It was down to the one last contest in IPL 2019 to decide who takes home the coveted title for the record 4th time. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings produced a match which was worthy of a final. Just like 2017, Mumbai won the match off the last ball and that too, by one run. MI remained unbeaten against CSK this year as they won all the 4 games. In the end, Mumbai Indians became the first team to win 4 IPL titles.
IPL 2019 Final MI vs CSK Highlights
Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat as he felt runs on the board in a big game would be crucial. Quinton de Kock and Rohit provided a blistering start as they reached close to 50 in the 5th over. Shardul Thakur gave CSK the first breakthrough when he removed de Kock for 29. Deepak Chahar once again accounted for the wicket of Rohit to bring the score to 45/2 in the 6th over.
Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav came together and in the bid to rebuild, played slowly. The pressure built and they were forced to up the ante. In doing so, both fell in a quick succession. Krunal Pandya also fell cheaply. MI was down to 101/5 in the 15th over. The onus was on Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya to give them a flourishing finish.
Bowlers restrict MI to 149
Both began to strike big and threatened to score big. But Deepak Chahar bowled a terrific penultimate over and removed Hardik and Rahul Chahar. However, Pollard was still out there. His unbeaten knock of 41 off 25 balls helped MI get to a fighting total of 149/8 at the end of 20 overs.
Chasing a moderate target, CSK got off to a flourishing start. Faf du Plessis was the aggressor as he went after the new ball. Krunal halted his stay to 25 in the 4th over. Shane Watson was joined by Suresh Raina as the duo batted for a partnership. However, the pressure was applied by the Mumbai bowlers, especially Rahul Chahar.
Rahul removed Raina and then Bumrah accounted for the wicket of Ambati Rayudu soon. The all-important Dhoni was out in the middle in the crucial chase. But a run-out ended his short stay. When he departed for 2, courtesy of a direct hit by Ishan Kishan, MI came back in style. CSK was reduced to 82/4 in the 13th over.
Watson was riding on his luck as the opposition fielders dropped 3 catches of him. Alongside Dwayne Bravo, he dragged the chase towards the target. CSK needed 62 runs from the last 5 overs. Lasith Malinga was taken for 20 runs in the 16th over. Bumrah’s 17th went for just 4.
Rohit brought Krunal for the 18th over. But that move backfired and the spinner conceded 20 runs as Watson slammed 3 consecutive sixes. With 18 in the bag, Bumrah have away just 5 runs off the first 5 balls. But de Kock left an easy take behind the stumps that went for four byes.
The Last Over Thrill
9 runs were needed from the last over. Malinga had the ball in hand who had been missing the mark thus far. But he redeemed himself and bowled superb yorkers. Watson attempted to take a couple of runs off the 4th ball but an accurate throw from the boundary by Krunal found him short. His knock of 80 from 59 ended there finally. Shardul Thakur collected 2 runs that left 2 to get from the final ball.
Malinga had been nailing the yorkers thus far and the batsman lined up for that. But the Sri Lankan maestro bowled a slower ball that hit Thakur on the pad dead in front of the stumps. That was the moment Mumbai Indians won another final by just 1 run. The Men in Blue became the first team to win the IPL title 4 time
IPL 2019 Final MI vs CSK Summary and Full Scorecard
IPL 2019 Final MI vs CSK Summary
Mumbai Indians – 149/8 (20 Overs) |
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| Kieron Pollard – 41 (25) | Deepak Chahar – 3/26 |
| Quinton de Kock – 29 (17) | Imran Tahir – 2/23 |
Chennai Super Kings -148/7 (20) |
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| Shane Watson – 80 (59) | Jasprit Bumrah – 2/14 |
| Faf du Plessis – 26 (13) | Rahul Chahar – 1/14 |
PL 2019 Final MI vs CSK Full Scorecard
Mumbai Indians Innings Full Scorecard
Mumbai Indians – 149/8 (20 Overs) |
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| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4S | 6S | SR |
| Quinton de Kock (c Dhoni b SN Thakur) | 29 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 170.59 |
| Rohit Sharma (c Dhoni b D Chahar) | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 107.14 |
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Suryakumar Yadav (b Tahir) |
15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 88.24 |
| Ishan Kishan (c Raina b Tahir) | 23 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 88.46 |
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Krunal Pandya (c & b SN Thakur) |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Kieron Pollard (not out) | 41 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 164 |
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Hardik Pandya (lbw b D Chahar) |
16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 160 |
| Rahul Chahar (c du Plessis b D Chahar) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Mitchell McClenaghan (run out (du Plessis/DJ Bravo)) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah (not out) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Did not bat:- Lasith Malinga
| Bowlers | Overs | M | Runs | Wkts | WD | NB | Econ |
| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Shardul Thakur | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Imran Tahir | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Chennai Super Kings Innings Full Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings -148/7 (20) |
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| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4S | 6S | SR |
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Faf du Plessis (st de Kock b Krunal Pandya) |
26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 200 |
| Shane Watson (run out (Krunal Pandya/de Kock)) | 80 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 135.59 |
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Suresh Raina (lbw b Rahul Chahar) |
8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Ambati Rayudu (c de Kock b Bumrah) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
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MS Dhoni (run out (Ishan Kishan)) |
2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Dwayne Bravo (c de Kock b Bumrah) | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| Ravindra Jadeja (not out) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Shardul Thakur (lbw b Malinga) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Did not bat:- Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | WD | NB | Econ |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Lasith Malinga | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.25 |
| Hardik Pandya | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Rahul Chahar | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 |
Twitter Reacted as Mumbai Indians Won the IPL Title 4th Time
Here are some best tweets of the day as Mumbai Indians became the first team to win the IPL four times
What a Cracking final , great tournament. Tough luck Chennai.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 12, 2019
Congratulations Mumbai #MIvCSK
https://twitter.com/ashwinravi99/status/1127636152863862789
The first team to lift this beauty – FOUR times 🏆🏆🏆🏆 https://t.co/TPACZRtMcs
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 12, 2019
Age is just a number for #malinga 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 12, 2019
Now, @Jaspritbumrah93, rest a while and keep those magic overs for June and July. #LoveYourWork
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 12, 2019
Congratulations @mipaltan! What a final… #malinga you beauty. Total team effort. Great effort @ChennaiIPL #IPLFinal2019 #MIvCSK #GameBanayegaName
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) May 12, 2019
WHAT A MATCH! Worthy of a final. Clash between the titans and @mipaltan emerges as the winner. #CSKvsMI #IPLFinal
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) May 12, 2019
Wow! Speechless. IPL, what a spectacle @IPL well done @ImRo45 and @mipaltan team.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) May 12, 2019
Woohooo; Mali; u beauty!!!! @mipaltan 🏆- now I need a beer to settle my nerves! Nails are chewed!!! Been jumping around. My hotel room for past 10 minutes; what a game: got to love the #IPL https://t.co/iaYy8UCPsj
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) May 12, 2019
What a game of cricket yehi to mzaa hai ipl finals ka congratulations @mipaltan and well played @ChennaiIPL 👏👏👏👏😊👍 @IPL
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) May 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/hershybru/status/1127635808498933760
So close, yet so far! 😣 A hard, hard loss for the #yellove brigade! #IPL2019Final
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 12, 2019
