Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the IPL 2018 trophy after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the IPL 2018 final at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on Sunday night.

CSK captain MS Dhoni decided to field first after winning the toss. SRH managed to score 178/6 at the end of 20 overs while CSK reached that target in 18.3 overs after losing just 2 wickets.

Brief Scores: SRH – 178/6 in 20 overs (Kane Williamson 47, Yusuf Pathan 45*; Ravindra Jadeja 1/24)

CSK – 181/2 in 18.3 overs (Shane Watson 117*, Suresh Raina 32; Carlos Brathwaite 1/27)

Result – CSL won by 8 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

i) SRH skipper Kane Williamson scored total 735 runs in IPL 2018.

• Third most runs scored by a batsman in an IPL season. The top two in this list are Virat Kohli with 973 runs (in IPL 2016 for Royal Challengers Bangalore) and David Warner with 848 runs (in IPL 2016 for Sunrisers Hyderabad).

ii) CSK batsman Shane Watson scored his second century in IPL 2018.

• Fourth batsman to score more than one century in an IPL season.

iii) CSK batsman Shane Watson scored his fourth IPL century.

• Joint second most no.of IPL centuries for a batsman. Chris Gayle is the record holder with 6 IPL centuries while Virat Kohli has also scored 4 IPL centuries.

Also read: (CSK vs SRH) – Turning Point of the Match 

iv) CSK opening batsman Shane Watson scored an unbeaten 117 runs.

• Highest individual knock in an IPL final. The previous record was 115* by Wriddhiman Saha (Kings XI Punjab) against Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru on June 1, 2014.   

v) SRH pacer Siddarth Kaul conceded total 547 runs in IPL 2018. Meanwhile, CSK pacer Dwayne Bravo conceded total 533 runs in IPL 2018.

• Siddarth Kaul and Dwayne Bravo are the top two most runs conceded bowlers in an IPL season. The previous record holder was Umesh Yadav (Delhi Daredevils) who had conceded 508 runs in IPL 2013.

vi) CSK won this match by 8 wickets.

• Largest victory (by wickets) in an IPL final history. The previous record holder was Kolkata Knight Riders who won by 5 wickets against Chennai Super Kings at Chennai on May 27, 2012.

vii) CSK and SRH met four times in IPL 2018 and every time CSK finished as a winning team.

• Most no.of matches won by a team against a particular team in an IPL season.

Also read: Final (CSK vs SRH) – Hits and Flops

viii) CSK won the IPL trophy for the third time.

• Joint most no. of IPL trophies won by a team. Mumbai Indians has also won three IPL trophies.

ix) CSK skipper MS Dhoni has won three IPL trophies as a captain.

• Joint most no. of IPL trophies won as a captain. Rohit Sharma has also won three IPL trophies as captain.

x) CSK cricketer Ambati Rayudu has to be part of four IPL winning finals (three for Mumbai Indians and one for Chennai Super Kings).

• Joint most no.of IPL winning finals for a player. Rohit Sharma has also to be part of four IPL winning finals (one for Deccan Chargers and three for Mumbai Indians).