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22:49   Watson's century powers CSK to third IPL title


CSK 181-2 (18.3 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Banned for two years due to the spot-fixing scandal in 2013, it turned out to be a fairytale comeback for Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK as they hammered Sunrisers Hyderabad to clinch their third IPL title.

Shane Watson blasted an unbeaten century to power Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic eight-win victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL-11 final in Mumbai on Sunday.

Watson smashed 117 from 57 balls, hitting eight sixes and 11 fours, as CSK cruised to 181 for two in 18.3 overs.

SRH, who were put into bat, were restricted to 178 for six in their 20 overs on a good batting wicket at the Wankhede stadium.
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22:49   Watson's century powers CSK to third IPL title


CSK 181-2 (18.3 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Banned for two years due to the spot-fixing scandal in 2013, it turned out to be a fairytale comeback for Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK as they hammered Sunrisers Hyderabad to clinch their third IPL title.

Shane Watson blasted an unbeaten century to power Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic eight-win victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL-11 final in Mumbai on Sunday.

Watson smashed 117 from 57 balls, hitting eight sixes and 11 fours, as CSK cruised to 181 for two in 18.3 overs.

SRH, who were put into bat, were restricted to 178 for six in their 20 overs on a good batting wicket at the Wankhede stadium.
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22:40   Watson's century powers CSK to third IPL title


CSK 181-2 (18.3 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Watson looking to finish off things in a hurry. He hammers Kaul straight down the ground for a four and repeats the shot off the next ball for the same result to bring CSK closer to their third title.

Brathwaite comes back with just two runs needed to win the title.  Rayudu drives the third ball through the covers for a four to take CSK to the title.
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22:37   Watson slams 51-ball century, CSK set for win


CSK 166-2 (17 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Rashid comes back into the attack. He bowls four dot balls in a row before Rayudu is hit on the pads as Sunrisers take the review after the LBW appeal is turned down.

However, the impact is outside the off-stump as Sunrisers lose their review. Rashid bowls a maiden over as Rayudu can manage only a leg bye from the last ball.

Bhuvneshwar comes back as Rayudu lofts the third ball straight down the ground for a six before he takes one.

Watson also takes a single to take his score to 98 while also keeping the strike.

Rashid continues as Watson takes a couple of singles to race to his century from just 51 balls.

Rayudu takes one before Watson shuffles across and sweeps Rashid fine for a four.

He heaves the next ball on the leg side as Hooda makes a valiant effort diving forward but misses and gives away another boundary.
22:20   Watson's attack puts CSK in control


CSK 145-2 (14 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Brathwaite comes back into the attack as he makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Raina, who is caught behind off a short ball.

The decision is referred upstairs as Raina is hit on the gloves trying to pull it fine to be caught behind after a fluent 32 from 24 balls.

Ambati Rayudu gets off the mark with a single before Watson guides a short wide ball fine on the off-side for a four to take his score into the 90s.

Brathwaite bowls a wide before Watson pulls the last ball over midwicket for a six.

14 runs from the 14th over to take CSK to 145 for two, needing another 34 runs from six overs for victory.

Watson is playing an incredible knock with the bat, having smashed his way to 97 from 48 balls.
22:13   Watson's blast puts CSK in control


CSK 131-1 (13 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

The runs continue to flow for CSK. This time Brathwaite drops it short as Watson pulls it over midwicket for a four to get nine runs from the over.

Watson goes after Sandeep in the next over, taking him to the cleaners. He hits a full toss over the covers for a four and then slams the next three balls for back to back sixes, clearing the leg side boundary with ease.

Watson steers the last ball through the thirdman region for a four to get 27 runs from the over.

Watson has smashed his way to 86 from 45 balls to lift CSK to 131 for one 13 overs, needing another 48 runs from seven overs for victory.
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22:09   Watson hits fifty; CSK in control


CSK 95-1 (11 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Watson continues to grow in confidence. This time he launches pacer Kaul down the ground for a six and then mishits the full toss on the off-side for two runs to bring up the 50-run stand for the second wicket from just 29 balls with Raina.

Watson continues to target Kaul as he clobbers a short wide ball over mid-off for a four.

He was yet to score from his first 10 balls but has since slammed 41 from 19 balls to make up for his slow start.

Rashid comes back as CSK continue to keep the runs coming. A full delivery down the leg side is swept fine by Raina to get eight from the over.

At the halfway stage, CSK are in control on 80 for one with Watson on 45 from 32 balls and Raina on 22 from 17 balls. They need another 99 runs from 10 overs for victory.

In the next over, Watson brings up his half-century in grand style from 33  balls as he launches Shakib Al Hasan for a six down the ground.

Raina joins in the party as he lofts the spinner over long-on for another six to get 15 from the over.
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21:48   Watson, Raina steady CSK


CSK 56-1 (8 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Extended spell for both pacers as Sandeep also continues, bowl his third over on the trot.

Sandeep starts his new over with a wide followed by two singles before Watson pulls a short ball over midwicket for a six.

The next ball is full as Watson smashes it down the ground for a four and then tries to sweep the next ball but misses. Raina calls him for a quick leg bye as Sandeep breaks down the stumps with his legs football style but the left-hander makes his crease with the dive.

15 runs from the Sandeep over as CSK reach 35 for one in six overs, with Watson on 19 and Raina on four. They need 144 runs from 14 overs for victory at an asking rate of just over 10, with nine wickets in hand.

Pacer Siddarth Kaul comes into the attack. Raina picks a single from the first ball before Watson clubs the second ball over midwicket for a six and then takes a single.

Kaul bowls short as Raina pulls it fine on the leg side for a four and repeats the shot off the last ball for the same result to take CSK past the 50-run mark, in the seventh over.

Leg-spinner Rashid Khan comes into the attack. He makes a tidy start, giving away just five runs in his first over, including a leg bye.
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21:29   Du Plessis falls early after SRH post 178


CSK 20-1 (5 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Sandeep continues as Faf misses the flick but picks up a leg bye. A frustrated Watson looks to break free as he goes for the slog sweep and is beaten but the appeal for LBW is turned down.

He punches the third ball down the ground for a straight four to get off the mark in some style, from the 11th ball he faces.

The pressure pays off as Du Plessis chips down and looks for a big shot down the ground but miscues it high on the off-side to be caught by the bowler.

Du Plessis walks back for 10 as CSK are reduced to 16 for one in four overs.

Third over for Bhuvneshwar with the new ball as Sunrisers continue to look for early wickets, especially Suresh Raina.

Two singles from the first two balls before Raina gets an inside edge on the pads but defends the next ball watchfully down the pitch.

He flicks the next ball which goes on the bounce to deep square leg for one. Two more singles as Bhuvi gives away four runs in his third over to continue his fine start with the ball.
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21:20   CSK off to a slow start after Sunrisers post 178


CSK 10-0 (3 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the bowling for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He starts with a beauty, full and moving away, beating Shane Watson outside the off-stump.

He defends watchfully before he is beaten again off the last ball as Bhuvneshwar starts off well, with a maiden over.

Sandeep Sharma to bowl the second over. He bowls a short wide delivery which Faf du Plessis punches through the covers for a four to get CSK off the mark.

A single to Faf before Watson plays another two dot balls, his eighth in a row, as just five come from the second over.

Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar continues his superb start with the ball. CSK seem to have come up with a plan of not taking any risks against Bhuvneshwar and just see him off with utmost caution.

Du Plessis can only defend the first four balls before he taps the next on the off-side and sets off for a quick run but gets five overthrows in the process as the fielder has a shy at the stumps but misses and gives away some free runs.

Bhuvi ends the over with another dot ball to Watson, who is yet to get off the mark from nine balls.


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20:54   Pathan's attack lifts Sunrisers to 178


Sunrisers 178-6 (20 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Yusuf Pathan stroked a quickfire 45 from 25 balls to provide the impetus at the end and lift Sunrisers Hyderabad to 178 for six.

Kane Williamson rallied Sunrisers after an early wicket with a fluent 47 from 36 balls, while Shakib Al Hasan made 23 and Carlos Brathwaite stroked 21 from 11 balls.

The CSK bowlers put in a disciplined effort with the ball, with Lungi Ngidi leading the way with impressive figures of one for 26, while Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo claimed a wicket each.

CSK managed to pull back things at the end as Ngidi and Thakur conceded just 18 from the last two overs, to restrict Sunrisers, who looked set for around the 190-run mark.
20:50   Pathan's attack lifts Sunrisers to 178


Sunrisers 178-6 (20 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Bravo to bowl the 18th over. He starts with a leg side wide down the leg side to Pathan, who then takes one to long-off.

Carlos Brathwaite takes no time to get going as he smashes Bravo powerfully over long-off for a six.

Two singles before Brathwaite top edges the pull which falls short of Jadeja at deep midwicket.

Pathan blasts the last ball straight down the ground for a four as Bravo goes for 16 in his final over to finish with one for 46 in his four overs.

Ngidi continues to keep things tight. Brathwaite is completely deceived by the slower ball as he skies it high but it falls short of the fielder at long-off.

Pathan also has check his shot to adjust to the change of pace as he taps it on the off-side for a single.

Brathwaite walks across his stumps across a long way but misses the flick as the ball passes over the stumps.

He has a swing at the next delivery but is beaten by the change of pace but he makes full connection with the last ball, clearing the long-on fielder for a six.

Despite the six, Ngidi gives away just eight runs in his final over, to finish with one for 26 in his four overs, including a maiden.

Thakur to bowl the final over. Pathan clips a full toss on the leg side for two runs before the pacer bowls a leg side wide.

Thakur is then beaten by the change of pace before he takes one to long-off and Brathwaite misses the heave courtesy of a slower ball.

He swings at the fifth ball and seems to have miscued it and just about manages to clear the fielder at long-on who takes the catch but falls over the ropes.

However, the bowler gets revenge off the last ball as Brathwaite is caught at long-on for 21.
20:32   Hooda falls for 3, SRH 5 down


Sunrisers 144-5 (17 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Pacer Ngidi comes back into the attack. Three singles from the first three balls before Pathan smashes a full delivery down the ground for a six and then takes a single.

Ngidi then strikes in the over with the wicket of Deepak Hooda, who flicks it straight into the hands of Jadeja at deep square leg for three.
20:28   Shakib out for 23, SRH lose 4th wicket


Sunrisers 134-4 (16 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Shardul comes back as Pathan slaps a short wide ball through the covers for a four while singles come from the rest of the over, which goes for nine runs.

In the next over, Pathan takes on Karn as he smashes the leggie over the covers for a six.

A single to Pathan before Shakib picks up a couple as SRH reach 126 for three in 15 overs.

Bravo comes back as Pathan continues his attacking approach, blasting the first ball over the covers for a four.

Three more singles before Bravo makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Shakib, who hits a full toss straight to the fielder in the covers to be caught for 23.
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20:16   Williamson out for 47, SRH 3 down


Sunrisers 108-3 (13 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Karn comes back as he strikes with the key wicket of Williamson. The SRH captain leaves his crease quite early and is beaten by the leg-spinner with Dhoni completing an easy stumping.

Williamson walks back for 47 from 36 balls as SRH are reduced to 101 for three in the 13th over.

Sunrisers looking to attack the spinners as they promote Yusuf Pathan. He gets off the mark with a four, steering a wide short ball fine on the off-side and then clips the next ball for two runs on the leg side and keeps strike with one from the last ball.
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20:06   Williamson takes SRH past 100


Sunrisers 101-2 (12 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Chahar, who has one over in hand, comes back into the attack. He ends his spell with a tight over, conceding just three singles, as he finishes with 25 runs from four overs.

At the halfway stage, Sunrisers have reached 73 for two in 10 overs, with Williamson on 32 from 27 balls and Shakib on six from four balls.

Williamson makes room and looks for the inside out loft over the covers but gets a thick outside edge which just about evades the fielder at short thirdman and goes for a four.

Shakib goes after Jadeja as he heavess the left-arm spinner over midwicket for a six before he sweeps the next through the same region for a four.

Bravo comes back into the attack. Williamson drills a half-volley through the covers for a four and then pulls a short one through midwicket for another boundary.

Williamson plays another good cover drive but this time the fielder does well to stop it on the edge of the fence before Shakib takes one to long-on to bring up SRH's 100, in the 12th over.

SRH are 101 for one in 12 overs, with Williamson on 47 from 35 balls and Shakib on 18 from eight balls.
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19:52   Dhawan out for 26; SRH lose 2nd wicket


Sunrisers 70-2 (9 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Dhawan looks to have taken a back seat as Williamson looks to attack as he picks another quiet run.

Williamson chips the next ball to long-off for a single on the bounce to the fielder.

Jadeja strikes with his third delivery with the key wicket of Dhawan, who goes for the slog sweep but misses and is bowled after a sedate innings of 26 from 25 balls.

Shakib Al Hasan gets off the mark with a four behind point followed by two singles as Sunrisers reach 70 for two in nine overs.
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19:44   Williamson, Dhawan rally Sunrisers


Sunrisers 62-1 (8 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Karn Sharma comes into the attack. Three singles from the first three balls before the leggie bowls a leg side wide.

Dhawan goes hard as he powerfully sweeps Karna through square leg for a four and keeps strike with one from the last ball as Sunrisers go past the 50-run mark, in the seventh over.

Medium pacer Dwayne Bravo comes into the attack. He makes a good start, bowling three dot balls in a row to Dhawan, who is beaten by the bouncer, before he takes one on the off-side.

Williamson looks to make up for the quiet start in the over by carving a wide delivery from Bravo over the covers for a four.

The last ball is a full toss on the pads as Williamson clips it over the fine leg fence for a six.

Sunrisres have recovered to 62 for one in eight overs, with Williamson on 28 from 21 balls and Dhawan on 25 from 23 balls.
19:35   Sunrisers struggle after an early wicket


Sunrisers 42-1 (6 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Superb bowling from the CSK pacers, giving nothing away, as they build the pressure with some tight overs with the new ball.

Captain Kane Williamson is watchful to begin with and is content to play out a maiden over from Ngidi, who has settled into a nice probing line and length.

Williamson looks to release the pressure in the next over. He attempts the pull shot against Chahar but gets a top edge which flies over the fine leg fence for a six.

Two balls later, he gets it off the middle as he pulls a short ball through midwicket for a four as 13 come from Chahar's third over.

Pacer Shardul Thakur comes into the attack. He starts with a wide down the leg side to Williamson, who then takes a single before Dhawan swings the pacer over midwicket for a six.

He clips the next ball behind square for two runs as the fielder does well on the fence before he takes one.

A single to Williamson off the last ball makes it 12 from the over.

Sunrisers have lifted the tempo to get 25 from the last two overs to reach 42 for one in six overs with Dhawan on 18 from 15 balls and Williamson on 16 from 17 balls.
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19:22   Goswami out for 5, Sunrisers lose early wicket


Sunrisers 17-1 (3 ovs) vs CSK | Scorecard

Pacer Deepak Chahar to open the bowling for CSK and he will make most of any early help with the new ball.

Chahar starts with a high full toss to Sreevats Goswami as the umpire rules it a no-ball for being too high.

Shikhar Dhawan lofts the free hit delivery down the ground but it goes on the bounce to long-on for just a single.

But Chahar does well as he gives away just six runs in the opening over despite starting with the no-ball.

Fast bowler from both ends as Lungi Ngidi comes into the attack from the other end.

Goswami takes a single from the first ball before Dhawan clips the next fine for a four.

A single to Dhawan before Goswami is run out trying for an impossible second run. The latter flicks the fifth ball behind square on the leg side and goes for a risky second run but is well short of the crease.

Kane Williamson gets off the mark with a single from the last ball to mid-on.

Chahar bowls another good ball as Dhawan and Williamson look to play with caution, especially after the early wicket.

The pacer concedes just three in his second over as Sunrisers struggle to 17 for one in three overs.

18:37  
Check out the playing XI of the two teams:

Chennai Super Kings:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, w/k), Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi

Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Kane Williamson (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shreevats Goswami (w/k), Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.

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18:34   CSK elect to bowl vs Sunrisers; Harbhajan dropped
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL final.

The two-time champions have made one change as leg-spinner Karn Sharma comes in for veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Sunrisers have opted for a couple of changes as Sreevats Goswami and Manish Pandey are included in place of Wriddhiman Saha and Khaleel Ahmed.
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18:08   Can Sunrisers deny Dhoni's CSK a third title?
Welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League final between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Sunday.

Nerves will play a big role when title-hungry Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad look to outdo each other and regain the coveted IPL crown.

The winners-take-all T20 final, in front of a capacity crowd at the Wankhede Stadium, will see Chennai Super Kings, gunning for their third IPL crown, take on 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad five days after their first play-off game at the same, neutral venue.

These two southern rivals met on May 22 in Qualifier 1 in which the Super Kings, champions in 2010 and 2011, just about managed to ward off their opponents in a low-scoring thriller after looking down in the dumps at one stage during the run-chase.

That victory, by two wickets, enabled the Super Kings to enter their seventh final in nine attempts directly, while dumping the Hyderabad side to their third successive defeat in head-to-head contests this season.

Sunrisers had to travel to Kolkata to book their final berth and knocked out two-time former champions Kolkata Knight Riders by 14 runs in Qualifier 2 on Friday night.

While the Super Kings were blessed with a four-day break in between their two games, Sunrisers will be hoping that their winning momentum will help overcome the tiredness of travelling to and from Kolkata and playing their third game, which also happens to be the championship-deciding one, in seven days.

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who came up with a sensational 3 for 19 stint on Friday night, apart from scoring a rapid-fire 34 off ten balls and then taking two catches and effecting a run-out, had troubled the Super Kings with a 2 for 11 burst in the first qualifier.

Super Kings will also be wary about the match-turning all-round abilities of Carlos Brathwaite, the hero of the Caribbeans title-winning contest in the 2016 World T20 Championship. The big West Indian shone with the ball at the death against KKR after his blistering innings of 43 not out against CSK.

Super Kings have depended a lot on their top order of Shane Watson, Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu in the round-robin stage of the tournament, apart from Dhoni's finishing flourishes.

With du Plessis and Bravo too in the mix, along with Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh and Shardul Thakur with the ability to play cameos, the batting looks formidable.

The Super Kings's bowling attack also has a well-oiled look, giving them a more rounded visage.

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