Mumbai won the match with 8 balls to spare

Earlier, at the Dubai ground, Delhi Capitals who won the toss gave up a target of 157 with the batting first. In reply, Mumbai lost 157 wickets in 18.4 overs and won the match by 157 runs. For the team, Rohit Sharma scored 68 off 51 balls and Ishan Kishan 33 off 19 balls. This is the second time the captains of both teams have scored a fifty in the final. Earlier in the 2016 final, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain, David Warner scored 69 and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli scored 54 runs.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and Quinton De-Kock gave a fast start. They shared a 45-run opening partnership. But de-Kock scored 20 runs and got out in the hands of wicketkeeper at the ball of Stoinis. After this, at the 90 runs team lost the second wicket. Surya Kumar Yadav (19) was got run out. After this, Rohit shared 47 runs for the third wicket with Ishaan.

The fifties scored in IPL final

Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 65 and Rishabh Pant scored 56 runs. It was Iyer’s 16th and Pant’s 12th Fifty in the IPL. Both shared a 96-run partnership for the fourth wicket with 69 balls. 
Delhi’s start was very bad. The team lost 3 wickets for 22 runs. Trent Bolt gave Delhi 2 early setbacks and also took the most 3 wickets for Mumbai. He opened the account without Marcus Stoinis and got Ajinkya Rahane caught for 2 by wicketkeeper de-Kock. Stoinis was out on the first ball of Trent Boult. This is the first time in IPL history that a player was dismissed on the first ball of the match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore started their campaign on a winning note as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 wickets to open their account in IPL 13.

Winning the toss, Sunrisers put RCB to bat first as it has been the trend so far this IPL. RCB got off to a flyer with debutant Devdutt Padikkal scoring a handsome 56 off 42 along with Aaron Finch for an opening stand of 90. Sunrisers’ bowlers slowed down the run rate and got two quick wickets. With Virat Kohli and AB De ’Villiers, RCB looked poised for a good total but Kohli got out cheaply. RCB was unable to take advantage of the opening stand but ABD proved once again by best scoring 51 to take the team to a respective total of 163.

In reply, Sunrisers lost their captain David warner early but Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey stitched in a good partnership. Jonny Bairstow scored 61 and at 121/2 in 15 overs. SRH looked poised for the victory. But Yuzevendra Chahal picked 2 in 2 to turn the tide of the match in RCB’s favor. In the end, it was a bit too much for the lower order as they got bundled out for 153 giving RCB the win.

David Warner the RCB captain pointed out that the over from Chahal was the turning point. He was also a bit surprised by the way he got dismissed today. He was overall impressed by the comeback his bowlers made after the opening stand but stated there was room for improvement.

Virat Kohli was pleased with his openers and also pleased with how his bowlers defended the total especially having to cope with Bairstow early on. He also praises for Yuzevendra Chahal as well as for other part-time bowlers who did the job when it was needed.

Chahal became the man of the match for his figures of 3/18 in 4 overs.

The 2^nd game of IPL poised to another thriller with Delhi Capitals edging out Kings XI Punjab in the super over. The match was evenly poised as both teams had control of the match at some points but the match went right down to the wire with Delhi prevailing

Winning the toss KXIP chose to field. The pitch had a tinge of green and had significant bounce with the opening pair of Mohammed Shami and Sheldon Cottrell as Delhi lost their first 3 wickets inside the powerplay. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant started the rebuilding process but with the score of 100 after 17th over it looked done and dusted. But Marcus Stoinis punished the bowlers scoring 44 runs off the last two to take to a respectable score of 157/8

In reply, KXIP had a good start but lost 4 wickets for just 5 runs and were 55/5 at one stage. The match looked in Delhi’s pocket but Mayank Agrawal played a sublime knock of 89 to take the team on the grasp of victory but the last 3 balls produced. W W as both the teams had an identical score of 157/8 which led to the super over

Super over was just a mere formality as Kagiso Rabada destroyed Punjab restricting them to just 2 runs as Delhi won the Super over comfortably and the game.

KL Rahul the KXIP captain was a bit disappointed with the way the match panned out but he praised Mayank Agarwal for his efforts.

Shreyas Iyer, the Delhi Captain had a few nervous moments as he misjudged a catch which almost cost his team the match but was of full praise of Kagiso Rabada and Marcus Stoinis for their performance

The main aspect of the main was an umpiring blunder which cost the game for Punjab when the umpire gave a legit run as a short run.

Marcus Stoinis was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.

The biggest cricketing festival of India got underway today with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on the mighty Chennai Super Kings. The hype was large as poster boy Mahender Singh Dhoni was returning to the field after 400+ days. Mumbai came into the match on the back of 5 successive wins against CSK while CSK was plagued with the corona Virus threat and injuries in the early part of the month with key players returning home.

Winning the toss CSK elected to bowl first on a pitch that looked nice upfront. Rohit Sharma and Quinton De Kock gave the batting side a good start before the spinners came in to tighten up things. Piyush Chawla was excellent in the middle overs but Saurabh Tiwary kept the scoreboard ticking. Jadeja’s breakthrough of Tiwary opened the gates and Mumbai could only manage 41 runs from the final 6 overs for a respectable total of 162/9.

In reply, CSK had the worst of starts losing both their openers within the first 2 overs. But from there on it was the Rayudu Show. A fantastic knock of 71 off 48 was enough for the team to guide them home. He was ably supported by Faf Du Plessis who remained unbeaten on 58*. Mumbai Bowlers had an off day and with dew settling in, the spinners were hopeless. In the end, it was Dhoni Du Plessis who finished the match with skipper Mahi on the other end.

The captains had their fair say with Rohit Sharma(MI captain) pointing it out that their batsmen needed to carry their innings forward once they settled in. Their fielding was also sub-par with dropped catches and misfields.

MSD(CSK captain) spoke on how the match fitness was a bit lacking but their experience paid off in the final moments and his experiment of Sam Curran sending up the order for some pinch-hitting worked well against the left-arm spin.

Ambati Rayudu was adjudged the man of the match for his knock of 71.

IPL is well and truly back, something which was missed over the past few months.

In this season, the organization has removed the double match schedule on Saturday, only on Sunday, the doubles matches will be played by teams.

Fixtures:

Saturday, March 29

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai

Monday, March 30

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab in Delhi

Tuesday, March 31

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Bangaluru

Wednesday, April 1

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad

Thursday, April 2

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals in Chennai

Friday, April 3

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals in Kolkata

Saturday, April 4

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali

Sunday, April 5

4 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai
8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals in Jaipur/Guwahati

Monday, April 6

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata

Tuesday, April 7

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru

Wednesday, April 8

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians in Mohali

Thursday, April 9

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur/Guwahati

Friday, April 10

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi

Saturday, April 11

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab in Chennai

Sunday, April 12

4 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians in Kolkata

Monday, April 13

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings in Delhi

Tuesday, April 14

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali

Wednesday, April 15

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai

Thursday, April 16

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad

Friday, April 17

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru

Saturday, April 18

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals in Bengaluru

Sunday, April 19

4 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi
8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai

Monday, April 20

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai

Tuesday, April 21

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur/Guwahati

Wednesday, April 22

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru

Thursday, April 23

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab in Kolkata

Friday, April 24

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians in Chennai

Saturday, April 25

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur/Guwahati

Sunday, April 26

4 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali
8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad

Monday, April 27

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai

Tuesday, April 28

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai

Wednesday, April 29

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur/Guwahati

Thursday, April 30

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad

Friday, May 1

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Mumbai

Saturday, May 2

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata

Sunday, May 3

4 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru
8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Delhi

Monday, May 4

8 pm IST: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur/Guwahati

Tuesday, May 5

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad

Wednesday, May 6

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi

Thursday, May 7

8 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai

Friday, May 8

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals in Mohali

Saturday, May 9

8 pm IST: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai

Sunday, May 10

4 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals in Chennai
8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kolkata

Monday, May 11

8 pm IST Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians in Jaipur/Guwahati

Tuesday, May 12

8 pm IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab in Hyderabad

Wednesday, May 13

8 pm IST: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals in Delhi

Thursday, May 14

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru

Friday, May 15

8 pm IST: Kolkata Knight RidersvsSunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata

Saturday, May 16

8 pm IST: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals in Mohali

Sunday, May 17

8 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS SQUAD

MS Dhoni, RuturajGaikwad, Shane Watson, KM Asif, Faf du Plessis, AmbatiRayudu, M Vijay, Josh Hazlewood, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Narayan Jagadeesan, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Sai Kishore

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS SQUAD

Harry Gurney, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, SandeepWarrier, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Praveen Tambe, Nikhil Naik

MUMBAI INDIANS SQUAD

SuryakumarYadav, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sherfane Rutherford, Lasith Malinga, Anmolpreet Singh, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Prince BalwantRaiSingh, DigvijayDeshmukh, Chris Lynn, Hardik Pandya, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, KrunalPandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD SQUAD

Kane Williamson, David Warner, Virat Singh, PriyamGarg, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Manish Pandey, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sanjay Yadav, Jonny Bairstow, WriddhimanSaha, ShreevatsGoswami, Abdul Samad, Bavanaka Sandeep, Basil Thampi

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE SQUAD

AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Aaron Finch, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Gurkeerat Mann, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Pawan Negi, IsuruUdana, Moeen Ali, Umesh Yadav, ShivamDube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, PavanDeshpandeParthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, ShahbazAhamad

KINGS XI PUNJAB SQUAD

Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, IshanPorel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, MujeeburRahman, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Arshdeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, J Suchith, HarpreetBrar, DarshanNalkande, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, M Ashwin, Chris Jordan, KrishnappaGowtham, Deepak Hooda, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh

DELHI CAPITALS SQUAD

Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Jason Roy, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, SandeepLamichhane, KagisoRabada, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Rishabh Pant, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Alex Carey, Chris Woakes, Keemo Paul, ShimronHetmyer, TusharDeshpande

RAJASTHAN ROYALS SQUAD

Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Mahipal Lomror, RiyanParag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes, Mayank Markande, Varun Aaron, KartikTyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye, Manan Vohra, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, JaydevUnadkat, YashasviJaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Jos Buttler, AnujRawat

Most expensive signing

Pat Cummins (15.5 Cr., Kolkata Knight Riders) Most Expensive Overseas Player in the History of IPL

Most expensive Indian

Piyush Chawla (6.75 Cr., Chennai Super Kings)