2018 Indian Premier League final

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2018 Indian Premier League final
Event 2018 Indian Premier League
Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings
178/6181/2
20 overs18.1 overs
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Date27 May 2018
Venue Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match Shane Watson (Chennai Super Kings)
Umpires Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Sundaram Ravi (India)
Attendance33,415
2017
2019

The 2018 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, on 27 May 2018 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It was to determine the winner of the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. [1] For the first time in the history of IPL, the final was played on 19:00 IST, with all the finals of previous ten seasons played at 20:00 IST.

Contents

Chennai defeated Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win their third IPL title. Shane Watson of Chennai won the player of the match award for his innings of 117 not out off 57 balls.

Road to the final

League stage

Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
League Stage
OpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResult
Mumbai Indians 7 April 2018 WonMatch 1 Rajasthan Royals 9 April 2018 Won
Kolkata Knight Riders 10 April 2018 WonMatch 2 Mumbai Indians 12 April 2018 Won
Kings XI Punjab 15 April 2018 LostMatch 3 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 April 2018 Won
Rajasthan Royals 20 April 2018 WonMatch 4 Kings XI Punjab 19 April 2018 Lost
Sunrisers Hyderabad 22 April 2018 WonMatch 5 Chennai Super Kings 22 April 2018 Lost
Royal Challengers 25 April 2018 WonMatch 6 Mumbai Indians 24 April 2018 Won
Mumbai Indians 28 April 2018 LostMatch 7 Kings XI Punjab 26 April 2018 Won
Delhi Daredevils 30 April 2018 WonMatch 8 Rajasthan Royals 29 April 2018 Won
Kolkata Knight Riders 3 May 2018 LostMatch 9 Delhi Daredevils 5 May 2018 Won
Royal Challengers 5 May 2018 WonMatch 10 Royal Challengers 7 May 2018 Won
Rajasthan Royals 11 May 2018 LostMatch 11 Delhi Daredevils 10 May 2018 Won
Sunrisers Hyderabad 13 May 2018 WonMatch 12 Chennai Super Kings 13 May 2018 Lost
Delhi Daredevils 18 May 2018 LostMatch 13 Royal Challengers 17 May 2018 Lost
Kings XI Punjab 20 May 2018 WonMatch 14 Kolkata Knight Riders 19 May 2018 Lost
Playoff stage
Qualifier 1Qualifier 1
OpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResult
Sunrisers Hyderabad 22 May 2018 WonMatch 15 Chennai Super Kings 22 May 2018 Lost
Qualifier 2
OpponentScorecardResult
Match 16 Kolkata Knight Riders 25 May 2018 Won
2018 IPL Final

League Meet-ups

No.TeamsVenueWinnerMargin Man of the Match
1 CSK vs SRH Hyderabad CSK4 runs Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 79 (37)
2 CSK vs SRH Pune CSK8 wickets Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 100* (62)
3 CSK vs SRH Mumbai CSK2 wickets Faf du Plessis – CSK – 67* (42)

Details

Shane Watson single-handedly won it for CSK by hitting a magnificent century in the biggest game of the season. He made 117 runs. [2] He had scored a century in the earlier stage of the tournament. Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs for CSK. SRH bowlers looked out of form, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan posing as a threat for CSK as all the other bowlers leaked runs heavily. With this win, CSK lifted the IPL trophy for the 3rd time in their seventh appearance in an IPL final.

SRH Innings

After a slow start, opening batsmanShikhar Dhawan tried to up the ante against the strict bowling. Uncapped Bowler and Former SRH player Karn Sharma was introduced into the attack in the 7th over. Both Dhawan and captain Williamson were keeping it slow and steady going for a boundary every over. SRH could only add 18 runs in the last 2 overs. SRH had posted a total of 178/6 which was just about par. [3]

CSK Innings

Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson opened the innings for CSK while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first over for his team. The Super Kings lost du Plessis early but Watson and Raina did not give the Sunrisers any chance to bounce back with their 117-run partnership. Though Watson started slowly playing out Bhuvneshwar's overs, he pummeled the other Sunrisers bowlers to reach his second century in the IPL season. After Raina's departure, Rayudu joined hands with Watson to complete the chase for the Super Kings and helped them lift their third IPL trophy. [4]

Match officials and result

Hyderabad Batting

BattingRunsBalls4s6sSR
Shreevats Goswami (wk)run out (Karn Sharma)5500100
Shikhar Dhawan b Ravindra Jadeja262521104
Kane Williamson (c)st MS Dhoni b Karn Sharma473652130.55
Shakib Al Hasan c Suresh Raina b Dwayne Bravo231521153.33
Yusuf Pathan not out452542180
Deepak Hooda c sub b Lungi Ngidi340075
Carlos Brathwaite c Ambati Rayudu b Shardul Thakur211103190.90
Rashid Khan Did not Bat-----
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Did not Bat-----
Siddarth Kaul Did not Bat-----
Sandeep Sharma Did not Bat-----
Extras (8)(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, WD: 6, P: 0)
Total178/6 (20.0)RR: 8.9

Chennai Bowling

PlayerOversMRunsWicketsNo BallWDE/R
Deepak Chahar 40250116.25
Lungi Ngidi 41261006.5
Shardul Thakur 303110210.33
Karn Sharma 30251018.33
Dwayne Bravo 404610211.5
Ravindra Jadeja 202410012

Chennai Batting

BattingRunsBalls4s6sSR
Shane Watson Not out11757118205.26
Faf du Plessis c & b Sandeep Sharma10111090.90
Suresh Raina c Shreevats Goswami b Carlos Brathwaite322431133.33
Ambati Rayudu Not out16191184.21
MS Dhoni (c) (wk)Did not Bat----
Dwayne Bravo Did not Bat----
Ravindra Jadeja Did not Bat----
Deepak Chahar Did not Bat----
Karn Sharma Did not Bat----
Shardul Thakur Did not Bat----
Lungi Ngidi Did not Bat----
Extras (6)(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, WD: 3, P: 0)
Total181/2 (18.3)RR: 9.78

Hyderabad Bowling

PlayerOversMRunsWicketsNo BallWDE/R
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 41170004.25
Sandeep Sharma 405210213
Siddarth Kaul 304300014.33
Rashid Khan 41240006
Shakib Al Hasan 101500015
Carlos Brathwaite 2.302710110.8

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