Chennai XI vs Hyderabad XI Final Match at Mumbai, 27 May, 2018

Toss: Chennai XI, who chose to bowl
Hyderabad XI 178/6 (20)
Chennai XI 181/2 (18.3)
Chennai XI won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: SR Watson
  • AT Rayudu 16 * (19)
  • SR Watson 117 * (57)

Over 13.4 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 run, stays inside the crease and guides it away down to the third man.

Over 14.1 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, gets forward and  turns it to the left of the keeper and tries a non-existent run, sensibly sent back by Watson

Over 14.2 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it on the off side.

Over 14.3 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs,  gets inside the line and glances the googly to short fine leg.

Over 14.4 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 14.5 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, gets back in the crease to defend, the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 14.6 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 leg bye b, gets forward and fails to get bat on the ball, the ball rolls past short fine leg. Picks up a leg bye.

Over 15.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 15.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, stays on the front foot and knocks it to cover.

Over 15.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AT Rayudu, Six! Came down the track and lofts it over wide long-off, easily clears the rope

Over 15.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 15.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it to point and gets a single.

Over 16.2 Rashid Khan bowls a tossed up delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 run, stays on the front foot and driven along the ground to long off and picks up one more.

Over 16.4 Rashid Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 run, gets forward and drives it to mid on and gets a single.

Over 17.1 Siddarth Kaul bowls it short of length to AT Rayudu, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulls it down to fine leg for a single.

Over 17.3 Siddarth Kaul good length delivery to AT Rayudu, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it along the ground to sweeper cover and gets a single.

Over 18.1 CR Brathwaite bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to AT Rayudu, no runs, goes deep  in the crease and digs it out towards the on-side

Over 18.2 CR Brathwaite bowls a pitched up delivery to AT Rayudu, no runs, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 18.3 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to AT Rayudu, Boundary! Came down the track and smashes it through the off side and get the winning runs with a boundary.

Chennai won by 8 wickets and they are champions of IPL for the third time

Shane Watson( MoM): It's been a special season to be honest. To get a special season especially after the last season with RCB. It means a lot to be with a franchise like CSK. After those first ten balls, I was only hoping to catch up to at least a run-a-ball. Bhuvi is really good with the new ball and was lucky to get the opportunity to catch up. It was good that I got a couple of boundaries to hit and get on par to take it from there. The good thing is that I wouldn't be playing for the next three-four months; feels great. It gives me plenty of time to recover. Throughout the back end of the tournament I was hanging on for dear life, Stephen Fleming and MS Dhoni has been looking after me really well and I am really glad to contribute like I did tonight.