It took some time but we finally know the winner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) emerged triumphant with a five-wicket win over the Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday, May 29.
With the mega tournament providing a multitude of cash prizes for the teams as well as special individual and team winners, we look at a list of these well-deserved players, and how much they have reaped from the fruits of their labour.
Team Awards:
Winner, Rs 20 crore: Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Runners-up, Rs 12.5 crore: Gujarat Titans (GT)
Fairplay Award, Rs 10 Lakhs: Delhi Capitals
Individual Awards of IPL 2023:
Orange Cap winner, Rs 10 Lakh: Shubman Gill
Purple Cap winner, Rs 10 Lakh: Mohammed Shami
Emerging Player of the tournament, Rs 10 Lakh: Yashaswi Jaiswal
Most Valuable Player of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Shubman Gill
Most fours of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Shubman Gill
Longest sixes of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Faf du Plessis
Most sixes of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Faf du Plessis
Electric Striker of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Glenn Maxwell
Game Changer of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Shubman Gill
Active Catch of the Season, Rs 10 Lakh: Rashid Khan
Pitch and Ground Award, Rs 50 Lakh: Eden Gardens and Wankhede Stadium
About the IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Final
In the first innings, young and uncapped batter Sai Sudharsan led the charge as GT set CSK an imposing target of 215 in the IPL 2023 final. His innings finished at 96 runs off just 47 balls, at a strike rate of 204.25 with 8 fours and 6 sixes to his name. He failed to complete his century after being caught LBW by CSK pacer Matheesha Pathirana.
Sudharsan stepped up to the occasion after the early wicket of the in-form Shubman Gill, who is also the current Orange Cap holder as well. After the bright start that openers Wriddhiman Saha and Gill gave GT, hitting 62 runs in the Powerplay.
However, Ravindra Jadeja got the breakthrough in the seventh over with a brilliant stumping by MS Dhoni. He managed 39 off 20 balls, but his wicket gave way to Sudharsan, who came close to becoming just the third player to hit a century in an IPL final.
After a long rain interruption, the match restarted at 12:10 with a revised target of 171 in 15 overs. The side started on a roar with CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway making the most of the conditions. They set up an opening wicket partnership of 74 runs before Gaikwad was caught by Rashid Khan off Noor Ahmad's bowling, scoring 26 runs in 16 balls.
Conway was the main aggressor and managed 47 off 25 balls before Noor struck again as the New Zealander holed the ball straight to Mohit Sharma.
Then coming to the party was Shivam Dube (32* off 21) and Ajinkya Rahane (27 off 13). The duo had a very important partnership of 39 runs from 23 balls which took CSK closer to the target.
After Rahane's wicket, Ambati Rayudu (19 off 8) took over as MS Dhoni was caught out for a Golden Duck. Many thought it was game over for CSK but Sir Ravindra Jadeja (15 off 6) had other plans. He hit a six and a four in the final two balls of the match to seal Chennai Super Kings' fifth IPL trophy.
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