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The IPL 3 Auction took place on January 19, 2010 and it was a comparatively low profile auction compared to the two previous years. It was also due to the fact that the IPL franchisees had just 750,000 dollars each as the maximum limit to spend on the auction. However, there was a also a new rule this year where the franchisees could make secret ’silent tiebreaker bids’ in case there was a tie. But the excess money from the secret bid went to IPL instead of the players who could receive only the maximum bid at 750,000 dollars. There were secret bids for two players who were Keiron Pollard and Shane Bond. They were officially sold at 750,000 dollars each but as per sources, Mumbai Indians had supposedly made secret bid of more than 2 million dollars to bag Keiron Pollard while Kolkata Knight Riders had supposedly made secret bid of more than a millon dollars for Shane Bond. The other two high priced puchases and hot bids in IPL season 3 auctions were Kemar Roach and Wayne Parnell who were bagged by Delhi Daredevils for 720,000 dollars and 610,000 dollars respectively. Others won in the auction included Mohammad Kaif (Punjab, 250,000), Eoin Morgan (Bangalore, 220,000), Damien Martyn (Rajasthan, 100,000), Justin Kemp (Chennai, 100,000), Thissara Perera (Chennai, 50,000), Adam Voges (Rajasthan, 50,000) and Yusuf Abdulla (Punjab, 50,000).

There were 66 overseas players in the final IPL 3 auction list and only 10 overseas player and one Indian player were sold. The players who were sold are as follows:

Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians, $750,000)
Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders, $750,000)
Kemar Roach (Deccan Chargers, $720,000)
Wayne Parnell (Delhi Dardevils, $610,000)
Mohammad Kaif (Kings XI Punjab, $250,000)
Eoin Morgan (Royal Challengers Bangalore, $220,000)
Damien Martyn (Rajasthan Royals, $100,000)
Justin Kemp (Chennai Super Kings, $100,000)
Thissara Perera (Chennai Super Kings, $50,000)
Adam Voges (Rajasthan Royals, $50,000)
Yusuf Abdulla (Kings XI Punjab, $50,000)

In the second semi-final of IPL 2, Anil Kumble won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. Most of the Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost their wicket after making good starts. They struggled against a disciplined bowing performance by Bangalore bowlers and ended up at 146/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers cruised to the target as they scored 149/4 in 18.5 overs with Rahul Dravid (44 off 39 balls) and Manish Pandey (48 off 35 balls) batting brilliantly. Manish Pandey displayed his awesome stroke-play in the innings as he hit the Chennai bowlers to every part of the stadium. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) lbw b Jacques Kallis 36 27 7 0 133.33
Matthew Hayden c Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 26 19 2 1 136.84
MS Dhoni (C) c Vinay Kumar b Roelof van der Merwe 28 30 0 0 93.33
Suresh Raina c Mark Boucher b Praveen Kumar 20 19 1 1 105.26
Albie Morkel not out 20 17 1 1 117.65
Jacob Oram c Robin Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9 7 0 1 128.57
Subramaniam Badrinath not out 1 1 0 0 100
Manpreet Gony
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b - 0, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 3 6
Total: (146 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-61 (Matthew Hayden, 7), 2-69 (Parthiv Patel, 8.4), 3-104 (Suresh Raina, 14.1), 4-125 (MS Dhoni, 17.2), 5-140 (Jacob Oram, 19.2)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 26 1 0 0 6.5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 26 1 0 1 6.5
Vinay Kumar 4 0 38 2 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 30 0 0 0 7.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Parthiv Patel b Manpreet Gony 9 7 2 0 128.57
Manish Pandey b Shadab Jakati 48 35 7 0 137.14
Roelof van der Merwe b Albie Morkel 2 5 0 0 40
Rahul Dravid lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 44 39 6 0 112.82
Virat Kohli not out 24 17 1 2 141.18
Ross Taylor not out 17 12 0 2 141.67
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Vinay Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b - 0, w - 0, nb - 2, lb - 3 5
Total: (149 for 4 wickets in 18.5 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.91

Fall of Wickets1-17 (Jacques Kallis, 1.4), 2-22 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.5), 3-94 (Manish Pandey, 12.3), 4-110 (Rahul Dravid, 15.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Manpreet Gony 2 0 23 1 1 0 11.5
Shadab Jakati 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Suresh Raina 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Jacob Oram 0.5 0 14 0 1 0 16.8

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Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 24 run in Match 54 of IPL T20 season 2 virtually eliminating them from the semi finals. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. All the Chennai Super Kings batsmen struggled with the bat and could only score 116/9 in 20 overs. It looked like an easy target for Kings XI Punjab but they lost wickets at regular intervals as pressure was applied by Dhoni and ended at only 92/8 in 20 overs. Muttiah Muralidaran, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina had the best bowling figures for the Chennai Super Kings with figures of 2/8, 2/13 and 2/17 respectively. Muttiah Muralidaran was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
George Bailey run out (Yuvraj Singh) 15 12 3 0 125
Parthiv Patel (W) b Ramesh Powar 32 23 4 1 139.13
Suresh Raina c Brett Lee b Wilkin Mota 20 21 2 0 95.24
Subramaniam Badrinath c Irfan Pathan b Sreesanth 4 9 0 0 44.44
MS Dhoni (C) b Sreesanth 2 2 0 0 100
Jacob Oram c & b Irfan Pathan 17 21 1 0 80.95
Manpreet Gony b Piyush Chawla 7 5 0 1 140
Ravichandran Ashwin c Luke Pomersbach b Irfan Pathan 8 15 1 0 53.33
Thilan Thushara run out (Simon Katich) 1 5 0 0 20
Lakshmipathy Balaji not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
Muttiah Muralidaran not out 1 1 0 0 100
Extras: b - 3, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 2 7
Total: (116 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 116 Run Rate: 5.8

Fall of Wickets1-40 (George Bailey, 4.5), 2-54 (Parthiv Patel, 6.5), 3-68 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 9.3), 4-70 (MS Dhoni, 9.5), 5-87 (Suresh Raina, 13.3), 6-96 (Manpreet Gony, 14.4), 7-105 (Jacob Oram, 17.4), 8-109 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18), 9-114 (Thilan Thushara, 19.4)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 16 0 0 0 4
Irfan Pathan 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Ramesh Powar 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Sreesanth 4 0 23 2 0 1 5.75
Piyush Chawla 2 0 13 1 0 0 6.5
Wilkin Mota 2 0 8 1 0 0 4

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Parthiv Patel b Thilan Thushara 3 9 0 0 33.33
Simon Katich b Muttiah Muralidaran 8 13 1 0 61.54
Luke Pomersbach c Suresh Raina b Muttiah Muralidaran 26 32 1 1 81.25
Yuvraj Singh (C) b Suresh Raina 6 19 0 0 31.58
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c & b Ravichandran Ashwin 7 9 0 0 77.78
Wilkin Mota lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin 5 10 0 0 50
Irfan Pathan c Jacob Oram b Thilan Thushara 14 12 1 0 116.67
Brett Lee c Jacob Oram b Suresh Raina 6 7 1 0 85.71
Piyush Chawla not out 4 4 0 0 100
Ramesh Powar not out 7 5 1 0 140
Sreesanth
Extras: b - 0, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 3 6
Total: (92 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 92 Run Rate: 4.6

Fall of Wickets1-6 (Sunny Sohal, 1.5), 2-32 (Simon Katich, 6.5), 3-45 (Luke Pomersbach, 11.1), 4-49 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4), 5-59 (Kumar Sangakkara, 15.1), 6-60 (Wilkin Mota, 15.3), 7-67 (Brett Lee, 16.5), 8-83 (Irfan Pathan, 18.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5
Thilan Thushara 4 0 28 2 0 2 7
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 8 2 0 0 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 13 2 0 0 3.25
Suresh Raina 4 0 17 2 0 1 4.25
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 14 0 0 0 7

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Kolkata Knight Riders had won only 1 match in IPL T20 season 2 and they were playing for their pride while Chennai Super Kings were well placed in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Chennai Super Kings scored a huge total of 188/3 in 20 overs with the help of a good batting display by Suresh Raina (52 off 36 balls) and MS Dhoni (40 off 28 balls). Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to 189/3 in 20 overs as Brendon McCullum (81 off 48 balls) and Brad Hodge (71 of 44 balls) played blazing knocks guiding the Knight Riders to the victory. Brad Hodge was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock and his spell of 12 runs from 2 overs.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel run out (Laxmi Shukla) 25 19 4 0 131.58
George Bailey run out (Brad Hodge) 30 27 4 0 111.11
Suresh Raina c Laxmi Shukla b Ashok Dinda 52 36 3 3 144.44
MS Dhoni (C) (W) not out 40 28 4 1 142.86
Albie Morkel not out 21 10 1 2 210
Subramaniam Badrinath
Jacob Oram
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Sudeep Tyagi
Extras: b - 4, w - 13, nb - 0, lb - 3 20
Total: (188 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 188 Run Rate: 9.4

Fall of Wickets1-59 (Parthiv Patel, 6.1), 2-78 (George Bailey, 9.1), 3-152 (Suresh Raina, 17)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashok Dinda 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Anureet Singh 1 0 12 0 0 2 12
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 45 0 0 5 11.25
Murali Kartik 3 0 27 0 0 1 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 12 0 0 0 6
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 38 0 0 0 9.5
David Hussey 2 0 18 0 0 1 9

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Kokata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) b Shadab Jakati 81 48 11 3 168.75
Sourav Ganguly b Muttiah Muralidaran 4 14 0 0 28.57
Brad Hodge not out 71 44 4 4 161.36
David Hussey run out (MS Dhoni) 3 2 0 0 150
Wriddhiman Saha (W) not out 25 13 2 1 192.31
Laxmi Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ashok Dinda
Ajantha Mendis
Anureet Singh
Extras: b - 0, w - 0, nb - 1, lb - 4 5
Total: (189 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 189 Run Rate: 9.45

Fall of Wickets1-34 (Sourav Ganguly, 4.4), 2-124 (Brendon McCullum, 14), 3-133 (David Hussey, 15.2)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 39 0 1 0 13
Sudeep Tyagi 3 0 29 0 0 0 9.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 1 16 1 0 0 4
Shadab Jakati 4 0 36 1 0 0 9
Suresh Raina 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3 0 40 0 0 0 13.33

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