A second-wicket partnership of 66 runs between Dwayne Smith (57) and Suresh Raina (28), gave a brief glitter of hope, but a quick flurry of wickets thereafter gradually put them out of contention for a third title win. CSK skipper MS Dhoni‘s dismissal, getting bowled off the bowling of Lasith Malinga, proved to be the final straw, as Chennai finished on a score of 161 for eight at the end of their quota of overs.
The final was met with a wide variety of reactions, from members of the cricketing fraternity to fans. Some of the top tweets on the topic of the final are as follows:
What an IPL for @mipaltan wonderful team effort. To win it from where they were at the start is true character and team belief and team work
It was the third time that MI faced off CSK in an IPL final, with the first such occasion occurring in 2010, in which Chennai registered a 22-run win to lift the trophy for the first-ever time.
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