In a repeat of previous year’s finals, the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals played each other at Kimberly.
The Royals batted first and got to 140/7 in twenty overs on a slow track. Graeme Smith scratched around for his 30, but it turned out to be the highest score of the Rajasthan innings.
In reply, the Super Kings achieved that target in the 19th over, with Matthew Hayden scoring 48 and S. Badrinath hitting an unbeaten 53 in the run-chase.
Badrinath also won the man-of-the-match award.