2010 Indian Premier League
The 2010 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 3 or the 2010 IPL, was the third season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by India and had an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in the country.[1] It was played between 12 March and 25 April 2010. It was also the first ever cricket tournament that was broadcast live on YouTube.[2] The final four matches of the tournament were screened in 3D across movie halls in India.[3]
The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Mumbai Indians in the final played at Navi Mumbai. The purple cap went to Pragyan Ojha of Deccan Chargers, while the orange cap and the player of the tournament award were awarded to Sachin Tendulkar of the Mumbai Indians. Saurabh Tiwary was declared the U-23 success of the tournament, while the Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play Award.
Venues
Five new venues were introduced for the third edition of IPL.[4] These included Nagpur, Cuttack, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Dharamsala. Nagpur, Cuttack, and Navi Mumbai amongst them hosted the home games for Deccan Chargers, and Ahmedabad and Dharamsala shared some of the home matches of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab respectively. Additionally, Hyderabad, which hosted all Deccan's home games in 2008, did not host any games this season. This was attributed to the possibility of unrest due to a Telengana state succession.
The 60-game tournament also featured a third-place playoff between the losing semi-finalists as a qualifier for the Champions League and also saw the induction of ICL players.[4] Both semi-finals were scheduled to be hosted in Bangalore but instead were played in Navi Mumbai. The final and the third place playoff games were played at Navi Mumbai and the season ended five days before the World Twenty20 in West Indies.[4]
Chennai |
Mumbai |
Mohali |
Kolkata |
Chennai Super Kings |
Mumbai Indians |
Kings XI Punjab |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
Brabourne Stadium |
PCA Stadium |
Eden Gardens |
Capacity: 50,000 |
Capacity: 20,000 |
Capacity: 30,000 |
Capacity: 90,000 |
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Ahmedabad |
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Bangalore |
Rajasthan Royals |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Sardar Patel Stadium |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
Capacity: 54,000 |
Capacity: 45,000 |
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Cuttack |
Nagpur |
Deccan Chargers |
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Barabati Stadium |
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground |
Capacity: 45,000 |
Capacity: 40,000 |
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Dharamsala |
Jaipur |
Navi Mumbai |
Delhi |
Kings XI Punjab |
Rajasthan Royals |
Mumbai Indians |
Delhi Daredevils |
HPCA Cricket Stadium |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
DY Patil Stadium |
Feroz Shah Kotla |
Capacity: 21,000 |
Capacity: 30,000 |
Capacity: 55,000 |
Capacity: 48,000 |
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Security concerns
Former cricketers Sir Ian Botham, Brian Lara, Steve Waugh and Shaun Pollock urged the players not to give in to terrorism by opting out of the league.[5]
Attack
In one of the last games of the tournament, two bombs went off in Bangalore, while another was defused. The game on the day did continue, however, after an hour's delay. As a consequence both semi-finals were moved out of the city.[6] A third device was defused on 18 April 2010. All three devices were hidden in the stadium's perimeter wall and the two explosions were believed to have injured 15 people. Initial investigations suggested that the explosives used in the devices were locally made and were of low intensity.[7]
Transfers
Player auction
The players auction for the tournament was held on 19 January 2010 in Mumbai. 97 players from cricket playing countries other than India, registered for the auction, although that did not guarantee that all the players would be included in the final auction list. The IPL sent the list of 97 names to the franchises who selected the players they would like to be included in the auction. The selected players were informed of their inclusion by 5 January.
The original list of 97 players was pared down to 96 after Chris Cairns' name was removed. Cairns, a former New Zealand international, was controversially omitted by the IPL bosses, Amit Ruparel and Lalit Modi, amid comments alleging that his suspension from the rebel Indian Cricket League was due to match fixing. Cairns vehemently denied the references.
A total number of 66 players were included in the final auction list.[8] The list featured players from Australia (11), South Africa (9), Sri Lanka (8), West Indies (8), Pakistan (7), New Zealand (4) and one each from Bangladesh, Canada, Holland and Zimbabwe.[9]
51 of the registered players were shortlisted for the auction. Controversially all of England's players were omitted. According to Lalit Modi, this was because of "new conditions imposed by the ECB". Later all the nine English players were included in the auction list after league officials said that the dispute over NOCs had been resolved. This took the number of registered players to 60. West Indian all rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond were the highest bid players in the auction who were bought for $750,000 but not before their prices went in the silent tie breaker round. Kieron Pollard was bought by Mumbai Indians and Shane Bond by Kolkata Knight Riders. However, in the most surprising development, not a single Pakistan player was signed up by any of the franchises. There were allegations that the reason the Pakistani players were not included was because the owners of the franchises were threatened of dire consequences if they choose any Pakistani players.
Player |
Franchise |
Price (USD) |
Shane Bond ! Shane Bond |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
750,000* |
Kieron Pollard ! Kieron Pollard |
Mumbai Indians |
750,000* |
Kemar Roach ! Kemar Roach |
Deccan Chargers |
720,000 |
Wayne Parnell ! Wayne Parnell |
Delhi Daredevils |
610,000 |
Mohammad Kaif ! Mohammad Kaif |
Kings XI Punjab |
250,000 |
Eoin Morgan ! Eoin Morgan |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
220,000 |
Damien Martyn ! Damien Martyn |
Rajasthan Royals |
100,000 |
Justin Kemp ! Justin Kemp |
Chennai Super Kings |
100,000 |
Thissara Perera ! Thissara Perera |
Chennai Super Kings |
50,000 |
Adam Voges ! Adam Voges |
Rajasthan Royals |
50,000 |
Yusuf Abdullah ! Yusuf Abdulla |
Kings XI Punjab |
50,000 |
- In the tiebreakers, Kolkata Knight Riders bid $1,300,000 for Shane Bond and Mumbai Indians bid $2,750,000 for Kieron Pollard. The players' take was capped at $750,000 each by the IPL auction rules, with the rest going to IPL kitty.[10]
Rules and regulations
The rules and format were the same as the previous season with the exception of the strategic timeout. Each innings had two mandatory timeouts of two-and-a-half minutes each. The fielding captain must take one at the end of over six, seven, eight or nine, and the batsmen at the end of over 13, 14, 15 or 16.[11] Points in the group stage were awarded as follows:
Points
Results |
Points |
Win |
2 points |
No Result |
1 point |
Loss |
0 points |
According to rules, if a match ended with the scores tied, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Super Over.[12] The rules of the Super Over are as set out in the ICC Standard Twenty20 International match playing conditions (1 October 2009 version).[13]
- Team with most runs wins
- If equal, the team with most number of boundary sixes throughout the entire match wins
- If still equal, the team with most number of boundaries throughout the entire match wins
- If still equal, the team taking the most wickets throughout the entire match wins
- If still equal, a count-back from the final ball of the Super Over eliminator shall be conducted. The team with the higher scoring delivery shall be the winner.
- If still equal, by coin toss.
Teams and standings
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(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up; (3rd) = Winner of third place playoff.
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League progression
Results
Group stage
2010 IPL Match Summary
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Note: Results listed are according to the home and visitor teams.
Note: Click on the results to see match summary.
Note: Number of matches won by team batting first = 29
Note: Number of matches won by team bowling first = 27 |
Home team won |
Visitor team won |
Match abandoned |
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Knockout stage
Fixtures
Group stage
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Statistics
Batting
Most runs
The leading scorer of the league phase wears an orange cap when fielding.[14] |
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Best batting strike rate
Minimum 200 runs
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Bowling
Most wickets
Tournament's leading wicket taker wears a purple cap when fielding.[15] |
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Note: Average acts as a tie-breaker if players are level for most wickets.
Best economy rate
- Minimum 25 overs bowled.
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Man of the Match Awards
IPL Awards 2010
Cricinfo IPL XI
The following players were picked in an IPL XI team by Cricinfo.[16]
References
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