CSK vs MI - Final Report & Stats: IPL 2013

Match Report:

Mumbai Indians clinched their first IPL Trophy as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by a convincing 23-run margin in the Pepsi IPL 2013 final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday night. Batting first, MI posted 148 after opting to bat first before their bowlers restricted CSK to 125.

Mumbai Indians celebrate with the Pepsi Indian Premier League Trophy during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013

Chasing 149, Lasith Malinga drew first blood in the very first over as he uprooted Michael Hussey’s (1) leg-stump with a toe-crushing Yorker before having Suresh Raina (0) caught by Dwayne Smith at backward square-leg. Mitchell Johnson had Subramaniam Badrinath caught behind to leave CSK reeling at 3 for 3 in the second over. Murali Vijay smashed two boundaries off Johnson as CSK started to rebuild. Vijay was given a chance as Dinesh Karthik dropped him on 14, before Dwayne Bravo (15) perished, caught by Johnson off Pragyan Ojha.

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma with the Pepsi Indian Premier League Trophy during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013

Ravindra Jadeja (0) was caught in the deep by Kieron Pollard off Harbhajan Singh as CSK lost half their side for 36. The collapse continued as Vijay (18) miscued a pull shot off Johnson to be caught by Rohit Sharma. Albie Morkel launched Harbhajan for a six in the ninth over. CSK at the halfway stage were 54 for 6, still requiring 95 more.

Ojha, introduced into the attack in the eleventh over, bowled Morkel (10) with his sixth ball before Harbhajan had Chris Morris (0) edge one to the keeper to leave CSK eight down in the twelfth over. MS Dhoni slapped Ojha for a six in the 13th over before launching another one in the 15th. Needing 66 from 30 balls, Dhoni smashed Pollard for a six. Ravichandran Ashwin (9) fell in the 18th over, caught off Pollard to all but knockout CSK’s hopes. Dhoni hit a couple of sixes in the final over but CSK eventually fell 23 runs short.

Chennai Super Kings during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013 

Earlier, MI won the toss and elected to bat. MI were rocked early as Mohit Sharma struck in the first over trapping Smith (4) leg before. Aditya Tare (0) followed him with Morkel landing a toe-crusher to break his leg stump. It only got worse as Rohit Sharma was caught and bowled by Morkel to leave MI reeling at 16 for 3 in the fourth over. Karthik was given a reprieve on 13 when Bravo put him down off Mohit Sharma. Ambati Rayudu showed some fight hitting two boundaries off Morkel in the sixth over.

Mumbai Indians during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013 

Karthik (21) dragged a Chris Morris delivery back onto his leg-stump to leave MI four down at the half-way stage. Pollard smashed Ashwin for a six in the twelfth over before hitting two boundaries off Jadeja in the 15th. Bravo then knocked over Rayudu’s (37) stump. Harbhajan Singh hit three boundaries off Bravo before holing out to Hussey. Rishi Dhawan (3) was then run out in the 19th over. Bravo had Johnson (1) and Malinga (0) caught behind before Pollard (60*) smoked a couple of sixes in the last over to help MI reach 148 for 9. 

Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians celebrates his fifty during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013

Man-of-the-Match: Kieron Pollard

Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 148 for 9 in 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 60*, Dwayne Bravo 4-42) defeated Chennai Super Kings 125 for 9 in 20 overs (MS Dhoni 63*, Harbhajan Singh 2-14) by 23 runs.  

MS Dhoni laucjes a huge six during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013

Stats Highlights:

1: Mumbai Indians won the IPL title for the first time. They had lost to Chennai Super Kings by 22 runs in the 2010 final.

1: Chennai Super Kings suffered their first loss in a chase with MS Dhoni at the crease!

3: Number of players to accomplish the all-round double of 1000 runs and 50 wickets in IPL. Kieron Pollard emulated Jacques Kallis and Irfan Pathan.

4: For 42 – Dwayne Bravo’s figures in the match – best by any bowler in an IPL final on Indian soil. R Ashwin had taken 3 for 16 in 2011 edition (incidentally Anil Kumble’s 4 for 16 for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers at Johannesburg in 2009 are the best figures by a bowler in any IPL final).

6: Number of ducks recorded in the match – second most in an IPL match. Seven batsmen were dismissed for duck in Deccan Chargers vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala match at Kochi in 2011.

18: Number of sixes conceded by Dwayne Bravo in IPL 2013 – most by any bowler.

22: Number of consecutive innings in which Dwayne Bravo has taken a wicket in IPL – the longest sequence for a bowler in IPL.

26: Number of times Lasith Malinga has dismissed batsmen on ducks in IPL – most by a bowler.

32: Number of wickets taken by Dwayne Bravo in IPL 2013 – most by any bowler in a single IPL tournament. He went ahead of Lasith Malinga and James Faulkner who took 28 wickets in 2011 and 2013 editions respectively.

90: Number of sixes conceded by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2013. Only Deccan Chargers (96 in 2012) and Kings XI Punjab (93 in 2008) conceded more sixes in a single edition of IPL.

273: The match aggregate is the lowest in an IPL final. The 2009 final between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore had produced 280 runs.

510: Runs scored by Dinesh Karthik in IPL2013 – most by a wicketkeeper in a single edition of IPL. The previous record was of 495 runs held by Adam Gilchrist for Deccan Chargers in 2009.

Mumbai Indians celebrate with the Pepsi Indian Premier League Trophy during the Final of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 26th May 2013

Presentation

Saina Nehwal's a part of the presentation party. N Srinivasan's there too.

Kieron Pollard wins the man of the match award.

Pollard: Good to play some of your best cricket against the best IPL team. I thank my family and the crowd for backing us. I have to try and take responsibility and it came off today.

Mumbai, Punjab and Rajasthan have shared the best ground and pitch award for five or more games.

Gurkeerat Singh wins the catch of the tournament, a diving catch at fine-leg off a Ross Taylor hook. Sanju Samson wins the best young player of the tournament award.

Samson: Feel very lucky to be a part of Rajasthan, allowed them to express myself. Great experience to bat with 'Rahul sir', or Hodge or Watson.

Chennai Super Kings win the Fairplay Award.

Michael Hussey wins the Orange Cap. Dwayne Bravo wins the Purple Cap.

Hussey: Good fun but couldn't do the business on the final-day. Thoroughly enjoyed playing for CSK and hopefully can continue playing for them.

Bravo: Thanks to the fans for coming for the game, congratulations to Mumbai Indians, unfortunately for us we came out second. Good to know Dhoni trusted my ability and I enjoyed the challenge.

Shane Watson wins the MVP award. 386 points for him, which is apparently more than all others.

Stephen Fleming collects the runner-up award.

I think we are getting closer to the end now...thanks for your patience.

MS Dhoni comes up to collect the runner-up cheque.

Dhoni: I think the batting department failed, Huss and Raina got out to good balls but the rest of them played some bad shots. Was important to get some partnership going but did not. Think we did well to restrict them to 148 because we had the depth in our batting. First time we weren't under pressure going into the last stage of the league matches.

John Wright comes up to collect the winner's award. And now Rohit Sharma comes up to collect the winner's cheque for Rs.10 crores.

Rohit Sharma: Captaincy was a good challenge and it's been a great experience and a learning curve. We knew we haven't won the title for the last five years but this time we were very determined, credit goes to all the players and staff involved. Plan was to bowl our strike bowler at their best batsmen. I want to thank everyone who supported us.

Rohit and Ricky Ponting collect the trophy from the BCCI President, N Srinivasan.

...in the favour of Mumbai Indians, who have won their first ever IPL! This has been the most convincing win too! Lot of dancing, with Harbhajan Singh leading them from the front!

Karthik calls it one of the happiest days of his life. Ojha calls it an outstanding feeling to have won the IPL for the second time (after winning it for the Deccan Chargers).

Ojha, on his sprint after getting the wicket of Morkel, says he wanted to prove a point that he can bowl to left-handers.

The Mumbai Indians are on a lap of honour with Sachin Tendulkar being lifted by his players yet again.

Anil Kumble says his role was to keep the environment good in the dressing room. Credits John Wright as well, who says he's delighted for the boys. Wright also calls it a tough, two-month long tournament and adds the team got stronger as the tournament progressed.

Wright credits Ricky Ponting, Robin Singh and Nitin Patel and all his backroom staff for the win.

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting in an interview now. Tendulkar says this was going to be his last IPL! That's a big announcement! Ponting says he was looking to keep up with the younger guys in the team.

Lasith Malinga and Mitchell Johnson now. Johnson says he enjoyed himself, especially bowling with 'Mali'. Calls it a great feeling to have won his first edition of the IPL. Malinga admits he did not do much earlier last two games but is happy to have bowled well in the final.

Harbhajan joins the duo now and says he's happy to proven many people wrong. Says he has bowled well and taken wickets and proved it those, who he asks "to go and have a look at their own record"! Fiesty!

Tendulkar calls it the right time to end playing the IPL and reveals he had decided to do that before the tournament. Gavaskar tempts him with an offer of playing one more game next season at Wankhede before calling it quits.

source: iplt20.com, cricinfo.com