Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Murali Vijay1 (12), 4 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1)15458156.8
1Parthiv Patel1 (4)47291.1
2Matthew Hayden2 (16)16346124.0
3Suresh Raina3 (13), 4 (3)16520142.9
3George Bailey3 (1)11866.7
4Subramaniam BadrinathMoved around4 (6), 6 (6), 5 (2), 3 (1)15356117.5
5MS DhoniMoved around5 (5), 4 (4), 3 (1), 6 (1)11287136.7
5Michael Hussey5 (3)33784.1
5Justin Kemp5 (1), 6 (1)226108.3
6Albie MorkelMoved around6 (5), 7 (3), 5 (2), 4 (1)11198151.1
7Anirudha Srikkanth7 (2)230166.7
7Arun Karthik7 (1)1360.0
7Manpreet Gony7 (1)1233.3
8Ravichandran Ashwin8 (5), 7 (1)63075.0
8Thilan Thushara8 (2)21090.9
9Lakshmipathy Balaji9 (3)31890.0
10Doug Bollinger10 (2)218105.9
10Muttiah Muralitharan10 (1)1150.0
11Sudeep Tyagi11 (1)1375.0

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for CSK in IPL 2010?

CSK most often opened with Murali Vijay and Parthiv Patel in IPL 2010, with Suresh Raina at No. 3.

Who batted as CSK's finisher?

MS Dhoni batted most often at No. 5 (11 innings, 287 runs).

How settled was the CSK top order?

Murali Vijay batted at No. 1 in 80% of their innings; Parthiv Patel batted at No. 1 in 100% of their innings.