Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : Buffalo Park, East London (D/N) |
| Toss : Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first |
| Umpires : Billy Doctrove (WI) and Marais Erasmus (SA) |
| Match Result : Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs |
| Man of the Match : MS Dhoni |
| Total : 178/3 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Murali Vijay | c Gibbs b Suman | 31 | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| Matthew Hayden | c RP Singh b Shoaib Ahmed | 43 | 26 | 5 | 3 |
| MS Dhoni (C&WK) | not out | 58 | 37 | 6 | 1 |
| Suresh Raina | c Smith b RP Singh | 32 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| Albie Morkel | not out | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| S Badrinath | |||||
| Jacob Oram | |||||
| Shadab Jakati | |||||
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||
| Sudeep Tyagi |
| Wides : 5 | No Balls: 0 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 5 | Extras: 10 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-61 (Hayden, 6.5 ovs), 2-99 (Vijay, 12.1 ovs), 3-153 (Raina, 17.6 ovs) |
Deccan Chargers |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Harris | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwayne Smith | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ojha | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Suman | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total : 100 all out | Overs : 14.4 |
| Deccan Chargers | Target : 179 from 20 Overs | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Adam Gilchrist (C&WK) | lbw b Morkel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | b Tyagi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | c Jakati b Morkel | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Badrinath b Jakati | 21 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| Dwayne Smith | lbw b Jakati | 49 | 23 | 2 | 5 |
| T Suman | c Vijay b Muralitharan | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Y Venugopal Rao | c Muralitharan b Jakati | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Harris | b Jakati | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Singh | c Vijay b Muralitharan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pragyan Ojha | c Jakati b Raina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wides : 2 | No Balls: 1 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 4 | Extras: 7 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.1 ovs), 2-1 (Gibbs, 1.2 ovs), 3-1 (Laxman, 2.2 ovs), 4-73 (Rohit Sharma, 8.2 ovs), 5-75 (Smith, 8.6 ovs), 6-82 (Venugopal Rao, 10.4 ovs), 7-96 (Harris, 12.4 ovs), 8-99 (RP Singh, 13.5 ovs), 9-99 (Suman, 13.6 ovs), 10-100 (Ojha, 14.4 ovs) |
Chennai Super Kings |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Morkel | 3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyagi | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Balaji | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakati | 4 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Raina | 1.4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |