IPL 2018 Final, CSK vs SRH Live Score: Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets

C Brathwaite to A Rayudu, FOUR! There it is! Those are the winning runs. CHENNAI ARE THE INDIAN T20 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR 2018! And aptly, Ambati Rayudu hits the winning boundary. He gets some room outside off and smashes it through covers for a boundary. He has been the leading run-scorer for Chennai and has done the job most times in this season and hence, it's a sweet way to clinch the title. Out come the Chennai players, they charge to the middle and are jumping up and down in celebration. What great scenes! Emotions pouring. A thrilling moment for the Yellow army, not so for the Orange one.

C Brathwaite to A Rayudu, Another dot! Full outside off, smashed straight to mid off. Ooof... These anticlimaxes!

C Brathwaite to A Rayudu, Full on off, Rayudu moves across and flicks it straight to mid-wicket.

Carlos Brathwaite to bowl. Players in Chennai's dug out are waiting eagerly for the celebrations to begin.

S Kaul to S Watson, Anticlimax! Watson defends this one from the crease to the off side. Expected a big one but he decides to let it be.

S Kaul to S Watson, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! This is the highest individual score in the final of this league. Another overpitched delivery on the stumps, Shane smashes it back down the ground. The ball wastes minimum time in racing to the fence.

S Kaul to S Watson, FOUR! Almost takes Kaul with it! Full in line of the stumps, Watson just makes room and blasts it right back. Thankfully, Kaul moved away in time for the ball to go to the fence.

S Kaul to A Rayudu, This one is punched through covers to rotate strike. Just 10 needed now.

S Kaul to S Watson, Full outside off, driven nicely to long on for one.

S Kaul to A Rayudu, Short in length, pulled away through backward square leg for one.

Kaul is back for another spell.

R Khan to S Watson, FOUR! Just short of the fielder at deep square leg. Watson uses his might to swipe this one to the on side. Hooda gets quickly to his right but fails to get a hand to it.

R Khan to S Watson, FOUR! Clever. Watson gets inside the line and paddles it fine down the leg side for a boundary.

R Khan to A Rayudu, Driven through mid on by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.

R Khan to S Watson, WATSON GETS IT! His second ton this season and 4th in the Indian T20 League! He lets the loopy delivery come on before tapping it in front of point for one. He removes his helmet and soaks in all the adulation. He deserves it, the veteran. On the night of the finals, he has decided to not leave it out to anybody else - the job of finishing it. Figure this, he is batting with a strike rate close to 200, after he took 11 balls to get his first run on the board. Colossal stuff. Also, this is the fourth ton in this season by a player AGAINST Hyderabad. Talk about this being the best bowling line up...

Watson on 99. Will he get to the triple figure mark?

R Khan to A Rayudu, Loopy delivery outside off, driven through mid off for one.

R Khan to S Watson, Floated full around middle and off, driven down to long on for one. The score against Watson's name reads 99.