in the final, they faced the same opponents again, which was held at their home ground chepauk. vijay and hussey put on a 133-run first-wicket partnership that helped the super kings to post a total of 205/5. their bowlers, then, restricted bangalore to only 147 to take the super kings to second consecutive title in the ipl. vijay was awarded man of the match for his match-winning innings of 95.csk also won all their home games that season becoming the first team in ipl to achieve the feat. however at the champions league later that year, they won only one out of their four group matches and finished at the bottom.