN IPL 2010. RCB AND INDIA' SPIN LEGEND ANIL KUMBLE RATTLED DC'S BATTING LINE-UP WITH FIGURES OF 4/16. DC WERE ALL OUT FOR 82 WITHIN THE 19TH OVER
IN SECOND INNINGS, RCB CHASED DOWN THE TARGET INSIDE 4 OVERS AND EARNED THIRD SPOT. THE SCORE OF 82 BY DC IS THE LOWEST TEAM TOTAL IN IPL PLAYOFFS
THE FIRST-EVER SEMI-FINAL OF THE IPL 2008 WAS PLAYED BETWEEN RR AND DD(NOW DELHI CAPITALS) AT THE WANKHEDE STADIUM. BATTING FIRST, RAJASTHAN ROYALS SCORED 192/9
IN THE SECOND INNINGS, RR BOWLERS LED BY PATEL, WATSON AND WARNE DISMANTLED A STRONG DD BATTING LINE-UP DISMISSING THEM FOR 87. RR BECAME THE FIRST SIDE TO REACH THE FINAL WHERE THEY DEFEATED CSK TO WIN THE INAUGURAL IPL TITLE
LSG VS MI IN THE ELIMINATOR AT THE CHEPAUK THIS SEASON. BATTING FIRST ON A TOUGH TRACK, MI MANAGED TO PUT UP A GOOD TOTAL OF 182/8
IN THE SECOND INNINGS, MI BOWLERS LED BY YOUNG AKASH MADHWAL RIPPED THROUGH LSG BATTING, BUNDLING THEM OUT FOR 101. MADHWAL FINISHED WITH FIGURES OF 5/5 IN 3.3 OVERS
THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS DECCAN CHARGERS WERE UP AGAINST CSK IN THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL OF THE 200 IPL. BATTING FIRST CSK, MANAGED TO SCORE 142/7
IN THE SECOND INNINGS, CSK'S DOUG BOLLINGER DECCAN CHARGER'S LINE-UP AS THEY WERE SHOT OUT FOR 04 AND CSK ENTERED THE FINAL. DOUG FINISHED WITH 4/13