2018 Indian Premier League final

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.

2018 Indian Premier League final
Event2018 Indian Premier League
Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings
178/6 181/2
20 overs 18.1 overs
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Date27 May 2018
VenueWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the matchShane Watson (CSK)
UmpiresMarais Erasmus (South Africa)
Sundaram Ravi (India)
Attendance33,415
2017
2019

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

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League stage

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

League Meet-ups

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No. Teams Venue Winner Margin Man of the Match
1 CSK vs SRH Hyderabad CSK 4 runs Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 79 (37)
2 CSK vs SRH Pune CSK 8 wickets Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 100* (62)
3 CSK vs SRH Mumbai CSK 2 wickets Faf du Plessis – CSK – 67* (42)

Details

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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

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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

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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

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Hyderabad Batting

Batting Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
Shreevats Goswami (wk) run out (Karn Sharma) 5 5 0 0 100
Shikhar Dhawan b Ravindra Jadeja 26 25 2 1 104
Kane Williamson (c) st MS Dhoni b Karn Sharma 47 36 5 2 130.55
Shakib Al Hasan c Suresh Raina b Dwayne Bravo 23 15 2 1 153.33
Yusuf Pathan not out 45 25 4 2 180
Deepak Hooda c sub b Lungi Ngidi 3 4 0 0 75
Carlos Brathwaite c Ambati Rayudu b Shardul Thakur 21 11 0 3 190.90
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)
Total 178/6 (20.0)RR: 8.9

Chennai Bowling

Player Overs M Runs Wickets No Ball WD E/R
Deepak Chahar 4 0 25 0 1 1 6.25
Lungi Ngidi 4 1 26 1 0 0 6.5
Shardul Thakur 3 0 31 1 0 2 10.33
Karn Sharma 3 0 25 1 0 1 8.33
Dwayne Bravo 4 0 46 1 0 2 11.5
Ravindra Jadeja 2 0 24 1 0 0 12

Chennai Batting

Batting Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
Shane Watson Not out 117 57 11 8 205.26
Faf du Plessis c & b Sandeep Sharma 10 11 1 0 90.90
Suresh Raina c Shreevats Goswami b Carlos Brathwaite 32 24 3 1 133.33
Ambati Rayudu Not out 16 19 1 1 84.21
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)
Total 181/2 (18.3)RR: 9.78

Hyderabad Bowling

Player Overs M Runs Wickets No Ball WD E/R
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 1 17 0 0 0 4.25
Sandeep Sharma 4 0 52 1 0 2 13
Siddarth Kaul 3 0 43 0 0 0 14.33
Rashid Khan 4 1 24 0 0 0 6
Shakib Al Hasan 1 0 15 0 0 0 15
Carlos Brathwaite 2.3 0 27 1 0 1 10.8

References

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  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, Final:,May 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Shane Watson the hero as CSK claim third IPL crown". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ Gupta, Rajneesh (27 May 2018). "Quick Stats: Final - CSK vs SRH". IPLT20. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ Gopalakrishnan, Arun (27 May 2018). "Report: Final - CSK vs SRH". IPLT20. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.