in 2010, the super kings struggled in the first half of the regular season, winning only two matches out of seven. they won four of their next five games in the season mainly due to the efforts of murali vijay and suresh raina. after a defeat at home to the delhi daredevils, the super kings were left with a must-win match against kings xi punjab at dharamsala. the super kings won the match by six wickets as they chased down the target of 193 with two balls to spare with skipper dhoni scoring an unbeaten 54 from 29 balls.chennai got the third place as they had the better net run rate of the four teams which finished on 14 points.in the semifinal, the super kings scored a modest 142/7 in 20 overs against the defending champions deccan chargers. but an inspired bowling spell from doug bollinger (4/13 in four overs) did the most damage as the chargers were bowled out for 104. this gave the super kings a 38-run victory that took them to the final. the super kings faced the tournament favorites mumbai indians at their home ground in the final.suresh raina's 57 (35) helped the super kings recover from 68/3 after 12 overs to put up 168/5 at the end of their 20 overs. then, their spin duo of ravichandran ashwin and muralitharan conceded only 41 runs in the 8 overs bowled between them to help the super kings won the game by 22 runs and secure their first ever ipl title.with this, the super kings also qualified for the 2010 champions league twenty20 that was held in south africa.