IPL 2019 Final Winner, MI Vs CSK Match Highlights, Full Scorecard: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai to win fourth title

Tomorrrow morning when we wake up, there will be a sudden emptiness. There will be no IPL match to look forward to. As they say, every good thing comes to an end. But what a finish, isn't it? There were so many close games in IPL 2019 and the last match of the league lived up to the reputation.

Mumbai Indians have four IPL trophies in the cabinet. Incredible stuff really. CSK, despite the loss, continue to be called a great team. The last-ball finishes can go anywhere. One of those days when it did not go there way. 

One tournament comes to an end and the other awaits us. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 begins on 30 May. Firstpost has already started bringing you analytical pieces and news related to the biggest crickerting extravaganza. You can find all those articles here. 

Meet you soon, people. For now, on behalf of Karan Pradhan, Ujwal Singh, Vaibhav Shah, Amit Banerjee, Jigar Mehta, Shantanu Srivastava, Dilip Unnikrishnan, Shivam Damohe, Amit Kamath, Anish Anand, PN Vishnu, this is Shubham Pandey signing off. Good night. 

Rohit Sharma, MI captain: Throughout the tournament, we played good cricket. We spoke at the start, we need to break tournament into two halves. Once we got he momentum, we went with it. We know how frustrating it is. Credit to the entire squad. Somebody came at some point and played a part. 

I think our bowling was excellent. At different stages of the game, our bowlers put their hand up and brought us back in the game. We understood the conditions well and backed our skills. Malinga after going for so many runs, he came back. That is what champions do. He had confidence to pull this off. I wanted to back who has been in the situation before. 

I am learning every game , learning every tournament. It is important for these guys to step up and make the captain look good. 

MS Dhoni, CSK captain: We had a good season as a team. But we need to go back and reflect on how we reached the finals. It's not one of those years where we played really great cricket to reach here. The middle order wasn't great, and in IPLs it is very funny as to how both these teams are only passing on the trophies from one team to the other. Both teams made a lot of mistakes, they made one lesser mistake. I think the bowlers did really well for us, even today it was definitely more than an 150 wicket. They kept performing and kept getting wickets whenever needed. Whenever they restricted the opposition to a low score, somebody stepped up with the bat, chipped in and that's how we've won most of our games. Hopefully yes (on whether he be there in the next season?).

CSK coach Stephen Fleming collects runners-up award

Andre Russell awarded the season's Most Valuable Player award

Imran Tahir wins Purple Cap

Tahir: Really greateful to Chennai to give me chance at this age. Thanks to everyone who has been supporting me. Mumbai played well and they deserved the victory. I am very please to see these things working late in my career. Playing in this league is tough. I am just very happy with myself. I have been doing hardwork for a long time. I would love to play more. I want to play as much as I can.

David Warner wins the Orange Cap. he smashes 692 runs in 12 matches for SRH

Andre Russell is the season's Super Striker for striking the ball at  SR of 204.81

Kieron Pollard takes the trophy for Perfect catch of the Season

Hardik Pandya  gets the Fastest fifty award 

Fairplay award goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad: VVS Laxman collects the trophy 

Shubman Gill is the Emerging Player of the Year in IPL 2019

Jasprit Bumrah, MoM: I am very happy. We know finals can be close, so I just wanted to stay calm. Winning fourth title for Mumbai makes me very happy. Today I was surprisingly very calm. Wasn't panicking, just focusing on the next ball.

Jasprit Bumrah is the Man of the Match.

 

What a champion team!

You always celebrate the winners at a time like this. But you have to pause and acknowledge a sensational campaign by #CSK.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 12, 2019

Akash Ambani, MI team owner: Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker in IPL and this is why he's so good. I think Mumbai's environment helps us do well. We back a player to the T and we treat everyone like a family. The squad and support staff is the reason why we are champions.

Sachin Tendulkar, MI Mentor: They key moment was to get Dhoni run-out but then also, in patches when Bumrah came in and bowl those crictical overs. Malinga finished it off beautifully. The last time we played here we defended 129. It was an amazing game. We have a terrific team, with mix of seniors an youngsters. The way Rahul has bowled in this season, he has been fabulous. He beat the bat on a couple of occasions. He performed consistently. Not to forget Pandya's special batting.  

Mahela Jayawardene, MI coach: You cannot control match from the dugout but we have lot of trust in the group. We knew it was going to be tricky one. Great decisions from Rohit. Pollard batted beautifully and took a lot of pressure off. Big players come to the party when it comes to the big games.

Nita Ambani, MI team owner: I wasn't watching the last over, definitely not the last ball. Congratulations to our captain for leading Mumbai Indians beautifully.

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Never bet against Bumrah and Malinga. The greatest death bowling pair of all time has done it again for the Mumbai Indians. It seemed MI didn't want it for a while. They were dropping catches, misfielding, and giving byes but they kept their nerves all the way through and were the deserving winners. CSK will go back to lick their wounds and try to regroup for the next season. The way they fought in the big final against a team that has had the wood them all season gives them reason to hold their head high despite the loss. 

Rajesh Tiwary, Freelance cricket writer

23:45 (IST)

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Full credit to Mumbai Indians and Lasith Malinga. He had the presence of mind to execute and out think Shardul Thakur under the most immense pressure. Full credit to Rohit Sharma to back Malinga despite him having a poor night. Mumbai coaching staff also need credit for luring Malinga to play again after being part of the coaching staff last year. They deserve to be champions. 

Gaurav Joshi, Freelance cricket writer

23:45 (IST)

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Most wins vs a team in an IPL season:

4 - CSK v SRH, 2018

4 - MI v CSK, 2019*

Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician

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Smallest wins in IPL Finals:

1 run -  Mumbai Indians v RPS, Hyderabad, 2017

1 run -  Mumbai Indians v CSK, Hyderabad, 2019*

Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician

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Lasith Malinga: At that stage, we needed wickets. I wanted to get the wickets. Because I knew wickets will win us the game

Jasprit Bumrah: The ball was reversing a little bit. Finals can go to the last ball. The aim was to not create panic. We always back each other and believe as team. Anyone can win us games on their day. 

Kieron Pollard: This is the game people will remember. The more runs you score, the pressure is more on the opponents. In 2017, we did not have many runs. This match also went down the last over. The team that panics less wins. The guys stood up at diferent situations. At the end we are champions

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MILESTONE ALERT!!!

Rohit Sharma becomes the first player to be part of five IPL winning teams.

(2009 for Chargers, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 for Mumbai Indians)

Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician

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A game to remember for a long, long time

Wow! Speechless. IPL, what a spectacle @IPL well done @ImRo45 and @mipaltan team.

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) May 12, 2019

IPL 2019 finishes on a high

Can't ask for a better final. Down to Malinga!! How many would have given him that last over!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 12, 2019

MUMBAI INDIANS WIN IPL 2019, BEAT CSK BY 1 RUN IN THE FINALS!

Perfect yorker from Malinga, who bowled the best yorker that he has bowled in ages, it dropped down on Thakur and hit him on the boots. MI appealed and umpire raised the finger. MI will lift their fourth IPL trophy in a few minutes.

WHAT. A. MATCH.

Ball 5:Thakur comes in to bat after Watson's dismissal. Malinga comes racing in from over the wicket, Thakur hits it to deep backward square leg and they run 2. Two needed off 1. Hold your breath, people. 

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OUT!

Brilliant yorker from Malinga, Watson hits it to deep backward point, and takes a slow single, Jadeja calls for second and Watson responded. The rocket throw de Kock in time and he was quick to dislodge the bails. Watson is walking. Watson run out (Krunal Pandya/de Kock) 80(59) 

Chennai need 4 runs in 2 balls

Ball 3: Low full-toss at Watson from round the wicket, the batsman collects two in the leg side. 5 needed in 3 balls. 

Ball 2: Malinga to Jadeja, hits it straight back to the bowler, steals 1 run. Close chance to run Jadeja out but Malinga could not aim at the stumps. 7 needed off 4

20th over, Malinga bowls the last over. 

Ball 1: Malinga round the wicket to Watson, hit on long-on, just 1. 8 needed off 5. 

After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 141/5 ( Shane Watson 76 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)

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Oh Bumrah, you beauty. The match is slipping away from hands, you give him the ball, he will pull it back. Calm and composed, using his skills so well. Game after game, he keeps on delivering the goods under pressure. De Kock panics under pressure on the last ball, could not collect the ball and the ball raced away for a 4 byes. The equation is now 9 needed off 6. Last over coming your way, people. Ball-by-ball updates in last over. Don't move.

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OUT! Bumrah comes into the attack and bangs it short, the ball rises from the length, Bravo was moving to the on side, heaved, the ball took the edge and flew to de Kock who appealed and umpire Gould raised his finger. Dwayne Bravo c de Kock b Bumrah 15(15)

Chennai need 17 runs in 10 balls

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Big over against Krunal makes CSK favourite now. Everything hinges on that Bumrah over now. If CSK don't lose a wicket in this over, they will fancy themselves in that final over against anyone. 

Rajesh Tiwary, Freelance cricket writer

23:18 (IST)

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After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 132/4 ( Shane Watson 75 , Dwayne Bravo 15)

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Insane hitting from Watson. He hit Malinga two overs ago for 20 and then he was removed in this over. Replaced by Krunal. He hits him for three consecutive sixes, collects 19 in this over. Wow. Chennai now need 18 runs in 12 balls. 

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Watson and Bravo have hit Malinga out of the attack. Bumrah looks unplayable with his skiddy pace and awkward bounce. Rohit has gambled with Krunal in the eighteenth over. This could be the game right here. 

Rajesh Tiwary, Freelance cricket writer

23:15 (IST)

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SIX! Angles into the pads of Watson and he sweeps the ball for a maximum over the deep mid-wicket boundary. 

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SIX! Power from Watson, a little short in length and Watson clears the straight boundary to collect six more runs.

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SIX! Fullish in length and Watson sits on right knee, frees his arm and hits it over the deep extra cover fielder for a maximum. 

Big risk taken by Rohit!

Krunal for the 18th! This is Rohit's Jogi move

— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) May 12, 2019

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Brilliant by Bumrah. Mumbai have the luxury of one more over from Bumrah, but can the other two bowlers be economical enough to get them the win. With Jadeja still to come, it might be risky business to introduce Krunal Pandya. It could well might be Hardik Pandya and then Malinga to finish off. Fielding once again could be pivotal. CSK will back getting 15 runs off the last over. 

Gaurav Joshi, Freelance cricket writer

23:09 (IST)

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After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 112/4 ( Shane Watson 56 , Dwayne Bravo 14)

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Watson is turning out to be the cat with nine lives in the game. Has been dropped twice now. He is still batting. Nerves playing its role. Catches being dropped, bowlers missing yorkers, batsmen running impossible singles, wicket-keeper not collecting routine takes behind the stumps. Don't go anywhere as this is going to the last over for sure. Just 4 off the over. Chennai need 38 runs in 18 balls

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Watson is living a charmed life. He blasted Malinga away in the sixteenth over to bring the required rate under contro, then his miscue against Bumrah was dropped by Chahar. He has saved all his luck for the big night. 

Rajesh Tiwary, Freelance cricket writer

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DROPPED! Rahul Chahar has dropped a sitter. An absolute sitter. Short ball from Bumrah and Watson pulled, the ball took the top edge and went to Chahar at deep backward square leg. Chahar came beneath ball, took the catch and then spilled it. Has he dropped the match?

After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 108/4 ( Shane Watson 55 , Dwayne Bravo 12)

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Watson has pulled the game back for CSK. A 20-run over and this is what they were looking for. Malinga missed one yorker after the other and kept on leaking runs. Watson is repeating his 2018 final heroics, can he finish the game tonight? Chennai need 42 runs in 24 balls

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FOUR! One more. Crazy scenes in Hyderabad as pace on the ball again by Malinga and Watson sits on one knee and smashes it through the covers for a boundary.