IPL 2018 final: CSK defeat SRH, win their third title
Experience plays off, and who knows it better than Chennai Super Kings? The southern giants thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2018 finale at the Wankhede to win their third title. In pursuit of 179 runs, CSK chased down the target in style after Shane Watson's brilliant century. CSK sealed the match with eight wickets to spare. Here is the match in numbers.
Shane Watson a dazzling star
Watson lit up Mumbai with a whirlwind knock that saw him bring up another stellar century in IPL 2018. He finished this season with two tons to his name. Watson, who did not get off the mark in the first 10 balls, got to his 4th IPL career ton. The veteran Aussie brought up his century off just 51 balls.
Stat attack CSK IPL 2018
MS Dhoni played his 8th IPL final. This was his seventh final with CSK in nine seasons. Dhoni also saw himself leading CSK to three IPL titles. Shardul Thakur 1/31 ended up with 16 wickets in IPL 2018, which was the highest for CSK this season. Shane Watson became the 8th player this season to cross the 500-run mark in IPL 11.
Kane Williamson seals Orange Cap of 2018
Kane Williamson was once again the main person for SRH as he scored a 36-ball 47. The runs helped him cross 700 runs this season as he ended with 735 runs from 17 games. He struck 8 half-centuries this season at a strike-rate of 142.44.
CSK's dominance monumental
This was the two sides' 4th meeting in IPL 2018 and CSK have won all four matches in style. In overall 10 matches, CSK have managed to win a whopping eight games to SRH's 2. In 13 overall matches at the Wankhede in IPL, this was CSK's 7th victory. Watson became the 4th player to score two centuries in an IPL season.
