Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 1 run on the last ball of the match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad and clinched the IPL title for a record fourth time.
Earlier Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bat first. Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma gave a flying start of 45 runs in just 5 overs. Shardul Thakur broke this stand by removing de Kock and in the next over Deepak Chahar dismissed Rohit Sharma and brought his team back into the match. In the middle overs, Mumbai Indians' batsmen couldn't score quick runs against the tight bowling of Chennai and they also lost Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Krunal Pandya and reduced to 101/5 in the 15th over.
Kieron Pollard played some shots and kept Mumbai in the match. Hardik Pandya's little cameo came to an end in the second last over. In the last two overs, Mumbai Indians could score only 13 runs and finished on 149/8 in 20 overs. Kieron Pollard unbeaten 41 runs knock off 25 balls.
In reply, Chennai Super Kings started off well and openers gave a steady start of 33 runs. Krunal Pandya dismissed in-form Faf du Plessis for 26 runs. Suresh Raina struggled for timing and his 8 runs off 14 balls knock came to an end in the 10th over. Ambati Rayudu also got out for just 1 run and Chennai reduced to 73/3 in the 11th over. Shane Watson was rock solid at the other end. Captain MS Dhoni got run out for 2 runs and at 82/4 Chennai was in deep trouble.
Shane Watson and Dwayne Bravo's 51 runs partnership brought Chennai back in the match and also set it for a close finish. In the last two overs Chennai needed 17 runs to win but Jasprit Bumrah's top class bowling kept Mumbai in the match and Chennai first lost Bravo and in the last over Watson also got run out.
On the final ball, Chennai needed 2 runs to win but Lasith Malinga's slower ball dismissed Shardul Thakur and sealed the match and trophy for Mumbai Indians. Shane Watson played a good knock of 80 runs and for Mumbai Indians Man of the Match Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets.
All the major stats and facts from the final match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad :
1 - One run win is the second such victory for Mumbai Indians in the final of IPL. In 2017 also they won the final by just 1 run beating Rising Pune Supergiant.
4 - This was Mumbai Indians' 4th IPL trophy - they're the first team to win 4 IPL trophies.
Most IPL titles -
4 - Mumbai Indians (2013, 2015, 2017 & 2019)
3 - Chennai Super Kings (2010, 2011 & 2018)
2 - Kolkata Knight Riders (2012 & 2014)
4 - Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have played against each other in the IPL final four times. Mumbai Indians won three of them and Chennai won once.
MI - CSK IPL finals -
2010: Chennai Super Kings won
2013: Mumbai Indians won
2015: Mumbai Indians won
2019: Mumbai Indians won
5 - Rohit Sharma has now won 5 IPL finals - the most by any player. Four final wins came with Mumbai Indians while the other one with Deccan Chargers.
Part of most IPL final wins -
5 - Rohit Sharma
4 - Kieron Pollard / Ambati Rayudu / Lasith Malinga
3 - Suresh Raina / MS Dhoni / Hardik Pandya
5 - This was also Mumbai Indians' 5th consecutive win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. They're the first team to beat Chennai Super Kings in 5 consecutive matches in the IPL.
26 - Number of wickets Imran Tahir took in this IPL season - the most by any bowler.
Most wickets in IPL 2019 -
26 - Imran Tahir
25 - Kagiso Rabada
22 - Deepak Chahar
20 - Shreyas Gopal
4001 - Rohit Sharma when on 14, completed 4000 runs for Mumbai Indians in T20 cricket. He is the first player to achieve this milestone for Mumbai Indians.
Most runs for MI in T20 cricket -
4001 - Rohit Sharma
3258 - Kieron Pollard
2635 - Ambati Rayudu
2599 - Sachin Tendulkar
1175 - Lendl Simmons
