2018 Indian Premier League final

{{Infobox limited overs final

|title = 2018 Indian Premier League final

| event = 2018 Indian Premier League

| team1 = Sunrisers Hyderabad

| team2 = Chennai Super Kings

| team1score = 178/6

| team1overs = 20 overs

| team2score = 181/2

| team2overs = 18.1 overs

| details = Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets

| date = 27 May 2018

| stadium = Wankhede Stadium

| city = Mumbai

| man_of_the_match = Shane Watson (CSK)

| umpires = Marais Erasmus (SA)
Sundaram Ravi (Ind)

| attendance = 33,415

| television =

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

}}

The 2018 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, on 27 May 2018 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It was to determine the winner of the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India.{{cite web|title=Indian Premier League, Final:,May 2018|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136620|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 April 2018}} For the first time in the history of IPL, the final was played on 19:00 IST, with all the finals of previous ten seasons played at 20:00 IST.

Chennai defeated Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win their third IPL title. Shane Watson of Chennai won the player of the match award for his innings of 117 not out off 57 balls.

Road to the final

{{main|2018 Indian Premier League|Chennai Super Kings in 2018|Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018}}

=League stage=

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!colspan="3"|Chennai Super Kings

!vs

!colspan="3"|Sunrisers Hyderabad

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!colspan="7"|League Stage

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|Opponent

|Scorecard

|Result

|Titles

|Opponent

|Scorecard

|Result

style="text-align:left"|Mumbai Indians

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136561 7 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 1

|style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Royals

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136564/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-rajasthan-royals-4th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 9 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Kolkata Knight Riders

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136565 10 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 2

|style="text-align:left"|Mumbai Indians

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136567/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-mumbai-indians-7th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 12 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Kings XI Punjab

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136572 15 April 2018]

|Lost

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 3

|style="text-align:left"|Kolkata Knight Riders

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136570/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-10th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 14 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Royals

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136577 20 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 4

|style="text-align:left"|Kings XI Punjab

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136576/kings-xi-punjab-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-16th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 19 April 2018]

|Lost

style="text-align:left"|Sunrisers Hyderabad

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136580 22 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 5

|style="text-align:left"|Chennai Super Kings

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136580/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-chennai-super-kings-20th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 22 April 2018]

|Lost

style="text-align:left"|Royal Challengers

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136584 25 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 6

|style="text-align:left"|Mumbai Indians

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136583/mumbai-indians-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-23rd-match-indian-premier-league-2018 24 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Mumbai Indians

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136587 28 April 2018]

|Lost

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 7

|style="text-align:left"|Kings XI Punjab

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136585/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kings-xi-punjab-25th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 26 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Delhi Daredevils

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136590 30 April 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 8

|style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Royals

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136588/rajasthan-royals-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-28th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 29 April 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Kolkata Knight Riders

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136593 3 May 2018]

|Lost

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 9

|style="text-align:left"|Delhi Daredevils

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136596/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-delhi-daredevils-36th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 5 May 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Royal Challengers

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136595 5 May 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 10

|style="text-align:left"|Royal Challengers

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136599/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-39th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 7 May 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Royals

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136603 11 May 2018]

|Lost

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 11

|style="text-align:left"|Delhi Daredevils

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136602/delhi-daredevils-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-42nd-match-indian-premier-league-2018 10 May 2018]

|Won

style="text-align:left"|Sunrisers Hyderabad

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136606 13 May 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 12

|style="text-align:left"|Chennai Super Kings

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136606/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-46th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 13 May 2018]

|Lost

style="text-align:left"|Delhi Daredevils

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136612 18 May 2018]

|Lost

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 13

|style="text-align:left"|Royal Challengers

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136611/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-51st-match-indian-premier-league-2018 17 May 2018]

|Lost

style="text-align:left"|Kings XI Punjab

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136616 20 May 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 14

|style="text-align:left"|Kolkata Knight Riders

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136614/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-54th-match-indian-premier-league-2018 19 May 2018]

|Lost

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!colspan="7"|Playoff stage

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!colspan="3"|Qualifier 1

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|Opponent

|Scorecard

|Result

|Titles

|Opponent

|Scorecard

|Result

style="text-align:left"|Sunrisers Hyderabad

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136617 22 May 2018]

|Won

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 15

|style="text-align:left"|Chennai Super Kings

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136617 22 May 2018]

|Lost

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!colspan="3"|

!colspan="3"|Qualifier 2

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|Opponent

|Scorecard

|Result

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|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Match 16

|style="text-align:left"|Kolkata Knight Riders

|[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/1136619 25 May 2018]

|Won

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!colspan="7"|2018 IPL Final

=League Meet-ups=

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!No.

!Teams

!Venue

!Winner

!Margin

!Man of the Match

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136580 1]

|CSK vs SRH

|Hyderabad

| style="background:yellow; text-align:center; color:darkblue;" | CSK

|4 runs

|Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 79 (37)

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136606 2]

|CSK vs SRH

|Pune

| style="background:yellow; text-align:center; color:darkblue;" | CSK

|8 wickets

|Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 100* (62)

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136617 3]

|CSK vs SRH

|Mumbai

| style="background:yellow; text-align:center; color:darkblue;" | CSK

|2 wickets

|Faf du Plessis – CSK – 67* (42)

Details

Shane Watson single-handedly won it for CSK by hitting a magnificent century in the biggest game of the season. He made 117 runs.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/1136620/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-final-indian-premier-league-2018 |title=Shane Watson the hero as CSK claim third IPL crown |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He had scored a century in the earlier stage of the tournament. Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs for CSK. SRH bowlers looked out of form, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan posing as a threat for CSK as all the other bowlers leaked runs heavily. With this win, CSK lifted the IPL trophy for the 3rd time in their seventh appearance in an IPL final.

=SRH Innings=

After a slow start, opening batsmanShikhar Dhawan tried to up the ante against the strict bowling. Uncapped Bowler and Former SRH player Karn Sharma was introduced into the attack in the 7th over. Both Dhawan and captain Williamson were keeping it slow and steady going for a boundary every over. SRH could only add 18 runs in the last 2 overs. SRH had posted a total of 178/6 which was just about par.{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Rajneesh|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/144850/quick-stats-final-csk-vs-srh|title=Quick Stats: Final - CSK vs SRH|publisher=IPLT20|date=27 May 2018|access-date=27 May 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527213446/https://www.iplt20.com/news/144850/quick-stats-final-csk-vs-srh|archive-date=27 May 2018|url-status=live}}

=CSK Innings=

Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson opened the innings for CSK while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first over for his team. The Super Kings lost du Plessis early but Watson and Raina did not give the Sunrisers any chance to bounce back with their 117-run partnership. Though Watson started slowly playing out Bhuvneshwar's overs, he pummeled the other Sunrisers bowlers to reach his second century in the IPL season. After Raina's departure, Rayudu joined hands with Watson to complete the chase for the Super Kings and helped them lift their third IPL trophy.{{Cite web|last=Gopalakrishnan|first=Arun|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/144919/report-final-csk-vs-srh|title=Report: Final - CSK vs SRH|publisher=IPLT20|date=27 May 2018|access-date=27 May 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527213117/https://www.iplt20.com/news/144919/report-final-csk-vs-srh|archive-date=27 May 2018|url-status=live}}

Result

On-field umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Third umpire: Nitin Menon (Ind)
Reserve umpire: Yeshwant Barde (Ind)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim)
Toss: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Hyderabad Batting

style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|Batting ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|Dismissal ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|Runs ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|Balls ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|4s ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|6s ! style="text-align:center;background:#FF5D00; color:Black;"\|SR
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Shreevats Goswami (wk)	run out (K Sharma	5	5	0	0	100
Shikhar Dhawan	b Jadeja	26	25	2	1	104
Kane Williamson (C)	st Dhoni b K Sharma	47	36	5	2	130.55
Shakib Al Hasan	c Raina b Bravo	23	15	2	1	153.33
Yusuf Pathan	Not out	45	25	4	2	180
Deepak Hooda	c sub (Shorey) b Lungi	3	4	0	0	75
Carlos Brathwaite	c Rayudu b Thakur	21	11	0	3	190.90
Rashid Khan	Did not Bat	-	-	-	-\|
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Did not Bat	-	-	-	-\|
Siddarth Kaul	Did not Bat	-	-	-	-\|
Sandeep Sharma	Did not Bat	-	-	-	-\|
Extras (8) \|colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" \|(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, WD: 6, P: 0)
Total \|colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" \| 178/6 (20.0)RR: 8.9

Chennai Bowling

style="width:6%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|Player ! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|Overs ! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|M ! style="width:2%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|Runs ! style="width:3%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|Wickets ! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|No Ball ! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|WD ! style="width:4%;background:yellow; color:black;"\|E/R
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Deepak Chahar	4	0	25	0	1	1	6.25
Lungi Ngidi	4	1	26	1	0	0	6.5
Shardul Thakur	3	0	31	1	0	2	10.33
Karn Sharma	3	0	25	1	0	1	8.33
Dwayne Bravo	4	0	46	1	0	2	11.5
Ravindra Jadeja	2	0	24	1	0	0	12

Chennai Batting

style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|Batting ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|Dismissal ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|Runs ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|Balls ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|4s ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|6s ! style="text-align:center;background:yellow; color:Black;"\|SR
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Shane Watson	Not out	117	57	11	8	205.26
Faf du Plessis	c & b Sandeep	10	11	1	0	90.90
Suresh Raina	c Goswami b Brathwaite	32	24	3	1	133.33
Ambati Rayudu	Not out	16	19	1	1	84.21
MS Dhoni (C) (wk)	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Dwayne Bravo	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Ravindra Jadeja	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Deepak Chahar	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Karn Sharma	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Shardul Thakur	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Lungi Ngidi	Did not Bat	-	-	-		-
Extras (6) \| colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" \| (B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, WD: 3, P: 0)
Total \| colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" \| 181/2 (18.3)RR: 9.78

Hyderabad Bowling

style="width:7%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|Player ! style="width:7%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|Overs ! style="width:3%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|M ! style="width:7%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|Runs ! style="width:7%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|Wickets ! style="width:7%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|No Ball ! style="width:4%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|WD ! style="width:4%;background:#FF5D00; color:black;"\|E/R
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4	1	17	0	0	0	4.25
Sandeep Sharma	4	0	52	1	0	2	13
Siddarth Kaul	3	0	43	0	0	0	14.33
Rashid Khan	4	1	24	0	0	0	6
Shakib Al Hasan	1	0	15	0	0	0	15
Carlos Brathwaite	2.3	0	27	1	0	1	10.8

References

Category:2018 in Indian cricket

Category:May 2018 sports events in India

Category:Indian Premier League finals