IPL 2018 has finally ended. It was the eleventh edition of the cash-rich tournament that began on April 7 and ended on May 27. Total 8 teams participated in this tournament and total 60 matches played including the four playoff matches.

It was the great entertaining tournament that ran till seven weeks. The cricket fans observed a lot of ups and downs moments throughout the long tournaments. Many players have won hearts with their brilliant performances on the ground. Like every previous season, this year also had the several special awards along with the main trophy.

After the end of the final match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on Sunday night, the season awards were presented.

Teams’ Awards

Champions – Chennai Super Kings (3rd title)

Runners-up – Sunrisers Hyderabad

Fair Play Award – Mumbai Indians

Individual Awards

Purple Cap (most wickets in IPL 2018) – Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab); took 24 wickets

Orange Cap (most runs scored in IPL 2018) – Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad); scored 735 runs

Most valuable player of this season – Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Emerging Player of the Year – Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)

Best catch award – Trent Boult (Delhi Daredevils); a stunning catch to dismiss Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) at Bengaluru on April 21.

Thus Trent Boult catch has been voted the best ever in the IPL #ipl pic.twitter.com/9X5T8ygQbd

— simon hughes (@theanalyst) April 30, 2018

Season’s best strike-rate award – Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Most stylish player of this season – Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils)

Most innovative thinking of this season – MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)

Grounds’ Awards

Best IPL ground of the season – Eden Gardens (Kolkata)

Best IPL ground of the season for less than seven games – Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali)