The final match of IPL 2019 began with
mumbai Indians winning the toss and batting first. After an amazing start,
quinton de kock was dismissed for 29(17), while skipper
rohit Sharma was removed for 15 by
deepak Chahar. Tahir removed the settled
ishan kishan (23) and Surya Kumar Yadav (15), but Pollard steadied the innings.
kieron pollard's unbeaten 41(25) took
mumbai to a respectable 149/8, with
deepak Chahar being the pick of CSK with 3/26, and Tahir picking 2/23 and
shardul thakur 2/37 respectively. Chennai super kings batting began cautiously, but Du Plessis was dismissed for 26(13) after a promising start.
Raina and Rayudu departed quickly, while Dhoni was run out in an unfortunate decision. Bravo and Watson joined hands and resurrected Chennai, as they started hitting runs steadily. Bravo departed unexpectedly, and in the last over, Watson also departed for 80, as Chennai ended at 148/6, with
mumbai Indians winning the IPL final and the title-winning by 1 run.