The final was the last competitive limited overs fixture for both Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid and both were out for insignificant scores. However,by the end of the match,Tendulkar was on the shoulders of his victorious Mumbai Indians teammates while minutes before,Dravid,who had come in as Rajasthans No. 8,was cleaned up for 1 even as the chase unravelled badly. Thanks to their powerful batting order and Rajasthans late collapse Mumbai Indians completed the IPL-CLT20 double,after winning the final by 33 runs at the Feroze Shah Kotla. Chasing 203,Royals folded for 169 even after a fabulous start that saw them scoring 100 runs in nine overs. Despite openers Ajinkya Rahane (65) and Sanju Samson (60) chipping in with quickfire half-centuries,Mumbai Indians bowlers came up with impressive bowling performance towards the fag end of their innings to have the last laugh. India discard Harbhajan Singh finished with impressive 4-0-32-4 with three wickets coming in just one over,which proved to be the turning point of the match. Kieron Pollard chipped in with three wickets for 31. From 155 for three in 16 overs,the Royals collapsed dramatically to lose as many as six wickets for just 14 runs. Earlier,Mumbai Indians batsmen fired in unison to post 202 for six. After a solid start by opener Dwayne Smith (44) and a valuable 33 off 14 balls by skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle,Glenn Maxwells 14-ball 37 cameo in the end took the IPL champions past 200-run mark. This was the highest total for the Mumbai Indians,who scored 142 runs in their last 10 overs today,in the Champions League Twenty20. Rajasthan had to chase the highest score in a CLT20 final to win the trophy,and it did not prove to be so as Dravid and his team were denied a fairytale ending.
