AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Chennai Super Kings won a sensational Indian Premier League final against the defending champion Gujarat Titans off the last ball on Tuesday.
Medium-pacer Mohit Sharma squeezed Chennai in the last over to need 10 runs off the final two balls. Sharma got his length wrong, and Ravindra Jadeja hit a straight six. Sharma got his line wrong, and Jadeja hit a four to fine leg to complete a stunning five-wicket win.
The victory gave Chennai a record-equaling fifth title and retiring batter Ambati Rayudu a sixth IPL title, tying him with Rohit Sharma as the league’s most successful player.
The league needed three days to play the final. It was washed out on Sunday, started late Monday and finished after 1:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday. But it was worth it.
Captain Dhoni spoke about his retirement from the Indian Premier League once again.
“If you circumstantially if you see, it’s the best time to announce retirement. The easy thing for me to say is thank you and retire. But the hard thing to do is to work hard for nine months and try to play one more IPL season. The body has to hold up. But with the amount of love I have received from CSK fans, it would be a gift for them to play one more season. The way they’ve shown their love and emotion, it’s something I need to do for them,” he said.