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Mumbai Indians (Image Credit: IPL)

Mumbai Indians (MI) won the IPL 2019 crown after winning the Final of the season on Sunday (12th May) night. In that match, MI beat the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad).

After MI won the toss, they managed to score 149/8 (20 overs) in the first innings. Chasing down that target, CSK managed to score 148/7 (20 overs) as MI won that match by one run.

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Brief Scores: MI – 149/8 in 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 41*, Quinton de Kock 29; Deepak Chahar 3/26)

CSK – 148/7 in 20 overs (Shane Watson 80, Faf du Plessis 26; Jasprit Bumrah 2/14)

Result – MI won by one run

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

MI

i) MI creates a new record by winning the IPL trophy for the fourth time. CSK is in the second position with three IPL trophies.

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ii) It is the second time in IPL final history when a team won by just one run. MI was also the first team to win an IPL final by just one run (against Rising Pune Supergiant in IPL 2017 final).

CSK

i) It is the first time when CSK lost any tournament final due to their failure of chasing the target. Before this, CSK only lost the tournament finals at batting first.

 

Players’ stats

MI

i) Rohit Sharma is the first MI batsman to score 4,000+ T20 runs. By the end of this match, he has scored 4,001 T20 runs for MI.

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Rohit Sharma (Image Credit: IPL)

ii) Rohit Sharma is the first captain to win four IPL trophies. MS Dhoni is in the second position who has won three IPL trophies as captain.

iii) Rohit Sharma is the first player to win five IPL trophies (2009 for DC; 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 for MI).

iv) South African cricketer Quinton de Kock scored 529 runs in IPL 2019 which is the second most runs for an MI overseas batsman in an IPL season. West Indies cricketer Lendl Simmons is the record holder with 540 runs (IPL 2015). Meanwhile, during this match, Quinton de Kock surpassed former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 514 runs in IPL 2008.

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MI, CSK, IPL 2019
Quinton de Kock (Image Credit: IPL)

 

CSK

i) By the end of this match, MS Dhoni has made 132 IPL dismissals (94 catches and 38 stumpings) as a wicketkeeper which is the most IPL dismissals for a wicketkeeper. During this match, Dhoni surpassed Dinesh Karthik who has made 131 IPL dismissals (101 catches and 30 stumpings).

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MS Dhoni (Image Credit: IPL)

ii) Imran Tahir is now the most wicket-taking spin bowler in an IPL season. He finished the IPL 2019 with 26 wickets. During this final match, the Proteas leg-spinner surpassed the previous record holders Sunil Narine (24 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2012) and Harbhajan Singh (24 wickets for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2013).

IPL 2019, Final: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - Statistical Highlights
Imran Tahir (Image Credit: BCCI)

iii) Shane Watson’s 80 is the second highest individual score by a right-handed batsman during the match between CSK and MI. MI cricketer Rohit Sharma is the record holder with 87 runs at Mumbai on 22nd April 2011.

IPL 2019, Final: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - Statistical Highlights
Shane Watson (Image Credit: Twitter)