Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban |
| Toss : Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first |
| Umpires : Ian Howell (SA) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) |
| Match Result : Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets |
| Man of the Match : Herschelle Gibbs |
| Total : 165/6 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Parthiv Patel | c Gilchrist b Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hayden | c Rohit Sharma b Ojha | 49 | 35 | 8 | 0 |
| Suresh Raina | c&b Rohit Sharma | 25 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni (C&WK) | c Shoaib Ahmed b Ojha | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Oram | not out | 41 | 29 | 4 | 2 |
| Albie Morkel | c RP Singh b Venugopal Rao | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| S Badrinath | c&b RP Singh | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Manpreet Gony | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joginder Sharma | |||||
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Wides : 4 | No Balls: 3 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 0 | Extras: 7 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.2 ovs), 2-64 (Raina, 6.5 ovs), 3-102 (Dhoni, 12.3 ovs), 4-103 (Hayden, 12.6 ovs), 5-129 (Morkel, 16.5 ovs), 6-165 (Badrinath, 19.5 ovs) |
Deccan Chargers |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Fidel Edwards | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Dwayne Smith | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venugopal Rao | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ojha | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total : 169/4 | Overs : 19.3 |
| Deccan Chargers | Target : 166 from 20 Overs | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Adam Gilchrist (C&WK) | c Muralitharan b Raina | 44 | 19 | 5 | 3 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | not out | 69 | 56 | 6 | 2 |
| VVS Laxman | c Oram b Raina | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Dhoni b Balaji | 18 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwayne Smith | lbw b Muralitharan | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Azhar Bilakhia | not out | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Y Venugopal Rao | |||||
| RP Singh | |||||
| Fidel Edwards | |||||
| Pragyan Ojha | |||||
| Shoaib Ahmed |
| Wides : 3 | No Balls: 5 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 2 | Extras: 10 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-67 (Gilchrist, 5.4 ovs), 2-75 (Laxman, 7.3 ovs), 3-114 (Rohit Sharma, 13.4 ovs), 4-130 (Smith, 15.2 ovs) |
Chennai Super Kings |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Balaji | 3.3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gony | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morkel | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Raina | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joginder Sharma | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oram | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |