2013 Indian Premier League final

October 2022 2013 Indian Premier League final 2013 Indian Premier League Mumbai Indians 148/9 20 overs Chennai Super Kings 125/9 20 overs Mumbai Indians won by 23 runs 26 May 2013 Eden Gardens Kolkata Kieron Pollard (MI) Kumar Dharmasena (SL)Simon Taufel (Aus) 61,619 SET Maxhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/330881.html Sony and World Sports Group bag IPL television rights ESPNcricinfo 17 August 2012 14 January 2008 2012 2014 The 2013 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 26 May 2013 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata to determine the winners of the 2013 Indian Premier League, the sixth annual season of the professional Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. Mumbai defeated Chennai by 23 runs, attributed to Kieron Pollard's unbeaten innings of 60 runs from 32 balls which earned him the man of the match award.http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208345-ipl-2013-final-mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings https://archive.today/20130630000745/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208345-ipl-2013-final-mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings dead 30 June 2013 Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Supeer Kings by 23 runs to win maiden title 27 May 2013 NDTV 27 May 2013 Mumbai won their first IPL title playing in their second IPL Final, after losing to Chennai in 2010. Chennai were playing their fifth IPL Final, attempting to win their third title. It was also the final match where Mumbai's Sachin Tendulkar was an IPL cricketer, although he did not participate in the match due to injury. He announced his retirement from the IPL at the conclusion of the match.http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208365-i-am-forty-have-to-accept-reality-sachin-tendulkar-retires-from-ipl https://archive.today/20130629233548/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208365-i-am-forty-have-to-accept-reality-sachin-tendulkar-retires-from-ipl dead 29 June 2013 Sachin Tendulkar retires from IPL, says I am forty, have to accept reality 27 May 2013 NDTV 28 May 2013 Road to the final 2013 Indian Premier League Heading into the tournament, as with the previous seasons, both the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians were considered to be amongst the favourites due to their past performances and squads. Chennai were the runners-up of 2012 and twice IPL champions before.http://www.wisdenindia.com/preview/two-time-winners-favourites/56625 Two-time winners, always favourites Manoj Narayan 1 April 2013 Wisden India 25 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510063759/http://www.wisdenindia.com/preview/two-time-winners-favourites/56625 10 May 2013 dead Mumbai had made playoff-stage appearances in each of the past three years and were runners-up in 2010 when they lost to Chennai.http://www.wisdenindia.com/preview/mumbai-juggernaut-set-roll/56721 Mumbai juggernaut looks set to roll Saurabh Somani 2 April 2013 Wisden India 25 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130410113511/http://www.wisdenindia.com/preview/mumbai-juggernaut-set-roll/56721 10 April 2013 dead Group stage Chennai and Mumbai were dominant throughout the group stage. At the end of the group stage, they were ranked first and second respectively and each had 11 wins from 16 matches. Apart from losing their first match, which was against Mumbai, and an upset against Pune Warriors India, Chennai started their season strong with consistent batting from Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja formed a strong middle order as they scored quickly late in their innings to help Chennai while chasing.https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/ipl-chennai-captain-ms-dhoni-is-master-finisher-again-as-hyderabad-fade-out-1.438533/ IPL: Chennai captain MS Dhoni is master finisher again as Hyderabad fade out Sidhant Patnaik 25 April 2013 The National 28 April 2013 Chennai's bowling attack continued to be considered their one weakness. While the inclusion of Dirk Nannes and Chris Morris, both purchased at this year's auction, produced a few successes, the best bowling performances came from Dwayne Bravo and Mohit Sharma. Sharma, an uncapped Indian player playing in his debut IPL season, took the most wickets in powerplays in the first half of the season.http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/629241.html Morris sheds nerves for debut success 10 April 2013 ESPNcricinfo 25 May 2013 http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/633939.html The modest Super King Nagraj Gollapudi 4 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 25 May 2013 For most of the season's second half, Chennai held the top position on the points table with an IPL record-equalling seven-match winning streak.http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/news/207437-chennai-super-kings-look-to-bounce-back-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad IPL preview: Chennai Super Kings look to bounce back vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 8 May 2013 NDTV 10 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510144529/http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/news/207437-chennai-super-kings-look-to-bounce-back-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad 10 May 2013 dead Hussey and Raina continued their prolific run-scoring. Hussey was frequently the season's highest run-scorer while Raina made his maiden IPL century and another score of 99.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/csk-vs-sunrisers-suresh-raina-one-short-hyderabad-well-short/1113270/ CSK vs Sunrisers: Suresh Raina one short, Hyderabad well short 9 May 2013 The Indian Express 25 May 2013 They, however, finished the group stage with three losses from five matches, including another against Mumbai. Mumbai began the season with the new opening batting partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, who was acquired in the auction and took on the captaincy. This partnership failed to produce runs and Ponting was benched after five matches. Instead, Mumbai's batting solely depended on Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard and they could only win three of their first six matches. Mumbai were at the middle of the points table halfway through the season.http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/T20/Chunk-HT-UI-T20-TopStories/T20-Gayle-RCB-sink-in-a-flood-of-runs-by-Mumbai-Indians/SP-Article10-1051399.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20130428113843/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/T20/Chunk-HT-UI-T20-TopStories/T20-Gayle-RCB-sink-in-a-flood-of-runs-by-Mumbai-Indians/SP-Article10-1051399.aspx dead 28 April 2013 T20: Gayle, RCB sink in a flood of runs by Mumbai Indians MVL Manikantan 27 April 2013 Hindustan Times 28 April 2013 As the tournament progressed, they had a more consistent top order with Dwayne Smith replacing Ponting and an improved bowling attack that included Mitchell Johnson, in his first IPL season, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Pragyan Ojha. Sharma, who took over the captaincy from Ponting, continued his form while Karthik began to struggle. Pollard only made one more significant contribution when he scored 66 runs from 27 balls. Towards the end of the group stage, Tendulkar suffered a wrist injury. This did not hamper the team as his replacement, Aditya Tare, showed promise with a score of 59 runs in his first innings.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-16/news/39309805_1_mumbai-indians-rajasthan-royals-lasith-malinga https://web.archive.org/web/20130609134926/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-16/news/39309805_1_mumbai-indians-rajasthan-royals-lasith-malinga dead 9 June 2013 Rajasthan Royals lose steam to leave Mumbai Indians on top Nitin Naik 16 May 2013 The Times of India 25 May 2013 Mumbai only lost two of their last ten matches, both due to batting collapses. left create Group stage progression Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians 2 16 2013 Indian Premier League L5, W11, W16, L19, W24, W26, W30, W34, W38, W42, W45, L49, W54, L61, W64, L70 W73, U, L76 L2, W5, W10, W15, L23, L28, W33, W37, W41, L43, W49, W53, W58, W62, W66, L69 L73, W75, W76 Group stage series #eee 6 April yes Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings(H) 148/6 (20 overs) 139/9 (20 overs) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai Scorecard Match 5 Mumbai won by 9 runs 5 May yes (H)Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings 139/5 (20 overs) 79 (15.2 overs) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Scorecard Match 49 Mumbai won by 60 runs In the two group stage matches between Mumbai and Chennai, Mumbai won both. In the first, Mumbai initially struggled and were 83 for 6 after 12 overs before Pollard's unbeaten innings of 57 runs from 38 balls lifted them to a total of 148 for 6. Chennai suffered a similar collapse to lose the match by 9 runs despite a valiant innings of 51 runs from Dhoni.http://www.thehindu.com/sport/ipl2013/pollard-powers-mumbai-indians-to-victory/article4588960.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20130408094031/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/ipl2013/pollard-powers-mumbai-indians-to-victory/article4588960.ece dead 8 April 2013 Pollard powers Mumbai Indians to victory S. Dinakar The Hindu 26 May 2013 In their second encounter, Mumbai struggled to a below-par total of 139 for 5 with Sharma having the top score of 39. Chennai was then bowled out for 79, the lowest total of the season, and lost by 60 runs. Only three of their batsmen made scores of double figures, including Hussey who was dropped by Pollard in three successive deliveries off Johnson's bowling.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-05/news/39041736_1_chennai-super-kings-mumbai-indians-skipper-ipl-match https://web.archive.org/web/20130508074255/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-05/news/39041736_1_chennai-super-kings-mumbai-indians-skipper-ipl-match dead 8 May 2013 A forgettable 'hat-trick' for Kieron Pollard 5 May 2013 The Times of India 26 May 2013 Dhoni described the match as "a comedy of errors" and explained the cause of the defeat to be complacency and a lack of focus as they had won their past seven matches.http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/634326.html 'Mentally we were not into this game' – Dhoni 6 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 25 May 2013 Playoff stage The playoff stage is played according to the Page playoff system and provided Mumbai and Chennai, being the top- and second-ranked teams, with two ways of qualifying for the Final. They first faced each other in Qualifier 1 where the winners would qualify for the Final. The losers of Qualifier 1 would play against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2, the winners of which would also qualify for the Final. #eee 21 May yes Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians 192/1 (20 overs) 144 (18.4 overs) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Scorecard Qualifier 1 Chennai won by 48 runs In Qualifier 1, Chennai chose to bat first. Both captains wished to bat first and believed the flat pitch and quick outfield would favour batsmen and produce a high-scoring match. Chennai's innings began steady before a 140-run partnership between Raina and Hussey boosted their total to 192 for 1. They scored 123 runs from the last 10 overs against Mumbai's formidable bowling attack. Malinga and Johnson, two of Mumbai's key bowlers, conceded 45 and 40 runs each without taking a wicket. Harbhajan, with figures of 0 for 26, was the only bowler to concede less than 9 runs an over. The chase started promisingly as Smith propelled them to 86 for 1 after 8 overs. Jadeja was then introduced into the attack and took the wickets of Smith, Karthik and Pollard. Mumbai did not recover as Bravo helped remove the remaining batsmen, finishing with figures of 3 for 9. Mumbai was bowled out in 18.4 overs and lost the match by 48 runs.http://newindianexpress.com/cricket/news/Chennai-Super-Kings-beat-Mumbai-Indians-reach-IPL-finals/2013/05/21/article1599992.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20130523102131/http://newindianexpress.com/cricket/news/Chennai-Super-Kings-beat-Mumbai-Indians-reach-IPL-finals/2013/05/21/article1599992.ece dead 23 May 2013 Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians, reach IPL finals N Jagannath Das 21 May 2013 The New Indian Express 22 May 2013 http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/469686/20130521/ipl-2013-results-csk-mumbai-indians-raina.htm IPL 2013 Results: CSK Thrash Mumbai Indians to Enter Fifth Final in Six Seasons Deepak Vikraman 21 May 2013 International Business Times 26 May 2013 #eee 24 May yes Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians 165/6 (20 overs) 169/6 (19.5 overs) Eden Gardens, Kolkata Scorecard Qualifier 2 Mumbai won by 4 wickets Qualifier 2 was between Mumbai and the Rajasthan Royals. Rain delayed the game by an hour but it remained a full-length match. Rajasthan captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat. Both captains wanted to bat, stating it appeared to be a good pitch to bat on. Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane provided a solid but slow start to reach 42 without loss after 6 overs. Harbhajan then entered the attack and took the wickets of Rahane and Shane Watson, Royals' top scorer of the season, in his first two overs. Apart from Dravid, who also fell to Harbhajan for 43 runs, only Stuart Binny and Dishant Yagnik made good scores. Yagnik's quick scoring helped Rajasthan get 46 runs from the last 3 overs and finish with 165 for 5. Mumbai were confident in their chase as Smith helped them reach 125 for 1 after 14 overs. Wickets were then lost at regular intervals but the required rate remained manageable and Mumbai won by 4 wickets with one ball remaining. Smith was again the top scorer for Mumbai with 62 runs.http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208257-ipl-2013-rajasthan-royals-vs-mumbai-indians-qualifier-2 https://archive.today/20130615163531/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/208257-ipl-2013-rajasthan-royals-vs-mumbai-indians-qualifier-2 dead 15 June 2013 IPL 2013: Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets, set final date with Chennai 25 May 2013 NDTV 25 May 2013 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-25/news/39502546_1_mumbai-indians-rajasthan-royals-rayudu https://web.archive.org/web/20130526031334/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-25/news/39502546_1_mumbai-indians-rajasthan-royals-rayudu dead 26 May 2013 MI vs RR: Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals to enter IPL 6 final 25 May 2013 The Times of India 26 May 2013 Team history Both the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians were a part of the original eight teams of the Indian Premier League when its first season was held in 2008. From the first season, Chennai had been a formidable, well-balanced team with a strong lineup of Indian players, including the captain of India Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni was bought for US$1.5 million, the highest of the 2008 auction, and appointed their captain.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7252238.stm Dhoni tops Indian auction bidding 20 February 2008 BBC Sport 26 May 2013 They immediately became runners-up in 2008 and had continued to appear in every knockout/playoff stage since. They were the most successful IPL team, being twice champions and twice runners-up in the IPL and also the winners of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. Apart from Dhoni, their most recognised player is Suresh Raina, who has played in every one of Chennai's matches and holds the record for most career runs in the IPL.http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/news/207095-ipl-stats-suresh-raina-scores-16th-fifty-in-ipl IPL stats: Suresh Raina scores 16th fifty in IPL Rajesh Kumar 30 April 2013 NDTV 26 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130503101408/http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/news/207095-ipl-stats-suresh-raina-scores-16th-fifty-in-ipl 3 May 2013 dead Chennai's squad is batting oriented, largely consisting of specialist batsmen and all-rounders in favour of specialist bowlers.http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/features/205699-chennai-super-kings-a-mini-india-with-large-dreams Chennai Super Kings – a mini India with large dreams! 1 April 2013 NDTV 26 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130404001039/http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2013/features/205699-chennai-super-kings-a-mini-india-with-large-dreams 4 April 2013 dead http://www.khelnama.com/130330/cricket/news/ipl-2013-strengths-and-weakness-chennai-super-kings-csk-team IPL 2013: Strengths and weakness of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team Gautham Sethuraman 30 March 2013 Khelnama 26 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130605192819/http://www.khelnama.com/130330/cricket/news/ipl-2013-strengths-and-weakness-chennai-super-kings-csk-team 5 June 2013 dead In contrast, Mumbai struggled in their first two seasons and failed to make the knockout stage in both. The team began with the notoriety of being the most expensive team in the league and the team with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. The team was bought for $111.9 million by Reliance Industries, one of India's largest private sector enterprises.http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/will-crickets-new-czars-make-money.html/1/2188.html Will cricket's new czars make money? Shamni Pande Tejeesh Behl 1 June 2008 Business Today 26 May 2013 http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/418277/20121226/eight-indians-harvard-business-review.htm Eight Indians Among World's Best Performing CEOs Nimisha Nair 26 December 2012 International Business Times 26 May 2013 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot In 2010, the team began to shed its problems of inconsistency and unsettled squad composition.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/405294.html Delhi's chance to regain momentum S Rajesh 20 May 2009 ESPNcricinfo 26 May 2013 The team perpetuated their reputation of being big spenders as they signed Kieron Pollard at the 2010 auction for an undisclosed amount after reaching the maximum open-auction bid of $750,000. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22686928/kieron-pollard-shane-bond-attract-maximum-bids-ipl-auction Kieron Pollard, Shane Bond attract maximum bids at IPL auction Mumbai reached the Final that year, where they lost to Chennai. They then made the playoff stage every year since with the staple of their squad comprising Tendulkar, Pollard, Lasith Malinga and Rohit Sharma, who was acquired in 2011. Pollard and Malinga are amongst the most sought out players of the format for their big-hitting and death-over bowling respectively. Despite their lineup, they had yet to become IPL champions but did win the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/627708.html Big spenders still searching for returns Abhishek Purohit 2 April 2013 ESPNcricinfo 26 May 2013 Match Background The Final was at the neutral venue of Eden Gardens, Kolkata and saw Chennai and Mumbai face each other for the fourth time this season in a rematch of the 2010 Final, won by Chennai. In 14 previous encounters between the two teams, Mumbai had won 8 and Chennai had won 6. In knockout/playoff stage matches, the record was 3–0 in favour of Chennai. In all three matches, Chennai batted first and restricted Mumbai to totals in the 140s. While both had the same win–loss record in the group stage this season, Mumbai's record was attributed to their undefeated record at their home ground. Chennai had the best record playing away from home in this season's group stage, winning 5 of 8 matches. Chennai had the tournament's highest run-scorer in Michael Hussey and joint-top wicket-taker in Dwayne Bravo.http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/current/story/637697.html A final fighting for relevance George Binoy 25 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 26 May 2013 http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ipl-final-mumbai-indians-elect-to-bat-against-super-kings-113052600563_1.html IPL final: Mumbai Indians elect to bat against Super Kings 26 May 2013 Business Standard India 27 May 2013 The final weeks of the tournament were shrouded by controversies involving corruption. It began with the arrest of three players from the Rajasthan Royals by the Delhi Police on allegations of spot fixing. Two days before the Final, Gurunath Meiyappan, a top official of the Chennai Super Kings, was arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud. His arrest also implicated N. Srinivasan, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Meiyappan's father-in-law.http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ipl-spot-fixing-bcci-suspends-gurunath-meiyappan-pending-inquiry/articleshow/20271199.cms IPL spot-fixing: BCCI suspends Gurunath Meiyappan pending inquiry 26 May 2013 The Economic Times 27 May 2013 http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/637612.html Gurunath Meiyappan arrested in Mumbai 24 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 27 May 2013 Report The toss was won by Mumbai. Their captain Rohit Sharma described the pitch as being drier than the previous match and predicted it would slow down as the match progressed. Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also wanted to bat first as it would have put pressure on the team chasing. Both squads were unchanged from their respective previous matches.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/news/Mumbai-Indians-thrash-Chennai-Super-Kings-by-23-runs-to-win-maiden-IPL-title/articleshow/20276599.cms Mumbai Indians thrash Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs to win maiden IPL title 26 May 2013 The Times of India 27 May 2013 Mumbai's innings began poorly as Mohit Sharma and Albie Morkel troubled their batsmen with straight deliveries. Both opening batsmen, Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare, and Rohit Sharma lost their wickets within the first four overs for 16 runs.http://www.emirates247.com/sports/cricket/ipl-6-final-mumbai-indians-are-the-new-champions-2013-05-26-1.507868 IPL 6 Final: Mumbai Indians are the new champions 26 May 2013 Emirates 24/7 27 May 2013 Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu attempted to build a partnership but also struggled and Karthik was dismissed after they added 36 runs. In came Kieron Pollard in the tenth over and immediately played aggressively. Pollard and Rayudu were able to score more freely against Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja to lift Mumbai to 100 for 4 after 15 overs.http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/ipl-6-mumbai-indians-crush-csk-to-lift-maiden-title/394109-78.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130619175655/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/ipl-6-mumbai-indians-crush-csk-to-lift-maiden-title/394109-78.html dead 19 June 2013 IPL 6: Mumbai Indians crush CSK to lift maiden title 27 May 2013 IBNLive 27 May 2013 The following delivery, Rayudu fell to Dwayne Bravo for 37 runs and Mumbai was left with only Pollard and their bowlers. Harbhajan Singh briefly provided support for Pollard with boundaries coming from the edges of his bat before he fell to Bravo off a mishit. The remaining batsmen only made minimal contributions and most were dismissed by Bravo, who finished with figures of 4 for 42. Despite Pollard getting his third half-century of the season, Mumbai could only achieve a total of 148 for 9.http://www.dailypioneer.com/sports-bytes/ipl-final-chennai-restrict-mumbai-to-1489.html IPL Final: Chennai Restrict Mumbai to 148/9 26 May 2013 The Pioneer India 27 May 2013 Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay opened in the chase. In the first over, Lasith Malinga took the wickets of Hussey and Suresh Raina in two successive deliveries. Subramaniam Badrinath was dismissed in the following over and Chennai's score was 3 for 3. Vijay and Bravo attempted to target Pragyan Ojha and Rishi Dhawan but wickets continued to fall due to poor shot selection and Chennai was reduced to 39 for 6 in the eighth over. This forced Dhoni to bat earlier than his preference of late in the innings.http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/637854.html Aggressive Mumbai end title drought Sidharth Monga 26 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 27 May 2013 Dhoni attempted to rescue the innings but wickets continued to fall around him. Chennai's innings finally improved in the ninth-wicket partnership between Dhoni and Ashwin, during which Dhoni hit three boundary sixes off the bowling of Ojha and Pollard.July 2026 The asking rate slowly became unmanagable and Ashwin was dismissed in the 18th over. Dhoni finished with an unbeaten 63 runs and Chennai lost by 23 runs.http://www.thehindu.com/sport/ipl2013/the-wait-finally-ends-for-mumbai-indians/article4753387.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20130607142812/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/ipl2013/the-wait-finally-ends-for-mumbai-indians/article4753387.ece dead 7 June 2013 The wait finally ends for Mumbai Indians S. Sabanayakan 26 May 2013 The Hindu 27 May 2013 Summary In a match that resembled their first group stage encounter, Mumbai defeated Chennai by 23 runs. The top run-scorers of the season for both teams failed to make high scores while Rayudu and Malinga produced one of their best performances of the season. These performances, along with Pollard's 60 runs, helped Mumbai better Chennai's lone resistance from Dhoni. Pollard's good innings had only come sporadically before and his contribution earned him the man of the match. It was Mumbai's first IPL title and Chennai's second consecutive time as runners-up. It was the second IPL title for Rohit Sharma and Ojha, who were with the Deccan Chargers when they won the 2009 Final.http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ipl/ipl-6-final-will-chennai-super-kings-overcome-controversy-to-beat-mumbai-indians-816327.html IPL 6 Final: Will Chennai Super Kings overcome controversy to beat Mumbai Indians? 26 May 2013 Firstpost 27 May 2013 Bravo's four wickets made him the top wicket-taker of the season with 32 wickets, unprecedented for an IPL season. Hussey remained the top run-scorer of the season with 733 runs. They were awarded the Purple Cap and Orange Cap awards respectively.http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ipl-mumbai-beat-chennai-by-23-runs-to-lift-trophy/articleshow/20281367.cms IPL: Mumbai beat Chennai by 23 runs to lift trophy 27 May 2013 The Economic Times 27 May 2013 Scorecard On-field umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Simon Taufel (Aus) TV umpire: Chettithody Shamsuddin (Ind) Reserve umpire: Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat. Mumbai Indians inningshttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/598073.html Final: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata – May 26, 2013 26 May 2013 ESPNcricinfo 26 May 2013 Dwayne Smith lbw b M Sharma 4 4 1 0 100.00 Aditya Tare b Morkel 0 1 0 0 0.00 Dinesh Karthik† b Morris 21 26 3 0 80.76 Rohit Sharma* c & b Morkel 2 5 0 0 40.00 Ambati Rayudu b Bravo 37 36 4 0 102.77 Kieron Pollard not out 60 32 7 3 187.50 Harbhajan Singh c Hussey b Bravo 14 8 3 0 175.00 Rishi Dhawan run out (M Sharma/Morris) 3 3 0 0 100.00 Mitchell Johnson c †Dhoni b Bravo 1 2 0 0 50.00 Lasith Malinga c †Dhoni b Bravo 0 2 0 0 0.00 Pragyan Ojha not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 148 Fall of wickets: 1–4 (Smith, 0.4 ov), 2–8 (Tare, 1.1 ov), 3–16 (R Sharma, 3.2 ov), 4–52 (Karthik, 9.3 ov), 5–100 (Rayudu, 15.1 ov), 6–125 (Harbhajan Singh, 17.5 ov), 7–133 (Dhawan, 18.4 ov), 8–135 (Johnson, 19.1 ov), 9–135 (Malinga, 19.3 ov) Chennai Super Kings bowling Mohit Sharma 4 0 26 1 6.50 0 0 Albie Morkel 3 0 12 2 4.00 0 0 Chris Morris 4 0 25 1 6.25 1 0 Ravichandran Ashwin 3 0 22 0 7.33 1 0 Ravindra Jadeja 2 0 19 0 9.50 0 0 Dwayne Bravo 4 0 42 4 10.50 1 0 Chennai Super Kings innings Michael Hussey b Malinga 1 2 0 0 50.00 Murali Vijay c R Sharma b Johnson 18 20 2 0 90.00 Suresh Raina c Smith b Malinga 0 1 0 0 0.00 Subramaniam Badrinath c †Karthik b Johnson 0 3 0 0 0.00 Dwayne Bravo c Johnson b Dhawan 15 16 3 0 93.75 Ravindra Jadeja c Pollard b Harbhajan Singh 0 2 0 0 0.00 Mahendra Singh Dhoni*† not out 63 45 3 5 140.00 Albie Morkel b Ojha 10 10 0 1 100.00 Chris Morris c †Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 0 1 0 0 0.00 Ravichandran Ashwin c sub (Akshar Patel) b Pollard 9 18 0 0 50.00 Mohit Sharma not out 0 2 0 0 0.00 Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 125 Fall of wickets: 1–2 (Hussey, 0.4 ov), 2–2 (Raina, 0.5 ov), 3–3 (Badrinath, 1.4 ov), 4–35 (Bravo, 5.6 ov), 5–36 (Jadeja, 6.4 ov), 6–39 (Vijay, 7.3 ov), 7–57 (Morkel, 10.6 ov), 8–58 (Morris, 11.3 ov), 9–99 (Ashwin, 17.4 ov) Mumbai Indians bowling Lasith Malinga 4 0 22 2 5.50 2 0 Mitchell Johnson 4 0 19 2 4.75 2 0 Pragyan Ojha 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0 Rishi Dhawan 1 0 6 1 6.00 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 3 0 14 2 4.66 0 0 Kieron Pollard 4 0 34 1 8.50 3 0 See also 2013 Champions League Twenty20 Chennai Super Kings-Mumbai Indians rivalryhttps://www.cricketinhindi.in/2020/02/ipl-latest-news-rcb-4-ipl-2020.html IPL NEWS: RCB टीम ने कीए 4 बड़े बदलाव, अब पक्का जीतेगी IPL Mahajan Devendra Cricket in Hindi 2020-02-19 13 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200813103430/https://www.cricketinhindi.in/2020/02/ipl-latest-news-rcb-4-ipl-2020.html dead References External links Match scorecard on ESPNcricinfo Match report on ESPNcricinfo 4DPYK_wbFxI CSK vs MI Pepsi IPL 2013 Full Match Replay Final Category:Indian Premier League finals