Chennai: A Chennai Super Kings clinic said his second Premier League title in India in a row with 58 runs beating the Bangalore Royal Challengers in a lopsided final on Saturday.
Vijay Murali opener cracked 95 runs only 52 balls to help the defending champions accumulate Ravichandran Ashwin 205-5 before openers removed the Bangalore Principles, ensuring a good win for the hosts in a packed stadium Chidambaram.
Padded League Bangalore, seeking his maiden IPL title, folding 147-8 of 20 overs.
For Chennai, it was his eighth win on the trot at home this season, underlining their dominance in home conditions.
The home team must win to their record stand Vijay whose 159-candidate for the first window with Australian Michael Hussey (63) set the platform for a winning total after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to strike first.
Their stand surpassed the 155-run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman against Mumbai in the IPL's inaugural edition in 2008.
I was concentrating on a single convert my start today, and it has not always happened this season, said Vijay, named man of the match.
This (Chennai) is a special unit to be part of and to retain the title feels great.
Bangalore chase was broken off early roulette Ashwin (3-16) to get rid of the dangerous Chris Gayle for a duck in the first envelope.
Gayle, who still finished as the highest run-buyer with 608 runs from 12 innings, which offers an outside edge which was caught by Dhoni behind the windows.
Gayle dismissal sparked a collapse in Bangalore losing its next six wickets in 11 overs inside is reduced to 70-6, a situation in which it never recovered.
Saurabh Tiwary provided some resistance with an unbeaten 42 but the batsmen Bangalore Others simply collapsed under the pressure.
"It would have been a much better game if we could put a bowling performance as Friday (from Mumbai), but it would not be," said captain Daniel Vettori Bangalore.
"I think 160-170 will have chaseable but their openers took the game away from us."
Vijay, identified as the weak link in the line of Chennai after an indifferent run with the bat in the tournament, decided to make peace on the big stage, unleashing six sixes and four fours in his flame.
Hussey also impressed, hitting three sixes and as many boundaries in his 45 entries before drilling the ball to Abhimanyu Mithun near the boundary ropes screw left-arm Syed Mohammad.
Vijay, who seemed to struggle in hot and humid conditions during the latter part of his innings, was lost in a deserved century when he offered a simple catch off Vettori pacem Sreenath Aravena.
Aravind again hit the ball very close to eliminating Dhoni, taken for a total throw vir Kohli after making 22 which included two sixes in one by Gayle.
Gayle also took two wickets in two balls, returning Albie Morkel and Suresh Raina in 20 beating out their breaks.
Vijay Murali opener cracked 95 runs only 52 balls to help the defending champions accumulate Ravichandran Ashwin 205-5 before openers removed the Bangalore Principles, ensuring a good win for the hosts in a packed stadium Chidambaram.
Padded League Bangalore, seeking his maiden IPL title, folding 147-8 of 20 overs.
For Chennai, it was his eighth win on the trot at home this season, underlining their dominance in home conditions.
The home team must win to their record stand Vijay whose 159-candidate for the first window with Australian Michael Hussey (63) set the platform for a winning total after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to strike first.
Their stand surpassed the 155-run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman against Mumbai in the IPL's inaugural edition in 2008.
I was concentrating on a single convert my start today, and it has not always happened this season, said Vijay, named man of the match.
This (Chennai) is a special unit to be part of and to retain the title feels great.
Bangalore chase was broken off early roulette Ashwin (3-16) to get rid of the dangerous Chris Gayle for a duck in the first envelope.
Gayle, who still finished as the highest run-buyer with 608 runs from 12 innings, which offers an outside edge which was caught by Dhoni behind the windows.
Gayle dismissal sparked a collapse in Bangalore losing its next six wickets in 11 overs inside is reduced to 70-6, a situation in which it never recovered.
Saurabh Tiwary provided some resistance with an unbeaten 42 but the batsmen Bangalore Others simply collapsed under the pressure.
"It would have been a much better game if we could put a bowling performance as Friday (from Mumbai), but it would not be," said captain Daniel Vettori Bangalore.
"I think 160-170 will have chaseable but their openers took the game away from us."
Vijay, identified as the weak link in the line of Chennai after an indifferent run with the bat in the tournament, decided to make peace on the big stage, unleashing six sixes and four fours in his flame.
Hussey also impressed, hitting three sixes and as many boundaries in his 45 entries before drilling the ball to Abhimanyu Mithun near the boundary ropes screw left-arm Syed Mohammad.
Vijay, who seemed to struggle in hot and humid conditions during the latter part of his innings, was lost in a deserved century when he offered a simple catch off Vettori pacem Sreenath Aravena.
Aravind again hit the ball very close to eliminating Dhoni, taken for a total throw vir Kohli after making 22 which included two sixes in one by Gayle.
Gayle also took two wickets in two balls, returning Albie Morkel and Suresh Raina in 20 beating out their breaks.
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