Mumbai, May 28: Chennai Super Kings on Sunday won the final match by eight wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 11th season of the IPL tournament at the Wankhede Stadium here.
Shane Watson (unbeaten 117) helped CSK to grab the title by defeating Hyderabad. Two times champion Chennai made a glorious return after two-year of suspension, and became the IPL champion for the third time.
Chennai successfully chased the target of 178 runs and scored 181 for two wickets in 18.3 overs. Chennai’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has proved his fortune for the seventh time. With this win, Dhoni equals Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians three times to win the title.
Watson made his second century in IPL 11 and hit 11 fours and eight sixes in just 57 balls and made 117 runs. He became the first batsman to score a hundred in the IPL history and named Man of the Match for this match-winning innings.
Chennai had earlier won the title in 2010 and 2011. It won prize money of Rs 20 crore from this win, while Hyderabad missed the title in the second final, worth Rs 12.50 crore. The semi-finalist teams bagged Rs 8.75-8.75 crore.
IPL 2018 : Chennai Super Kings win by eight wickets
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