IPL 2021: Top 5 best matches in the history of the tournament
The tournament has been a witness to several jaw-dropping clashes over the years.
4. Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Hyderabad, 2019 Final
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings arrived at the IPL 2019, having won three titles each. And the two teams met in the final in Hyderabad, with the expectation of winning their fourth title. Failing to win any momentum in their innings, Mumbai ended with 149 for 8, on the back of some late flourish by Kieron Pollard, who made a 25-ball 41.
Deepak Chahar, of CSK, bowled a spell of 3 for 26. But, when it came to the chase, Chennai seemed to have panicked a bit. Shane Watson held one end scoring a vital 80 from 58 balls. Going into the last over, Chennai needed nine runs to win. Lasith Malinga, the Mumbai Indians legend, was tasked to win it for them for the fourth time.
With five runs needed off three balls, Watson got run out, while trying to go for a second run. The next man in Shardul Thakur took two runs to reduce the equation to two runs off the final ball. Malinga bowled what he was known for, a death yorker on the middle stump. The ball landed on Thakur’s pad, crashing the middle stump. He was given out LBW as Mumbai won their fourth title. That turned out to be the last ball Malinga ever bowled in the IPL.
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