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. 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.
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 KingsvsSunrisers HyderabadLeague StageOpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResultMumbai Indians7 April 2018WonMatch 1Rajasthan Royals9 April 2018WonKolkata Knight Riders10 April 2018WonMatch 2Mumbai Indians12 April 2018WonKings XI Punjab15 April 2018LostMatch 3Kolkata Knight Riders14 April 2018WonRajasthan Royals20 April 2018WonMatch 4Kings XI Punjab19 April 2018LostSunrisers Hyderabad22 April 2018WonMatch 5Chennai Super Kings22 April 2018LostRoyal Challengers25 April 2018WonMatch 6Mumbai Indians24 April 2018WonMumbai Indians28 April 2018LostMatch 7Kings XI Punjab26 April 2018WonDelhi Daredevils30 April 2018WonMatch 8Rajasthan Royals29 April 2018WonKolkata Knight Riders3 May 2018LostMatch 9Delhi Daredevils5 May 2018WonRoyal Challengers5 May 2018WonMatch 10Royal Challengers7 May 2018WonRajasthan Royals11 May 2018LostMatch 11Delhi Daredevils10 May 2018WonSunrisers Hyderabad13 May 2018WonMatch 12Chennai Super Kings13 May 2018LostDelhi Daredevils18 May 2018LostMatch 13Royal Challengers17 May 2018LostKings XI Punjab20 May 2018WonMatch 14Kolkata Knight Riders19 May 2018LostPlayoff stageQualifier 1Qualifier 1OpponentScorecardResultTitlesOpponentScorecardResultSunrisers Hyderabad22 May 2018WonMatch 15Chennai Super Kings22 May 2018LostQualifier 2OpponentScorecardResultMatch 16Kolkata Knight Riders25 May 2018Won2018 IPL Final
League Meet-ups No.TeamsVenueWinnerMarginMan of the Match1CSK vs SRHHyderabad CSK4 runsAmbati Rayudu – CSK – 79 (37) 2CSK vs SRHPune CSK8 wicketsAmbati Rayudu – CSK – 100* (62) 3CSK vs SRHMumbai CSK2 wicketsFaf 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. 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.
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.
Result On-field umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Third umpire: Nitin Menon (Ind) Reserve umpire: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Hyderabad Batting BattingDismissal RunsBalls4s6sSR Shreevats Goswami (wk) run out (K Sharma 5 5 0 0 100 Shikhar Dhawan b Jadeja 26 25 2 1 104 Kane Williamson (C) st Dhoni b K Sharma 47 36 5 2 130.55 Shakib Al Hasan c Raina b Bravo 23 15 2 1 153.33 Yusuf Pathan Not out 45 25 4 2 180 Deepak Hooda c sub (Shorey) b Lungi 3 4 0 0 75 Carlos Brathwaite c Rayudu b 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 PlayerOversMRunsWicketsNo BallWDE/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 BattingDismissalRunsBalls4s6sSR Shane Watson Not out 117 57 11 8 205.26 Faf du Plessis c & b Sandeep 10 11 1 0 90.90 Suresh Raina c Goswami b 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 PlayerOversMRunsWicketsNo BallWDE/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
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