Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

00:45 Local Time: From Chennai to Hyderabad, from 70 to 149, criss-crossing every corner of the country multiple amount of times, everything ends with a tribute to mathematics .. 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019. It's been fun bringing you this over the last two months, and hopefully you've enjoyed reading whatever we've scribbled all through, as I, Vineet Anantharaman, sign off on behalf of Pradeep Krishnamurthy, Rishi Roy, Sagar Chawla, Kumar Abhisekh Das, MS Ramakrishnan and our scorer, Venkatesh AV. Now go, figure out whatever you plan to do with your lives now, and until next year, when 8pm IST will start making sense again, ta ta!!

Harsha Bhogle: The IPL grew stronger this year. Remember it was conducted amidst so much uncertainty but to get it all right is a great achievement. What a tournament!

The BCCI acting president, CK Khanna, is waiting with the trophy. He insists on Rohit smiling towards the cameras before he gives him IPL 2019. And the moment Rohit touches the trophy, Ishan Kishan steals it and the firework explosions go up. Mumbai Indians -- 2019 Champions. And some broken larynx by the end of tonight. Everybody's standing on the podium, with four fingers pointing at the cameras. There's a Champions board as well behind which they need to stand and shout some more. And then they start chanting, Mumbaaii...Indiaannns.

Rohit Sharma | Winning skipper -- INR 20,00,00,000: Throughout the tournament we played some good cricket which was the reason we qualified at the top. We planned to split the tournament into two parts, every thing we did as a team, we got the rewards for them. We have a squad of 25 players, everyone came in at some stage and did the job; the support-staff as well. Our bowling in particular was excellent, at different stages in the game, the bowlers put their hands up and brought us back. Every bowler who got an opportunity put their hand up, took responsibility and that's why we got the rewards for it. Malinga is a champion, he has been doing it for many years for us. I was thinking of Hardik for the final over, but I wanted to back someone who has been in that situation for us before, and Malinga has been there many times. I am learning in every game, every time I take the field. I have to credit the team as well, it is up to the boys to step up otherwise the captain is made to look foolish. Credit to the boys!

MS Dhoni | Runner's up skipper -- INR 12,50,00,000: As a team we had a good season. But we need to go back and reflect on how we reached the finals. It's not one of those years where we played really great cricket to reach here. The middle order wasn't great, and today it was very funny as to how both teams were only passing on the trophy from one team to the other. Both teams made a lot of mistakes, the team that made one lesser mistake won. I think the bowlers did really well for us, even today it was definitely more than a 150 wicket. They kept performing and kept getting wickets whenever needed. Whenever they restricted the opposition to a low score, somebody stepped up with the bat, chipped in and that's how we've won most of our games. We have to go to our drawing board, and there is no real time for that now. We need to go into the World Cup and after that we need to see the gaps that we can fill. Nothing against the bowlers, it's the batsmen who need to step up. [Will he be there in the next season?] Hopefully yes.

The umpires and the match referee have their medallions, so do the teams, which are presented on behalf of them to their respective coaches, Stephen Fleming and Mahela Jayawardene

Andre Russell | MVP -- Another 1000-grand cheque for the Russell household. Shubman Gill will collect it on his behalf.

Imran Tahir | Purple cap + 10L INR: I am really grateful to Chennai for giving me an opportunity at this age. I just want to keep going and would like to thank my support staff. It's sad to lose, but credit to Mumbai and they deserve this victory. I am pleased to see all this at a late stage in my life. It is the best league and I have been working hard for very long in my life, it isn't easy to bowl to the Indian and the overseas players. I love the game and I would love to carry on for as long as I can.

David Warner | Orange Cap [692 runs in 12 matches] -- VVS Laxman will collect this as well, and now he gets to collect a cheque, the usual one -- It's an honour to win the orange cap. We batsmen don't play this game for awards, we try to win. Big credit to our curators at Hyderabad, they prepare great wickets and feels great to play in front of those crowds. I am privileged to be a part of this tournament, it's the best league in the world. Thank you very much. [Recorded message]

Rahul Chahar | The Gamechanger of the Season -- Everybody's getting the same thing, 10L

KL Rahul | Stylish Player of the Season -- 10,00,000 to him as well -- And his buddy Hardik Pandya will collect the award for him.

Andre Russell | The season's Super Striker -- 204.81 SR -- And he gets 1000k with a car of his own: I am very emotional to be a part of this. This contest has been going on back and forth, other guys have been going at it as well. Hopefully next season we go all the way and I can collect the keys myself. [Via a recorded message]

Kieron Pollard | Perfect catch of the Season -- 1000k INR for him as well for that catch he took in Mumbai to dismiss Suresh Raina

Hardik Pandya | Fastest fifty award -- He gets his share of 1000k INR

Fairplay award | Sunrisers Hyderabad -- VVS Laxman will collect the trophy (Yea, no cheque)

Shubman Gill | Emerging player of the Tournament -- Rs. 10,00,000

Pitch and ground Trophy -- Punjab (Mohali) and Hyderabad bag the award.

Jasprit Bumrah | Man of the Match -- Gets Rs. 5,00,000: Very happy. In the finals we know that it can get close and winning the title with MI is a special feeling. Today, surprisingly, I was very calm, I wasn't panicking at all and very happy to contribute to the team's success. I only take one ball and one day at a time and if you think like that you don't feel pressure at all.

00:08 Local Time: They're here, finally. Simon Doull would be leading it through. It'll be a long night, stay assured, there are as many as twelve people on stage.

Harsha Bhogle: You always celebrate the winners at a time like this. But you have to pause and acknowledge a sensational campaign by CSK. The IPL and the captaincy of MI made a huge difference to Rohit Sharma as a person. And the leader in him has delivered four trophies now.

Yea, read that quick. These were courtesy all the sideline stuff going on, where everybody who's a somebody in Mumbai Indians was talking. But the official ones'll are on their way out, stick right there, and try growing your nails back ..

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | Team Icon: The key moment was to get Dhoni run-out. Also, in patches when Bumrah came and bowled those critical overs, especially after Malinga gave that expensive over. Even after that Krunal over that went for a lot of runs, Bumrah came in very hard. I think Malinga finished off really well, that was a beautiful over to finish off. The couple of finals that we have played here, we have finished it really well even defending a total like 120-odd. We have got a terrific team - (a blend of) experience and youth. Rahul Chahar stands out - I shared my opinion before he played his first game and I thought he was fabulous. Sixth to the 15th over he bowled with a slip there and that was some real quality bowling in a crucial match. I think the spinners have done extremely well, and not to mention Hardik Pandya playing some critical knocks for us over the course of the tournament.