Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad to lift their third IPL title.
The MS Dhoni-led side made an emphatic comeback in this season’s IPL, as they defeated the Sunrisers by 8 wickets to lift the IPL trophy. This is their third IPL trophy since the tournament’s inception in 2008.
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CSK won the toss and chose to bowl first. Yusuf Pathan starred in the SRH innings, as his quickfire 45 off 25 deliveries led the Hyderabad team to 178 for the loss of 6 wickets. Kane Williamson top-scored with 47 runs, but was stumped midway through the innings as he attempted to hit a ball wide outside-off towards cover. It was a combined bowling effort from CSK, as every bowler bar Deepak Chahar grabbed a wicket. Chahar, although, kept the lines stiff as he bowled with an economy rate of 6.25.
Chennai had a slow start and Faf du Plessis soon gave away his wicket as he was caught and bowled by Sandeep Sharma. Shane Watson had a poor start as he failed to score a run in the first 10 balls. However, he opened up after the dismissal of Faf, as him and Raina added 116 runs for the second wicket. Shane Watson completed his century in the 17th over and led the CSK side to their third IPL title.
Here are some of the tweets from the game.
