in 2009 season, the super kings finished with 17 points from 14 matches and earned a second place at the league table.however, at the semi-finals, their hopes of entering the final for a second time were crushed by the royal challengers who beat them by 6 wickets.the super kings opener matthew hayden, who scored 572 runs in 12 innings with 5 half-centuries at an average of 52 and strike-rate of 145, won the orange cap for the leading run-scorer of the season and was also adjudged player of the tournament.