CSK players celebrate their fourth title win in Dubai.
Talking about the match, Men in Purple won the toss and asked CSK to bat first.
Chennai Super Kings won IPL They won the title for the fourth time after defeating two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final of IPL 2021 in Dubai on Friday. Eoin Morgan-led KKR could not chase down the mammoth target of 192 runs and gave up. M S DhoniK CSK. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Board Secretary Jay Shah handed over the trophy to the Chennai captain, who immediately handed the cup to teammates with the title as the team photo.
The children and wives of the players also took part in the photographs and celebrations. Children of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Moeen Ali and others can be seen in the scenes. The wives of the CSK stars also came in the frame along with the team and support staff.
With this win, CSK can clearly be called the most consistent team of the tournament in all the seasons since its inception in 2008. Except in 2016 and 2017, when the team was suspended and last year, the team has always qualified for the playoffs. This was the 9th IPL final of the Yellow Army. KKR, on the other hand, had never lost an IPL final before, winning the title in 2012 and 214 under Gautam Gambhir.
Talking about the match, Men in Purple won the toss and asked CSK to bat first. The in-form openers got off to a strong start with 61 runs before Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed for 32 by Narine. Faf du Plessis scored 86 off 59, just 2 runs short of his teammate in the race for the Orange Cap. . Sharp 30 plus knocks from Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali helped take the score to 192 runs in 20 overs.
KKR gave a befitting reply to the target in the first half of their innings with openers Venkatesh Iyer (50) and Shubman Gill (51) sharing a 91-run stand. But Rahul Tripathi could not come at number three due to injury and all the other batsmen failed to start, the team was bundled out for 165 runs.
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