Chennai Super Kings won another in the IPL 2MS021 final. MS Dhoni and his team put an end to Kolkata Knight Riders’ superb second half of the season as they hold their fourth IPL title.
KKR elected to bowl and they face one of their worst evenings in the field since the tournament move to the UAE.
Super Kings’ top order not letting their spinners settle down, while taking plenty off their fast bowlers.
Faf du Plessis led from the front making 86 as he anchor half-century stands for each of the three wickets that fell during the course of Super Kings’ 192.
Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali play their parts with the bat before Shardul Thakur ended Venkatesh Iyer’s innings and a dangerous opening stand to stop Knight Riders’ middle to first defeat in an IPL final.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS INNINGS
20 OVERS MAXIMUM
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | c Shivam Mavi b Narine | 32 | 27 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 118.51 |
| Faf du Plessis | c Iyer b Shivam Mavi | 86 | 59 | 104 | 7 | 3 | 145.76 |
| Robin Uthappa | lbw b Narine | 31 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 206.66 |
| Moeen Ali | not out | 37 | 20 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 185.00 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 3) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 9.60) | 192/3 | |||||
| Did not bat: Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 8.1 ov), 2-124 (Robin Uthappa, 13.3 ov), 3-192 (Faf du Plessis, 19.6 ov) |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shivam Mavi | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 14.00 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS
TARGET 193 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | lbw b Chahar | 51 | 43 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 118.60 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | c Jadeja b Thakur | 50 | 32 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 156.25 |
| Nitish Rana | c du Plessis b Thakur | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sunil Narine | c Jadeja b Hazlewood | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Eoin Morgan | c Chahar b Hazlewood | 4 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Rayudu b Jadeja | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 128.57 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | lbw b Jadeja | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rahul Tripathi | c Ali b Thakur | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Lockie Ferguson | not out | 18 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 163.63 |
| Shivam Mavi | c Chahar b Bravo | 20 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 153.84 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (nb 1, w 8) | 9 | |||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 8.25) | 165/9 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Venkatesh Iyer, 10.4 ov), 2-93 (Nitish Rana, 10.6 ov), 3-97 (Sunil Narine, 11.3 ov), 4-108 (Shubman Gill, 13.2 ov), 5-119 (Dinesh Karthik, 14.5 ov), 6-120 (Shakib Al Hasan, 14.6 ov), 7-123 (Rahul Tripathi, 15.4 ov), 8-125 (Eoin Morgan, 16.3 ov), 9-164 (Shivam Mavi, 19.5 ov) |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 4 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 9.50 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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Players Awards :
- Most valuable player of the season : Harshal Patel
- Orange cap: Ruturaj Gaikwad – 635 runs in 16 games – 1 hundred, 4 fifties.
- Purple cap : Harshal Patel – 32 wickets (joint highest ever in IPL with Dwayne Bravo) in 15 games, one 5-wicket haul, one 4-wicket haul.
- Power player of the season : Venkatesh Iyer
- Maximum Sixes : KL Rahul with 30 sixes
- Game changer of the season : Harshal Patel
- Super striker of the season : Shimron Hetmyer – strike rate 168
- Faf du Plessis | Player of the Match
- Catch of the season: Ravi Bishnoi – for taking Narine’s catch in Ahmedabad.
- Fairplay award: Rajasthan Royals
- Emerging player of the season: Ruturaj Gaikwad.
MS Dhoni Speaks :
He collects the winners cheque of INR 20 crore to Chennai Super Kings.
“Before I start talking about CSK, it’s important I talk about KKR. For the position they were in after the first phase, to perform this well, it’s very difficult. If any team deserved to win the IPL this year, it is KKR for the way they have played. I think the break helped them. Yes we are most consistent team looking at the stats but we have also lost finals. Not letting the opposition in is something we conciously wanted to improve. I hope CSK in the coming years will be known for that. We don’t really talk a lot. It’s more one on one.”
Harsha Bhogle asked Dhoni about his plans for next year.
Dhoni smartly took the conversation to “It depends on BCCI with two new teams coming in.”
Harsha stopped him and said, no MS, it’s between you and CSK. Dhoni replies :
“Well it’s not about me playing for CSK, it’s about what is best for CSK. The core group has carried the team for 10 years. Now we need to see what is best.
Harsha then asks him about the legacy he has left at CSK. Dhoni smiling responds is :
“Well, I still haven’t left (smiles).”
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