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In a few hours, the IPL Champions of the eleventh season of the league will be crowned. It would, therefore, be great as a cricket fan to recollect the amazing moments from the previous ten finals of a tournament that is known for its thrilling and exciting moments.
In the next few slides, you'll relive the most amazing moments from the finales of previous seasons.
2008 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
It all began a decade ago with CSK being one of the contenders even then. It was a contest between the strong Dhoni-led side and the underdog team, captained by Shane Warne. The final of the inaugural season of unarguably the biggest cricket league in the world lived up to the expectations as the match was decided on the very last ball.
Chennai batted first to post a decent total of 163 backed by some good performances from Raina, Parthiv, and Captain Dhoni. The Royals' bowling did pretty well with Yusuf Pathan leading the charge with three wickets and an economy rate of less than 6 in his 4 overs.
In response, Pathan once again led the charge by scoring the only fifty of the match to ensure Man of the Match award and a victory for his side in the biggest game of season.
2009 Final: Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB's quest for IPL title began back in 2009 when a side led by Kumble reached the final in South Africa. The Chargers batted first, and despite losing their captain Gilchrist for a duck, went on to post a fair total of 143.
The star performers in the batting department for them were Gibbs and Symonds. RCB's incredible bowling performance was led by Man of the Match Anil Kumble, whose amazing performance almost won RCB its first title.
However, Ojha's accurate bowling helped the Chargers in defending the small total as this game too ended up being a thriller with the Chargers taking the title by 6 runs.
2010 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
CSK's second appearance in the final ended up on a positive note with Raina's half-century backed by some good bowling from Muralitharan and Jakati proving to be more than enough for the Dhoni-led side.
This wasn't as exciting as the previous two finals as the Super Kings registered an easy victory with only Tendulkar and Fernando doing something worthy from the Mumbai Indians' side. Raina was unsurprisingly adjudged the Player of the match for his performance.
2011 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
The 2011 final was the second consecutive final for CSK, while the second appearance in the final for RCB. This one was expected to be a thrilling one but failed to live up to the expectations as CSK won their second IPL title in a row with a comprehensive victory of 58 runs.
Most of the work for the Super Kings was done by their openers Hussey and Murali Vijay, as both posted a half century to help the side in registering a 200+ total.
In response, a side featuring the likes of Gayle, Kohli and De Villiers was expected to do a lot better. Ashwin and Jakati were the only two to have done something amazing with the ball in the game which is otherwise remembered for batting successes and failures.
2012 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
The first appearance in the final for the hugely popular KKR while CSK's third final in a row. The game was once again led by some outstanding batting performances and proved to be better in terms of a thriller than the previous two finals.
Raina and Hussey once again helped the Super Kings to register a total of 190+ but Bisla's 89 at the top of the order and 69 runs from Kallis ensured that KKR take their maiden title home. Bisla was rightly adjudged the Man of the Match.
2013 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Another year and yet another final for the Super Kings. A second encounter between the finalists of 2010 but with the opposite result. Backed by a quick fifty from Kieron Pollard down the order, the Mumbai side was able to register a decent total of 148.
Despite an amazing half-century from Captain Dhoni, CSK failed to reach the target by a considerable distance as Bhajji, Malinga and Johnson did extremely well with the ball.
2014 Final: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Another final for KKR but this time it was against Kings XI Punjab. Punjab's quest towards the title was accelerated by an incredible century from Saha but Manish Pandey had something else in mind.
His 94 proved to be more than enough to register a victor with 3 balls left in the game.
2015 Final: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Another CSK-MI encounter in the final of IPL. With the scores level at 1-1, Mumbai took the lead as they registered a convincing victory over the Dhoni-led side. Fifties from Simmons and Sharma proved to be good enough for the foundation of a 200+ total.
In response, some good bowling from Malinga and McClenaghan ensured that Mumbai were crowned the IPL Champion once again.
2016 Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Another attempt by RCB to clinch the IPL title fell flat against Sunrisers Hyderabad, as the relatively new side posted a big total backed by some amazing performances from the captain David Warner, with the bat.
In response, incredible efforts from Gayle and Kohli went in vain as others failed to maintain the great start provided by the two stars. Ben Cutting's two wickets proved to be vital just like the runs he scored at the death as he was adjudged Player of the Match.
2017 Final: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians
Without a doubt, the most thrilling IPL final ever. The low scoring roller coaster ride ended with Mumbai clinching the title by just 1 run. The Mumbai side batted first with Krunal Pandya being the top scorer, while Unadkat was the star with the ball for RPS.
In response, Captain Smith's half-century went in vain as Johnson and Bumrah's bowling effort won the game for Mumbai Indians. For his overall impact on the game, Pandya was chosen as the Best Player of the Match.
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