indian premier league final indian day night cricket match played june stadium mumbai determine winner professional cricket league india ended defeated super kings wickets captained topped group stage table super kings led stood position defeated delhi kings respectively semi finals winning toss captain opted field super kings scored runs overs loss wickets batting number scored runs bowler took wickets runs failed build good opening partnership contributions middle order reached winning total ball earned indian title best performer bat ball named man match route final group stage super kings started campaign consecutive wins lost matches qualified semifinals winning seven league matches lost match group stage won matches suffered defeat went win matches lost group stage match teams faced matches group stage won played match tournament stadium lost match seven wickets super kings played stadium time finals semi finals played semi final won toss decided field got opening partnership runs middle order batsmen scored runs respectively help runs loss wickets batting second lost batsmen runs scored runs bowled 17th runs gave counterpart run victory watson took best bowling figures awarded man match round performance second semi final super kings played kings kings won toss elected bat batsman failed reached double figures significant contributions lower order managed reach total super kings fast bowler took wickets conceding runs reply lost wicket dismissed runs scored half century took super kings target balls spare won match wickets given man match award buildup match hosted mumbai franchise owner placed highest bid acquisition million match assistant editor identified likely winner despite seen finished league table won matches points super kings stood getting points wins changes playing final replaced smith ruled match suffering injury super kings fielded semi final win match summary despite fact home team playing match attracted huge number spectators exposed performances laser organised match day night match started indian standard time utc toss took place presence match referee flipped coin captain called heads coin turned heads won toss said match report batsmen required play foot bounce pitch chose field super kings lost batsman went runs caught pulled fast ball deep mid wicket took judged catch runs balls strike rate played opening partnership runs joined runs second wicket partnership run rate caught ball ninth similar previous wicket bowled flat fast ball tried play man ball edged wicket keeper initially dropped ball caught runs balls hit boundaries wicket runs balls bowled flat fast ball edged ball went air eventually caught resulted collision trying catch got injured overs later caught watson breaking runs fourth wicket partnership captain watson bowled length ball outside played long failed distance caught ball boundary joined dismissal decision momentum overs runs balls caught bowled slower ball foot ball caught long fielder balls remaining innings runs runs balls runs facing balls hit best figures ball took wickets runs overs watson got wicket gave runs respectively gave runs overs failed wicket gave runs respectively overs reply lost batsman went scoring runs balls bowled length ball outside hit leg getting inside edge opted pull went ball fourth leaving team runs loss wicket lost second opener caught hit wide ball point runs facing balls ran direct hit played ball mid downwards threw ball stumps fall wicket watson started playing aggressively scored runs fourth wicket partnership run rate highest partnership match eleventh dropped deep end thirteenth reached score runs fifteenth broke partnership bowled watson ball hit leg wicket caught pushed flat took simple catch cover ball went golden duck bowled short ball tried pull ball went mid caught ball running left ran direct hit stumps bowled ball pushed point ran single hit stumps running went scoring half century runs balls strike rate hit needed runs end eighteenth second bowled gave runs ball bowled good length ball hit cover required runs gave ball runs required balls bowled wide outside missed wicket keeper resulted extra runs ball hit ball run needed runs balls played fifth legal delivery toss hit ball long leg ran runs needed run ball strike bowled short ball covered half distance pitch hit ball batsmen ran single won match remained runs got wickets giving runs respectively got wicket received award maximum match hit match named man match field new_zealand south_africa umpire australia match referee india reserve umpire india toss elected field result won wickets league impact won indian premier league key captain wicket keeper fielder batsman dismissed catch named fielder bowler bowler gains credit dismissal batsman dismissed leg wicket total runs format score wickets received million trophy champions players received medals post match ceremony said fantastic journey quickly makes proud young guys learning executing skills middle think crowds india atmosphere amazing wonderful ride given purple cap getting highest number wickets league watson declared man series scored runs took wickets season super kings received million runners said think standard cricket good mark finals lost team errors batting bowling unhappy hotel enjoy sport response team great guys didn chance completely team spirit great teams qualified champions league tournament cancelled mumbai attacks teams given million million compensation
2008 Indian Premier League Final