IPL 2021 Final: Dhoni's CSK became champion for the fourth time, 5 superheroes of victory

CSK vs KKR Final: CSK won the IPL title for the fourth time by defeating KKR by 27 runs in the final. CSK had scored 192 runs for 3 wickets while playing first, after which KKR's team could only score 165 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs and CSK got the victory. Dhoni's team again proved why this team is called the best team of IPL. 5 superheroes of this historic win of CSK in IPL

Plessis The opening pair of du Plessis and Gaikwad played a very important role in CSK's victory. Both gave Malikar CSK a quick start for the first wicket and added 61 runs in 8 overs. Gaikwad returned after scoring 32 runs, while Faf, on the other hand, batted relentlessly and scored 86 runs off 59 balls. The brilliant batting of both laid the foundation for victory.

All-rounder Moeen Ali has become the first England cricketer to be part of the title-winning team in the IPL. Moeen Ali, who recently retired from Test cricket, left his national team captain Eoin Morgan behind in this matter. Moeen was an important part of the Chennai Super Kings team in IPL 2021 and his team won the title by beating Eoin Morgan-led Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final of the 14th season of IPL on Friday night. This is Chennai's fourth title in the IPL. The Chennai team under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the IPL winner in 2010, 2011 and 2018 as well. Moeen and Morgan will now join the England team for the T20 World Cup starting on Sunday.

34-year-old Moeen Ali contributed significantly to Chennai's title win on Friday. The left-handed batsman performed brilliantly with the bat, hitting 37 off 20 balls to help Chennai reach 192 for three. Apart from him, Faf du Plessis played a brilliant innings of 86 runs while batting. At the same time, Rituraj Gaikwad played an innings of 32 runs. After this, Chennai performed amazingly in the bowling too, restricting Kolkata to 165 runs for nine wickets. 

Moeen was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL auction for Rs 7.5 crore and the English all-rounder has made a stellar performance this season to recover the franchise's money. He also made an important contribution to the team winning the title by doing right justice to this money. Moeen Ali took six wickets along with scoring 357 runs in IPL 2021. Before joining the Chennai team, Moeen Ali was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team.

Jadeja's X Factor

Ravind Jadeja once again proved to be the X factor in the match. Jadeja gave the first blow to KKR, when team Kolkata was scoring runs fast. Venkatesh Iyer was dismissed by Jadeja and brought CSK back into the match. Sir Jadeja took 2 important wickets in the match which turned the match upside down. 

In the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the title for the fourth time by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 27 runs. Chennai's team reached the final nine times in its IPL history of 13 years, out of which it was able to capture the title for the fourth time. The Chennai team under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the IPL winner in 2010, 2011 and 2018 as well. In this match played at the Dubai International Stadium, Chennai made a strong score of 192 runs for three wickets, batting first after losing the toss and then, thanks to the excellent performance of their bowlers, restricted Kolkata to 165 for nine. With this victory, Chennai also avenged the loss against Kolkata in the 2012 final.

After Chennai's title win, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised the performance of the opposition team before praising his team. Kolkata Knight Riders' team could win only two matches out of seven in the first leg played in India in IPL 2021 and were at the bottom of the points table. But in the second leg of the tournament played in UAE, the team made a strong comeback. The team had to win at least five out of seven matches to reach the playoffs of IPL 2021 and in doing so ensured a place in the playoffs. Kolkata then advanced to the finals by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator and then Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1.     

Dhoni said after the match, 'Before I start talking about CSK, I need to talk about KKR. It is difficult to make a comeback in the tournament in this manner, if any team deserves to win the IPL, it is KKR. KKR's team truly deserves to be the champions. A huge credit goes to his coach, team and support staff. The brakes really helped him.' 

The CSK captain then lauded his team and said, "Coming to CSK, we saw the players change. We had a lot of match winners playing in our team and everyone was doing really well. Every final is special, if you look at the statistics, we can say that we are the team that lost the most finals. I think it's important to come back strong, especially in the knockouts. We were talking separately with each player. We were training them separately. Our practice sessions have been good.

Lord Shardul's Amazing

Shardul Thakur bowled wonderfully for CSK and managed to take 3 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs. In this season, Shardul took the most wickets for CSK and played an important role in reaching the team in the final. Standing on Dhoni's faith, Shardul took 3 wickets and put the victory in the bag of CSK. 

Dhoni's amazing

Captain Dhoni once again proved why he is the great captain of the world. Under Dhoni's captaincy, CSK made history by winning the title for the fourth time. During the match against KKR, when the opener was scoring fast runs, Dhoni was keeping cool and instilling enthusiasm in the players of his team and at the same time by making a strategy, he was seen showing his captaincy on the field.

Morgan had a disappointing performance in IPL 2021. The Kolkata Knight Riders captain scored only 133 runs in 16 innings at an average of 11 and a strike rate of 95. Before Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan, Chris Jordan was the only England player whose Royal Challengers Bangalore team reached the 2016 IPL final. But RCB could not win the IPL trophy. Moeen said after Chennai won the title, 'It is amazing, and I really can't describe it. I never thought that I would win the IPL and it is wonderful to do that with this team. I could have been dropped a few matches earlier. I think it is a very humble team, and it is great to be a part of it.