In Pictures: IPL 2021 in UAE - Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium

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Up for grabs! The Indian Premier League trophy will be taken home by either Chennai Super Kings or Kolkata Knight Riders after tonight's final of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 at the Dubai International Stadium, in Dubai, UAE. A tournament which started on 9 April in Chennai, India will finish tonight, 190 days later in Dubai. It's the most lucrative Twenty20 competition in world cricket and this should be a thrilling finale... Image Credit: ANI

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MS Dhoni, captain of Chennai Super Kings and Eoin Morgan captain of Kolkata Knight Riders at the toss. Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. Image Credit: ANI

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Sourav Ganguly, President of the BCCI and Brijesh Patel, chairman of the IPL Governing Council pose for a picture. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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'Mr Cricket UAE' Anis Sajan and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly chat during the final. Image Credit: Supplied

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Close to the action... Matthew Hayden and Sunil Gavaskar during the final. A win today and CSK will be just one behind five-time winners Mumbai Indians. Image Credit: ANI

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Sakshi Dhoni with daughter Ziva Dhoni look on as KKR fielders, led by Morgan, make their way to the field as fireworks light up the Dubai stadium. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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Du Plessis and Gaikwad follow, with huge cheers from the crowd. They are ready to be highly entertained, can the teams provide all the expected thrills and spills? Image Credit: ANI

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Faf du Plessis of Chennai Super Kings creams a ball through the off side for four. Image Credit: ANI

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Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai dives for the crease. Image Credit: ANI

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Du Plessis and Gaikwad celebrate the fifty for CSK at the end of the powerplay. It was a dominant start for the three-time champions. Image Credit: ANI

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Sunil Narine of Kolkata celebrates the wicket of Gaikwad of Chennai. Narine miscued his shot straight down the throat of Mavi at long-off and went for 32 runs. Image Credit: ani

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New man in Robin Uthappa of Chennai tries a reverse sweep and misses. Image Credit: ANI

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Narine celebrates the wicket of Uthappa. It was LBW for the veteran but it was a thoroughly entertaining knock of 31 from just 15 balls. Chennai finished on 192/3 after 20 overs and Kolkata needed 193 from 20 overs to win the IPL... Image Credit: ANI

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Fans have a snack as they wait for Kolkata to bat and Chennai to field during the final. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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They passed the time by dancing and singing and having a thoroughly enjoyable time. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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Venkatesh Iyer hits a boundary for Kolkata. He only made his debut in the UAE phase of this year's IPL but has looked like he has been around for years, such has been his incredible performances with the bat. Image Credit: Twitter / IPL

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Shubman Gill and Iyer celebrate fifty for Kolkata who looked well on their way of reaching the target. But just when they felt comfortable Chennai struck... Image Credit: Twitter / IPL

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Chennai's Shardul Thakur got two wickets in an over as Kolkata lost Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana. Image Credit: Twitter / IPL

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Batting collapse... A double-wicket over from Chennai's Ravindra Jadeja saw the end of Dinesh Karthik and Shakib Al Hasan and the engraver started to put the letter 'C' for Chennai on the trophy... Image Credit: Twitter / IPL

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Running away with it! Hazelwood celebrates his second wicket but it was thanks to a moment of brilliance from Chahar on the boundary. Kolkata's captain Morgan looked to pull away and although he got a good connection Chahar took a great catch within the boundary rope but realising he was going to topple over it and concede six runs, he threw the ball up in the air then jumped back into the field of play and completed the catch. Image Credit: Twitter / IPL

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They've done it! Chennai Super Kings celebrate after winning the final. The Chennai dugout flooded onto the pitch in celebration after the final ball. They were all jumping on top of each other, and hugging in celebration. It's the fourth time they have won the Indian Premier League. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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The 2021 IPL champions! Chennai celebrate with the trophy. Last season was the first time that they did not make it to the knockout stages as they finished seventh in a terrible campaign and many had written them off this season what with an ageing team lead by MS Dhoni, but what a comeback it has been for them. This was Dhoni's 300th game as a captain in T20 cricket and he couldn't have marked it any better. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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Smile for the camera! Chennai Super Kings players pose with the with trophy. Image Credit: Sportzpics for IPL

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