Indian Win At The Biggest Stage as CSK clinch title

Toss: Warriors, chose to bat

Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johanesburg

Pitch Report: Dry and hard, but will be good for the team batting first. Runs will be easy to come by for the team batting first.

Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings got a chance to get their hands on another trophy, after winning the third edition of the Indian Premier League, and they grabbed it. In the final against the South African outfit, Chevrolet Warriors, Chennai Super Kings emerged on top and much to their fans' delight, won the Champions' League T20.

Chasing a meagre 129 thanks to a splendid bowling performance, Chennai didn't take too many risks and eased their way to the target in 19 overs and won the game by 8 wickets. Openers, Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey played sensible knocks and put on 103 off 15 overs. Semi-final hero Suresh Raina could not last long as he was dismissed in the next over. But this is how far the Warriors could get as Dhoni came in and got to the target in the 19th over along with Mr.Cricket, Mike Hussey.

Earlier electing to bat, the Warriors started aggressively but lost both their openers early. Ashwell Prince and captain Davey Jacobs in the 4th and the 6th over respectively. Warriors began to lose the plot as they lost their third wicket in the 11th over.

Spin wizard, Muralitharan bowled a magical spell as he ran through the middle order of the Warriors, dismissing Kreuch, Thyseen and Mark Boucher and reduced the Warriors to 128 for 7 in 20 overs.

Chennai's standout performance should be credited to their brilliant bowling performance that brought them Champions' League glory. The Warriors, who played very well throughout would have felt a little hard done by their performance in the final. Nevertheless, a lot of unknown players will now be seen on both the International and local scenario.

Turning Point: The Warriors' poor batting display and aggressive gameplay by CSK was what pushed the game in CSK's favour. Warriors never looked to be in the contest as they succumbed to a low total.

The Hero: Spinner Muthiah Muralitharan bowled the Warriors away with a spell of 16 for 3 in his spell of 4 overs.

So with that, this big tournament comes to an end and fans back in India can rejoice for long as an Indian team has triumphed on the biggest T20 stage.

Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings 132 for 2 (Vijay 58, Hussey 51*) Warriors 128 (Murali 3-16, Ashwin 2-16) by 8 wickets