Matthew Hayden in the year 2009
Australia’s most destructive opener, Mathew Hayden, led the charge in the batting order for Chennai Super Kings with utmost dominance. He looked in his prime in the T20 format in 2009 when he finished the season as the Orange Cap winner, scoring 572 runs in 12 matches at an average of 52.00. He also registered 5 fifties. He could have ended up with more than 600 runs that season if Chennai Super Kings had not got eliminated in the semi-finals.