IPL 2019 Final: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in last-ball thriller to win 4th title

Mumbai Indians defeated defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 1 run in a thriller in Hyderabad on Sunday to become the 1st team to win the Indian Premier League 4 times.

Shane Watson played a starring role for Chennai Super Kings in an IPL final for the second successive year but his efforts were in vain as MI made a spectacular comeback.

It was a tense final. It was a thriller. After fortunes shifted both ways, Chennai Super Kings needed 9 off the final over but Lasith Malinga, who had gone for 20 in his previous over, gave away only 7 in the final over of the season to seal a sensational victory for Mumbai Indians.

No team had ever defeated Chennai Super Kings 4 times in an IPL season. MI had got the better of CSK in the league stages twice and had crushed them in the first qualifier before the nail-biting win in the final.

MI were on top after Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni were dismissed early before Shane Watson played another top knock in an IPL final. On May 27, 2018, Shane Watson had smashed an unbeaten 117 off 57 balls to script CSK's 3rd IPL triumph. On May 12, 2019 Shane Watson hit 80 off 59 but it wasn't enough as CSK lost to MI in a last-ball thriller.