IPL 2018 Final LIVE Cricket Score, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), at Wankhede, latest update and cricket scores:What a comeback this has been from Chennai Super Kings! Returning after a two-year suspension, with their fans travelling to all parts of the country following Chepauk’s loss of their home games, this has been an absolute fairytale from MS Dhoni’s men! Preview: The 51-day long T20 carnival has finally reached its climax as two-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face-off in the summit clash of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede stadium here on Sunday. While Chennai, the two-time IPL champions, already made to the final beating Hyderabad by two wickets in the Qualifier 1 of the cash-rich league here on Tuesday, Hyderabad had to go through the second qualifier. The Kane Williamson-led side overcame Kolkata Knight Riders’ challenge by 14 runs at the Eden Gardens on Friday to seal a place in the coveted final. [caption id=“attachment_4484521” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  MS Dhoni and Kane Williamson, captain of CSK and SRH respectively. Sportzpics[/caption] Both the sides have met each other thrice in the ongoing edition of the league and the Super Kings hold a 3-0 record over their southern neighbours. In the much awaited final on Sunday, which could also be seen as a southern derby, it will be clash between Hyderabad’s bowling and Chennai’s batting. With the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan and Siddarth Kaul, the orange army boasts of a superb bowling attack whereas the yellow brigade is full of star-studded batting line-up comprising Shane Watson, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina and others. For Chennai, each of the batsman had rose to the occassion whenever their side needed. The yellow brigade have been on a roll since making their comeback to the IPL fold after serving a two-year-ban, and have rarely lost the momentum this season with the old guards and new sensations firing in unison. In their final league game at their adopted home ground in Pune on last Sunday, CSK rode on Suresh Raina’s gutsy half century to romp home by five wickets. Later, in the Qualifier 1, a match where most of the Chennai batsmen faultered against Hyderabad, opener Faf du PLessies smashed a match-winning half-century to help Chennai reach their seventh IPL final on Tuesday. Rayudu, the other opener in Chennai’s side, has been the standout performer with 586 runs. Australian Watson has also been in top form, accumulating 438 runs from 13 matches, while Raina, skipper Dhoni and all-rounder Deepak Chahar have been the backbone of CSK’s middle order. In the bowling front, the former two-time champions will bank on young South African lungi Ngidi, who has 6 wickets from 10 games with a decent economy rate of 5.90. With Shardul Thakur, Chahar and Dwayne Bravo doing their bit on the pace bowling front, CSK will hope for veteran Harbhajan Singh leading the spin attack with left-armer Ravindra Jadeja in the middle overs. Coming to Hyderabad, the orange army’s success mostly bank on their bowling which has a lot of variety and some of the best names in the business. Afghan spinner Rashid has been brilliant throughout the season bagging 21 wickets from 16 games. The leggie came up with a sensational figure of 3/19 against Kolkata last night apart from a quick-fire cameo of 34 from just 10 balls. Rashid had also troubled Chennai in the first qualifier with figures of 2/11. On the batting front, top scorer of the tournament Williamson has led from the front. The New Zealand skipper, rated as one of the best batters of the current generation, has so far amassed 688 runs in 16 games at an average of 52.92. Williamson has also led admirably on the field. Opener Shikhar Dhawan has also been good, amassing 471 runs from 15 games and Hyderabad’s opening will mostly rely on him. The middle-order however, needs to find their touch for one final time in the league as Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Shakib Al Hasan and Yusuf Pathan have failed to live up to the expectations. It will also be interesting to see whether Yusuf gets a chance in the playing XI in the mega final as the Baroda right hander has failed miserably in the present season, with just 215 runs from 15 games. Overall, it could be another edge-of-the-seat match on a Super Sunday for fans when the two best teams of this year’s league square-off for one final time. Squads: Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni(c/wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, David Willey. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shakib Al Hasan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Carlos Brathwaite, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rashid Khan, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Mohammad Nabi, Basil Thampi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Alex Hales. With inputs from IANS
Highlights, IPL 2018 Final, CSK vs SRH at Mumbai: Shane Watson hundred drives Chennai Super Kings to third crown
What a comeback this has been from Chennai Super Kings! Returning after a two-year suspension, with their fans travelling to all parts of the country following Chepauk’s loss of their home games, this has been an absolute fairytale from MS Dhoni’s men!
 "Highlights, IPL 2018 Final, CSK vs SRH at Mumbai: Shane Watson hundred drives Chennai Super Kings to third crown")
MS Dhoni lifts the trophy for the third time!
MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings captain: By the time you reach the finals, everybody knows their roles. You push your bowlers as less runs as possible, for us to chase less runs. We actually know what their (SRH) batting style is. Good that we didn’t lose too many wickets in the first half. They have a mystery bowler in Rashid. What we have to keep in mind is that Bhuvi is equally good. I thought it was a very good batting effort. At the start we thought we have to get things moving. But at the same time, we had the firepower. (Bravo) He keeps doing it on his own. With Faf playing, we had to shuffle around our order. If both (Faf and Rayudu) of them are playing, it’s better if Faf opens. Very difficult to recall, and I feel every win is special. A lot of people talk about facts, statistics. My jersey number is seven, and this is the seventh win for CSK. I think we talked a lot about age, but what is more important is the fitness aspect. Rayudu is 33, but is fit. He is not somebody who will turn up stiff. It’s fitness that matters more than the age. Most captains want players who move on the field. We knew the shortcomings that we had. What was important was to accept that these are the areas we have to catch up on. They have to commit themselves to stop the singles, but no point in getting injured to save the single. No plans as of now. We are going to Chennai tomorrow, and that’s what the plan was irrespective of the result. We’ll have some fun, and a get-together in the hotel.
Players of the Tournament awards in each IPL season:
2008 – Shane Watson
2009 – Adam Gilchrist
2010 – Sachin Tendulkar
2011 – Chris Gayle
2012 – Sunil Narine
2013 – Shane Watson
2014 – Glenn Maxwell
2015 – Andre Russell
2016 – Virat Kohli
2017 – Ben Stokes
2018 – Sunil Narine
Orange Cap winners in each season of IPL:
2008 – Shaun Marsh
2009 – Matthew Hayden
2010 – Sachin Tendulkar
2011 – Chris Gayle
2012 – Chris Gayle
2013 – Michael Hussey
2014 -Robin Uthappa
2015 – David Warner
2016 – Virat Kohli
2017 – David Warner
2018 – Kane Williamson
Purple cap winners in each season of IPL:
2008 – Sohail Tanvir
2009 – RP Singh
2010 – Pragyan Ojha
2011 – Lasith Malinga
2012 – Morne Morkel
2013 – Dwayne Bravo
2014 – Mohit Sharma
2015 – Dwayne Bravo
2016 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2017 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2018 – Andrew Tye
Rishabh Pant wins the IPL 2018 Emerging Player award!
“When you play a lot of matches in the IPL, you gain confidence. This season I have changed something. Last season I was looking to hit everything. This season I was looking to play normally,” says Delhi Daredevils keeper-batsman Pant.
Shane Watson: Big Match Player!
Player of the Series – IPL 2008
Player of the Series – IPL 2013
Player of the Match – IPL 2018
Man of the Match awards in IPL finals:
2008 – Yusuf Pathan
2009 – Anil Kumble
2010 – Suresh Raina
2011 – Murali Vijay
2012 – Manvinder Bisla
2013 – Kieron Pollard
2014 – Manish Pandey
2015 – Rohit Sharma
2016 – Ben Cutting
2017 – Krunal Pandya
2018 – Shane Watson
Karn Sharma in last three IPLs
Part of 2016 IPL winners SRH
Part of 2017 IPL winners MI
Part of 2018 IPL winners CSK
CSK’s position in each IPL season:
2008 – Runner-up
2009 – Semi-final
2010 – Winner
2011 – Winner
2012 – Runner-up
2013 – Runner-up
2014 – Third
2015 – Runner-up
2018 – Winner*
Watson took Chennai home!
“Elementary my dear Watson!” Just hit the ball harder and further than anybody else in the @IPL Final. @ShaneRWatson33 #IPL
— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) May 27, 2018
Watto, was all class today!
That’s only the 2nd hundred in an IPL final. To get it in 51 balls after being scoreless for the first ten balls is sensational
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) May 27, 2018
Love for MSD!
The legend of @msdhoni grows a few more notches further. What a great IPL season he's had, as batsman and captain!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 27, 2018
Winners in each season of IPL:
2008 – RR
2009 – DC
2010 – CSK
2011 – CSK
2012 – KKR
2013 – MI
2014 – KKR
2015 – MI
2016 – SRH
2017 – MI
2018 – CSK
Runners-up in each season of IPL:
2008 – CSK
2009 – RCB
2010 – MI
2011 – RCB
2012 – CSK
2013 – CSK
2014 – KXIP
2015 – CSK
2016 – RCB
2017 – RPS
2018 – SRH
Targets chased in IPL finals successfully:
200 – KKR v KXIP, Bangalore, 2014
179 – CSK v SRH, Mumbai, 2018*
191 – KKR v CSK, Chennai, 2012
164 – RR v CSK, Mumbai, 2008
Players to be part of most winning IPL finals:
4 – Rohit Sharma (2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
4 – Ambati Rayudu (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)*
Captains to win most IPL finals:
3 – Rohit Sharma (2013, 2015, 2017)
3 – MS Dhoni (2010, 2011, 2018)
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