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The Rajasthan Royals, in a nailbiting edge-of-the-seat finish, beat the Chennai Superkings target of 164 runs. It was a 1 ball-1 run finish and Sohail Tanvir partnering with Shane Warne ran their way to victory. 

Chennai Super Kings made 163 for the loss of five wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the final of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy Stadium here Sunday. Suresh Raina was the top scorer with 43 while Parthiv Patel made 38. Yusuf Pathan was the most successful bowler for Royals with his three for 22 from four overs.

The Royals came off with an average start but looked inclined towards a win. However, some early wickets of Patel (2), Asnodkar (28), Kamran (6) put the Royals under a lot of pressure. It was left upto Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan to take on the climbing run rate of 9 per over. Watson ducked out at 28 and from then on the game was in Pathan’s hands. After a fabulous 56 off 36 balls, Pathan was finally run out. The match was then on shaky grounds with only Shane Warne left to bring some hope for the Royals. And the captain did not depart from the field right upto the last over. Needing 8 off 6 balls, Warne and Tanvir were in a fix. However, after some good running, a costly wide, the final delivery from Balaji was batted by Tanvir and sealed the victory for the Royals with the last 1 run. 

Did you watch this match? If you did I’m sure those nails wont need any cutting for at least a year!