IPL Final 2023 Highlights: Jadeja finishes in style, 5th title for Chennai

Indian Premier League Highlights, CSK vs GT Final: 10 to win from the last two balls, Jadeja hit a six and four to finish it in style. Sudharsan scored 96, Titans reached 214. DLS target 171 in 15

2:11 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: How the story panned out

It was supposed to be the greatest finals of all time and even though it went on from 28th to 30th May, there was rain, storms, super soppers doing rounds, one inning getting completed, the other innings asking even the sponge towels to come out to soak the pitch. 

 

Sai Sudharsan hit his best score of 96 in just 47 balls to take Gujarat Titans to 214/4 in 20 overs. He was helped by Wriddhiman Saha too who hit a fifty. Then came the rain and the CSK innings' was stopped after just three balls being bowled in the first over. 

 

Rains and storms relented, the match began at 12:10 am on Tuesday, 30th May 2023 and Chennai needed 171 to win from 15 overs. Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad started off magnificently, adding 74 in just 39 balls. 

 

Shivam Dube did not hit the balls the way it was expected of him. It built pressure on Conway and Rahane who got out as well. However, Dube got going in the 12th over and hit back-to-back sixes off Rashid Khan. In the next over, Rayudu hit two sixes and a four and made the match easier in the 13th over by Mohit Sharam. 

 

Later on, Mohit came back and picked Rayud and Dhoni on back-to-back balls to send the match into a frenzy once again. It came down to 13 from the last over and in the first four balls, it was just three runs and Mohit Sharma seemed like winning it for the Titans. However, Jadeja hit a four and a six off the last two balls to win the match and the fifth title for Chennai Super Kings. 

 

1:38 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Jadeja wins the last ball thriller, Chennai are champions

 

A dot ball on the first one and it was yorker 

 

A single on the second ball and it is a yorker too

 

Single again, yorker again and it is now down to 11 from three balls

 

And a yorker once again and now 10 needed in 2 balls

 

Six!! This is huge. Mohit missed the yorker by just a whisker and now it is 4 needed in 1 ball

 

Hardik feeds something to Mohit as he is in the run-up and he bowls a ball full length and outside leg Jadeja just guides it for four past the short fine leg and Chennai wins the last ball thriller and their fifth title. 

 

1:29 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: 13 needed in last 6 balls

1:22 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Two wickets in two balls, Chennai need 21 in 12 balls

1:18 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Classic Rayudu

 

Ambati Rayudu has shown his class eventually as he has hit a four and a six back to back and now the target has come down to 28 off just 16 balls. And just as I say that he has hit Mohit Sharma for yet another sixer and now the target is down to 22 off 15 balls. 

 

1:13 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Finally Dube gets going, 38 needed in 18

 

Shivam Dube has finally got going as he has hit back-to-back sixes and brought the target down to 38 from the remaining 18 balls which is not considered tough in these situations. 

 

1:09 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rahane gone, Mohit Sharma gets him

12:59 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Noor Ahmad with a brilliant spell

 

Noor Ahmad has bowled a brilliant spell, going for only 17 runs in the 18 balls that he has bowled. This is game-changing in nature if we add the two wickets he has taken.

 

12:52 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rahane hits back to back sixes

12:47 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Noor gets Conway too

 

The scoreboard pressure was showing on the face of Conway as he tried to encash the extra ball from Noor Ahmad and played the short ball towards the offside and it went straight to mid-off where Mohit Sharma took an easy catch. 

 

12:44 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Afghan Jalebi gets Gaikwad

 

Noor Ahmad bowled a googly and Gaikwad, looking to get quick runs, has played it in the air and has been taken at short third-man by Rashid Khan. Two Afghans have combined to get Gaikwad.

 

12:41 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Fifty partnership between Chennai openers

12:40 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Quick start for Chennai

12:40 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Everybody knows who the crowd supports

12:39 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Conway gets going, right from word go

12:38 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Its the third day and the chase begins finally

12:36 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Match begins at 12:10 am IST, 171 to get in 15

12:34 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Second inspection at 11:30 pm IST

10:54 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Inspection going on

 

The umpires were inspecting the pitch and just then it seems like rain has made a comeback to the venue in the form of a drizzle. Maybe it's just a passing shower as the inspection seems to have ended and now the umpires want improvement in certain areas of the pitch still. Match Ref Javagal Srinath is in the middle as well as Hardik Pandya and Ashish Nehra. 

 

10:33 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Latest update from Ahmedabad

10:16 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rain stops, super soppers operate at the ground

 

With so much money in their pockets, it is bizarre to see that BCCI cannot afford the covers that fully get over the pitch and cover it completely. They are called 3-d mobile pitch covers. They are still using huge flat mat covers which are used in club cricket. 

 

9:59 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Enjoy as it rains at the NaMo Stadium in Ahmedabad

9:58 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rain back again, Ground staff come running with covers

 

The rain has suddenly increased its speed and momentum and the covers have been rushed to the ground. 

 

9:48 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: The chase begins

9:40 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rain at the venue again, second innings’ start delayed

 

The start of the second innings has been delayed as the showers are back at the venue. When it did not rain the entire day, the BCCI just could not get the match done. Now the rain is back and we are d0ne with only the first innings. 

 

9:30 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Titans hit 71 runs in the last five overs, to reach 214

9:18 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Last ball wicket for Chennai, Titans finish at 214/4

 

Gujarat Titans have finished at 214/4 after Matheesha Pathirana took a wicket off the very last ball and now to win their fifth trophy, the Chennai Super Kings would need 215, which looks very difficult given the conditions of the wicket. 

 

9:11 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Mammoth innings from Sudharsan comes to an end

 

Sai Suhdarsna played the best knock of his life in the final game of the tournament. True that he was fed some dollies by Deshpande early on but then he played some sensational shots to reach 96 in just 47 balls. Which is at more than two runs per ball. 

 

9:09 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: 18 from the Deshpande over

 

Tushar Deshpande decided that he would concede all his runs in this game itself and as a result, he conceded 18 in the 19th over as well. This means that he has conceded 36 in his last two, having been hit for only 18 in the first two. 

 

9:04 PM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: No boundaries and still nine runs from the Pathirana over

 

Matheesha Pathirana tried to bowl a good over, and he did as well, but with the fielder not cooperating, has ended up conceding nine runs, even without any boundary being hit off him.