CSK BECOME "CHOMPION"

                   CSK CREATED HISTORY

As it happened: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

It's all over! CSK beat SRH by 8 wickets to win third IPL title
OVERS 18.3: Chennai Super Kings 181/2 in 18.3 oversAmbati Rayudu (16* off 19 balls) completed the run chase with a four off Carlos Brathwaite. Shane Watson remained unbeaten 117 off 57 balls, which included eight maximums and 11 boundaries

OVERS 18: Chennai Super Kings 177/2, need 2 off 12 balls11 RUNS! Shane Watson (117* off 57 balls) hit back-to-back fours off Siddarth Kaul

OVERS 17: Chennai Super Kings 166/2, need 13 off 18 balls12 RUNS! Shane Watson (108* off 53) hit back-to-back fours off final two balls of Rashid Khan, who returned with figures of 0/24 in four overs

OVERS 16.3: HUNDRED for Shane Watson off 51 balls, his second of the season. CSK 157/2
Watson hit eight sixes and seven fours to reach the milestone

OVERS 16: Chennai Super Kings 154/2, need 25 off 24 ballsAmbati Rayudu hit a six in the over but Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave away just eight runs in it to finish with figures of 0/17 in four overs

150 up for CSK in 15.3 overs
Time-Out

OVERS 15: Chennai Super Kings 146/2, need 33 off 30 ballsMaiden over from Rashid Khan, even though a leg bye came in it.

OVERS 14: Chennai Super Kings 145/2, need 34 off 36 balls14 RUNS! Shane Watson (97* off 48 balls) ended the Carlos Brathwaite over with a four and a six

OVERS 13.3: OUT! Finally a wicket for SRH. Carlos Brathwaite struck to dismiss Suresh Raina (32). CSK 133/2
Raina hit a six and three fours in his 24-ball innings

OVERS 13: Chennai Super Kings 131/1, need 48 off 42 balls27 RUNS! Shane Watson (86* off 45 balls) clobbered 27 runs off Sandeep Sharma as he smacked three consecutive sixes and two fours. Sandeep finished his quota of fours overs with dismal figures of 1 for 52.

OVERS 12: Chennai Super Kings 104/1, need 75 off 48 ballsShane Watson (60* off 39) hit a four as CSK scored nine runs in Carlos Brathwaite's first over

100 up for CSK in 11.5 overs
OVERS 11: Chennai Super Kings 95/1, need 84 off 54 balls15 RUNS! Shane Watson (53* off 35) started the Shakib Al Hasan over with a six and Suresh Raina (29* off 20) ended it another maximum.

OVERS 10.1: FIFTY for Shane Watson off 33 balls with the help of four sixes and three fours. Completed the milestone with a six off Shakib Al Hasan. CSK 86/1

OVERS 10: Chennai Super Kings 80/1, need 99 off 60 ballsSuresh Raina (22* off 17 balls) ended the Rashid Khan over with a four

OVERS 9: Chennai Super Kings 72/1
16 RUNS! Another expensive over from Siddarth Kaul as he conceded 16 runs again. Shane Watson (43*) hit a six and a four in it.

Time-Out

OVERS 8: Chennai Super Kings 56/1
Rashid Khan put a brake on the run flow as he conceded just five runs in his first over, including a leg bye

OVERS 7: Chasing 179, Chennai Super Kings 51/116 RUNS! Shane Watson started with a six in the second ball and Suresh Raina hit two fours off Siddarth Kaul after that as CSK scored 31 runs in the last two overs

OVERS 6: Chennai Super Kings 35/115 RUNS! End of Powerplay. Finally a big over for CSK. Shane Watson (19* off 19 balls) smacked Sandeep Sharma a six and a four in consecutive balls.

OVERS 5.3: SIX! Shane Watson smacked the first maximum of the run chase off Sandeep Sharma. CSK 29/1

OVERS 5: Chennai Super Kings 20/1. Target -179Another good over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, gave away just four singles in his third over.

OVERS 4: Chennai Super Kings 16/1, in chase of 179OUT! Caught & Bowled. Sandeep Sharma struck with last ball of the over to dismiss Faf du Plessis (10). CSK 16/1

OVERS 3: Chennai Super Kings 10/0
Another outstanding over from Bhuvi, conceded first run in his 11th ball of the innings. Unfortunately, Deepak Hooda's over throw gave CSK a bonus boundary

OVERS 2: Chennai Super Kings 5/0Good start from Sandeep Sharma too, gave away just five runs in it. Faf du Plessis opened his account with a four

OVER 1: Chennai Super Kings 0/0Maiden Over! Brilliant start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis start the CSK run chase. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the ball for SRH

Sunrisers Hyderabad post 178/6 against Chennai Super Kings
OVERS 20: Sunrisers Hyderabad 178/610 RUNS! Shardul Thakur struck with the last ball to dismiss Carlos Brathwaite (21 off 11 balls), after the West Indian hit a six in the penultimate ball. Yusuf Pathan remained unbeaten on 45 off 25 balls, which included two sixes and four boundaries

OVERS 19: Sunrisers Hyderabad 168/5Carlos Brathwaite (15* off 8 balls) finished it with a massive six but it was a brilliant over from Lungi Ngidi (1/26 in four overs) as the South African conceded just eight runs in the all-important penultimate over.

OVERS 18: Sunrisers Hyderabad 160/516 RUNS! Yusuf Pathan ended the over with a four after Carlos Brathwaite smacked a big six. Dwayne Bravo finished with the figures of 1/46 in four overs

150 up for SRH in 17.2 overs
OVERS 17: Sunrisers Hyderabad 144/5
OUT! Lungi Ngidi struck with the last ball to dismiss Deepak Hooda (3) as the batsman's bad form continued. Yusuf Pathan (35* off 18 balls) hit a six as SRH scored 10 runs in the over

OVERS 16: Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/4Yusuf Pathan (27* off 15) started the over with a four, but Dwayne Bravo came back strongly to dismiss Shakib Al Hasan (23).

Time-Out

OVERS 15.5: OUT! Dwayne Bravo got rid of Shakib Al Hasan (23). SRH 133/4
Suresh Raina took a brilliant catch to send back the Bangladesh allrounder, who hit a six and two fours during his 15-ball innings

OVERS 15: Sunrisers Hyderabad 126/39 RUNS! Yusuf Pathan (21* off 12) hit a six off the second ball, but Karn Sharma came back strongly to concede just three more in the over

OVERS 14: Sunrisers Hyderabad 117/39 RUNS! Yusuf Pathan (14* off 9) hit a four off Shardul Thakur as SRH collected five singles too.

OVERS 13: Sunrisers Hyderabad 108/3Successful over from spinner Karn Sharma. For SRH, Yusuf Pathan (7*) opened his account with a boundary

OVERS 12.1: OUT! Massive blow for Sunrisers. Karn Sharma dismissed Kane Williamson (47). SRH 101/3
SRH skipper Kane Williamson missed a deserving fifty and was out stumped for 47 off 36 balls, which included two sixes and five fours.

OVERS 12: Sunrisers Hyderabad 101/2
11 RUNS! Kane Williamson (47* off 35 balls) smacked back-to-back fours off Dwayne Bravo as SRH scored 51 in the last five overs

100 up for SRH in 11.5 overs
OVERS 11: Sunrisers Hyderabad 90/217 RUNS! Big over for SRH. Shakib Al Hasan (17*) ended the Ravindra Jadeja over with a six and a four in consecutive balls. Kane Williamson (37*) also hit a four in the over

OVERS 10: Sunrisers Hyderabad 73/2Pacer Deepak Chahar came back and gave away just three singles to return with figures of 0/25 in four overs

OVERS 9: Sunrisers Hyderabad 70/2Successful start for Ravindra Jadeja as he broke the partnership between SRH's two top batsmen by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan (26 off 25 balls).

OVERS 8.3: OUT! Big Wicket. Ravindra Jadeja clean bowled Shikhar Dhawan for 26. SRH 64/2
Shakib Al Hasan came out as SRH No. 4

Strategic time-out

OVERS 8: Sunrisers Hyderabad 62/1
11 RUNS! Kane Williamson (28*) ended the Dwayne Bravo over with a four and a six in the last two balls

OVERS 7: Sunrisers Hyderabad 51/1
Shikhar Dhawan hit a four in the first over of Karn Sharma as the spinner gave away nine runs in it

50 up for SRH in 6.5 overs
OVERS 6: Sunrisers Hyderabad 42/112 RUNS! End of Powerplay. Another big over for SRH. This time, Shikhar Dhawan hit a six over long-on off Shardul Thakur

OVERS 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad 30/113 RUNS! Big over for SRH. Kane Williamson hit a six and a four off Deepak Chahar.

OVERS 4.2: SIX! First maximum of the evening came off the bat of Kane Williamson, a top-edge but the SRH skipper won't mind. SRH 24/1

OVERS 4: Sunrisers Hyderabad 17/1A rare maiden over from Lungi Ngidi as Kane Williamson failed to find gaps in the outfield.

OVERS 3: Sunrisers Hyderabad 17/1Another good over from Deepak Chahar as the pacer conceded just three singles in it

OVERS 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad 14/1Shikhar Dhawan hit a four as SRH scored eight runs in the Lungi Ngidi over, but they lost Goswami while going for a needless second run.

OVERS 1.5: OUT! Shreevats Goswami run out for 5. SRH 13/1
Goswami was nowhere near the crease as they tried to snatch second run. Good throw from Karn Sharma and MS Dhoni did the rest.

OVERS 1.2: FOUR! Shikhar Dhawan flicked one to fine leg for first boundary of the evening. Good effort from Karn Sharma, but he touched the rope while clearing the ball

Lungi Ngidi from the other end for CSK

OVER 1: Sunrisers Hyderabad 6/0Deepak Chahar started with a no-ball (for height) but recovered well to concede just six runs in the first over

Here we go...Shikhar Dhawan and Shreevats Goswami start the SRH innings. Deepak Chahar with the ball for CSK

Players of both the teams are out in the field and it's time for the National Anthem

TOSS | Chennai Super Kings win the toss and opt to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad
Playing XIs
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreevats Goswami (w), Kane Williamson (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma