Dhoni’s Comeback Kings: How CSK Stunned Everyone To Win IPL 2018 On This Day

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 07:20 IST

On this time successful 2018, MS Dhoni's CSK made a stunning comeback aft a 2-year ban, beating SRH successful the IPL last with Watson’s fiery century

On This Day In 2018: CSK had faced a prohibition of 2 years earlier returning powerfully successful IPL 2018. (File Pic)

On This Day In 2018: Chennai Super Kings overcame the ignominy of a two-year lack and recorded an affectional 3rd Indian Premier League rubric triumph on this day successful 2018. After facing the wrath of the 2013 spot-fixing ungraded that led to their suspension alongside Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2016 and 2017, skipper MS Dhoni’s brigade came retired successful flying colours with a magnificent triumph successful the acme clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Making an inspiring instrumentality to the field, the Super Kings near their passionate supporters overwhelmed and teary-eyed with a peculiar triumph successful the neutral brushwood played astatine the iconic Wankhede Stadium successful Mumbai. Dhoni’s men successfully hunted down the Sunrisers’ imposing people of 178/6 amid large pressure, emerging triumphant by 8 wickets.

Influential spells from the fast-bowling duo of Deepak Chahar (0/25) and Lungi Ngidi (1/26) were backed by wrist-spinner Karan Sharma’s arsenic disciplined burst of 1 for 25 arsenic the Super Kings restricted the in-form Sunrisers beneath the 180 mark. That, contempt fluent knocks from skipper Kane Williamson (47) and powerfulness hitter Yusuf Pathan (45*) isolated from West Indies each rounder Carlos Brathwaite’s entertaining cameo worthy 21* disconnected 11 deliveries.

During the chase, Australian opener Shane Watson’s singular period pushed speech each of Sunrisers’ batting efforts, blasting a memorable 117 not outoff57 deliveries. In the astir brutal battle witnessed connected the nighttime of an IPL final, Watson clobbered the SRH onslaught for 11 fours and 8 sixes nether lights astatine the Wankhede.

The large opener, who went astatine a strike-rate of 205.26, didn’t conscionable surpass the absorption bowling line-up but besides overshadowed utile contributions by No.3 Suresh Raina (32) and Ambati Rayudu (16*). Rayudu sensibly played 2nd fiddle to Watson towards the extremity and deed the winning runs erstwhile helium struck Brathwaite for a 4 done the other screen region.

Watson showed fantastic temperament aboriginal connected the innings erstwhile helium watchfully played retired an incisive spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and made definite SRH’s experienced wicket-taking menace made nary scalps successful his 4-over spell for 17.

Once past Kumar, Watson entered the beast mode extracurricular the powerplay and hammered the remainder of Sunrisers bowlers to each parts of the ground. He ended the time with the astir deserving Player of the Match grant for helping CSK seashore to the joint-most 3 titles on with arch-rivals Mumbai Indians.

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