Dates | 12 March 2010 | – 25 April 2010
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Administrator(s) | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | Chennai Super Kings (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mumbai Indians |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 60 |
Player of the series | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) |
Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (MI) (618) |
Most wickets | Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers) (21) |
Official website | www |
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.[2] It was also the first ever cricket tournament that was broadcast live on YouTube.[3] The final four matches of the tournament were screened in 3D across movie halls in India.[4]
The tournament was won by the Chennai Super Kings, who defeated the Mumbai Indians in the final played at 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.