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 11.1 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to SR Watson, 1 run, gets forward and works it through square leg for a single.

Over 11.2 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to Suresh Raina, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and tuck it to square leg.

Over 11.3 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to SR Watson, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and guides away down to third man and gets a single.

Over 11.4 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to Suresh Raina, 1 run, opens the face of the bat and guides it towards short third man, who stretches his hand and stops the ball

Over 11.5 CR Brathwaite bowls it short of length to SR Watson, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it down to deep mid wicket fence for four.

Over 11.6 CR Brathwaite bowls a pitched up delivery to SR Watson, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long off for one.

Over 13.1 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to Suresh Raina, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and glances it down to fine leg for a single.

Over 13.2 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to SR Watson, 1 run, gets forward and slog across the line, bottom-edged that along the ground to deep square leg

Over 13.3 CR Brathwaite bowls it short of length to Suresh Raina, out Caught by Goswami!!  This was a really good stapler cramping Raina on the half-hook shot, was almost trying to evade, the ball catches the glove and Goswami jumps to catch the ball

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 13.5 CR Brathwaite good length delivery to SR Watson, Boundary! Opens the face of the bat at the very last moment to beat the diving short third man fielder and gets the boundary.

Over 13.6 CR Brathwaite bowls it short of length to SR Watson, Six!! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls and clears deep mid-wicket.

Over 13.6 CR Brathwaite bowls it short of length to SR Watson, Six!! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls and clears deep mid-wicket.

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.