DUBAI: Chennai beat Kolkata by 27 runs in the IPL 2021 final to win their fourth title on Friday.
Kolkata were off to a great start in their high pressure chase as openers Venkatesh Iyer (50) and Shubman Gill (51) put on 91 for the first wicket, but Shardul Thakur picked up two wickets in an over to bring CSK back in the match.
From then on it was one way traffic as all Kolkata batters perished one after another in their pursuit of the big target of 193 runs.
Thakur finished with 3 wickets while Ravindra Jadeja and Josh Hazlewood finished with two apiece.
Earlier, Chennai posted 192 for three in 20 overs with Faf du Plessis smashing 86 off 59 balls.
