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Jadeja seals title for Chennai in thrilling, delayed final

Chennai Super Kings have won the IPL for a record-equalling fifth time, beating defending champions Gujarat Titans off the final ball

It didn't finish until 1.30am but Chennai Super Kings won a sensational Indian Premier League final against the defending champion Gujarat Titans off the final ball.

Chennai were almost denied by medium-pacer Mohit Sharma in the final over, with the Super Kings needing 14 runs off the 15th and final over (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method).

After only four from the first four balls, the equation shifted in Gujarat's favour with Chennai needing 10 runs off the last two balls. 

But Sharma got his length wrong and Ravindra Jadeja hit a six, then got his line wrong and Jadeja hit a four to pull off a stunning win.

Victory gave Chennai a record-equalling fifth title in front of a patient 75,000 crowd.

They appeared in control as they chased a reduced total of 175 under the DLS method, after rain once again interrupted proceedings.

The final was washed out on Sunday and it didn't finally finish until after 1:30 am local time on Tuesday.

Chennai wobbled when captain MS Dhoni was caught first ball off Sharma with 22 still left.

But Shivam Dubey (32 not out) and, spectacularly, Jadeja (15 not out) saw them home.

Earlier, Gujarat made 4-214 when they were put in, thanks to 96 off 47 balls by Sai Sudharsan and 54 off 39 from keeper-opener Wriddhiman Saha.

IPL 2023 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Gujarat Titans Gujarat Titans GUT 14 10 4 0 0 0.809 0 20
2 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings CSK 14 8 5 0 1 0.652 0 17
3 Lucknow Super Giants Lucknow Super Giants LSG 14 8 5 0 1 0.284 0 17
4 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians MI 14 8 6 0 0 -0.044 0 16
5 Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals RAJ 14 7 7 0 0 0.148 0 14
6 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Men Royal Challengers Bengaluru Men RCB 14 7 7 0 0 0.135 0 14
7 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight Riders KKR 14 6 8 0 0 -0.239 0 12
8 Punjab Kings Punjab Kings KXI 14 6 8 0 0 -0.304 0 12
9 Delhi Capitals Men Delhi Capitals Men DEL 14 5 9 0 0 -0.808 0 10
10 Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad SUN 14 4 10 0 0 -0.59 0 8

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points