Champions League Final

The great match of Airtel Champion League T20 Final between Chennai super Kings Vs Chevrolet Warriors (CSK Vs WAR), they faced off on Sunday night at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Chennai became the first team who won IPL crown as well as Champion League crown. They beat Warrior by eight wickets in the final and got USD 2.5 million as prize money.

Murali Vijay clinched Golden Bat awards for scoring highest run in the tournament. He scored 294 runs in 6 matches with an average of 49 runs. And Spinner Ashwin bagged golden ball reward for most victorious bowler in the tournament.

The team CSK pursuing a judicious total of 129 runs in 20 overs, opener Mike Hussy and Murali Vijay set the impetus in good turn of CSK with 103 runs opening partnership. Both the teams come into the final having ended inclusive triumphs in the semi finals.

Chennai captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that ”Winning the IPL and now the Champions League
, it’s a very emotional moment for us; the senior players have really done a good job. The environment has been superb … it can’t get any better than this”.

Jacobs strike 8 fours in a swift start but was out lbw to Ashwin. Muralitharan then grasp 2 wickets in an over, discharging Mark Boucher and Justin Kreusch in the 14th as the Warriors fell away. Craig Thyssen made 25 from 18 balls before he was out to Muralitharan as the Port Elizabeth-based team shuffled to 128-7.

Vijay overtook Jacobs as generally top run-scorer when he reached 51. He was ultimately caught on the long-off boundary by Kreusch off spinner Nick Boogie, to end with 296 runs in 6 innings at an average of 49.00. Last night triumph completed Chennai Super Kings’ season double, with both the IPL and CL T20 title in its treasury.

Champions League Final Highlights