Live Cricket Score - CSK vs KKR, Final, IPL 2021

Will there be another year for CSK with Dhoni or not it'll be left for time to tell. for now, CSK are the champions and rightly so! A magnificent story and another season of the IPL comes to an end. Enjoy the moment and celebrate. Thank you for your company tonight. Goodbye and CSK supporters, you're in for a night of celebration! Thank you and goodbye!

Here are the awards for this season:

MoM: Faf du Plessis

Most valuable player of the season: Harshal Patel

Orange cap: Ruturaj Gaikwad - 635 runs in 16 games - 1 hundred, 4 fifties.

Purple cap: Harshal Patel - 32 wickets (joint highest ever in IPL with Dwayne Bravo) in 15 games, one 5-wicket haul, one 4-wicket haul.

Power player of the season: Venkatesh Iyer

Maximum Sixes:KL Rahul - 30 sixes

Game changer of the season: Harshal Patel

Super striker of the season: - Shimron Hetmyer - SR: 168

Catch of the season:Ravi Bishnoi - Narine's catch in Ahmedabad with a full-length dive at deep mid-wicket

Fairplay award:Rajasthan Royals

Emerging player of the season:Ruturaj Gaikwad.

That's that, people!! CSK BEAT KKR by 27 RUNS TO BAG THEIR FOURTH IPL TITLE! There are stories and there's a fairytale and CSK have pulled off an absolute stunner to ensure this squad has had a fairytale end to their run ahead of the mega auction next year. Who knows where they'll be next? It was the perfect way to end the final edition together. Amazing win, and one that they'll be super proud of!

Absolute CHAMPION stuff this from CSK! KKR were cruising at one point with their openers sharing a 91-run stand. From there, they were reduced to 125/8! Can you even believe it? KKR only could manage 165/9! "We'll come back stronger, that's what we are known for," said MS Dhoni after CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time last year. And they did, and how!

It was a team performance to pull this off. Faf du Plessis, who was handed a life early, made KKR pay and powered CSK to 192 with an 86, which was par on the wicket. Dhoni dropped Iyer early and he made them pay as well with a half-century. However, once he fell, it was the beginning of the end for KKR with CSK's bowlers all over the KKR's fragile middle order. Jadeja played a huge role in taking two great catches and picking up both Karthik and Shakib. All single digits from No.3 to No.8 made sure CSK didn't have too much to fret about in the end. Rahul Tripathi's hamstring injury hurt KKR's chances, but that wasn't the only reason. Rana fell for a duck and Morgan's poor run in the tournament didn't help KKR on THE day.

CSK will be extremely pleased with that comeback and why not?! They deserve every bit of this win. They dominated from the beginning and ended on a high. Who knows what would've happened had Rabada bowled that last over instead of Tom Curran in the Qualifier 1, but that's a forgotten story now. Chennai Super Kings are the IPL champions once again and are closing in on Mumbai Indians' 5 titles!

KKR will be disappointed after the start they got, but they should hold their heads high. It was a comeback of sorts from them too, given their 7th standing when the UAE leg began to sealing their spot in the finals. It was a game that could've been theirs, but they'll hold this comeback close to their hearts for another shot next year. Hope you enjoyed this amazing final today. Just in case you forget, this was Dhoni's 300th match as captain.

That's out and KKR have lost their skipper!!!Morgan holes out in the deep and Chahar takes a great catch. Over the boundary and back in!! 8 down are KKR! That's the last of KKR's specialist batsmen. We're into the bowlers now.