IPL 2013
Mumbai Indians won IPL 2013, beating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 26 May 2013. KA Pollard was Player of the Match.
IPL 2013 was the sixth season of the tournament and ran to 76 matches, the longest schedule of any IPL season. It was the first title won by the champions, and the third final lost by the runners-up.
Final scorecard summary
- Champion
- Mumbai Indians
- Runner-up
- Chennai Super Kings
- Margin
- 23 runs
- Player of the Match
- KA Pollard
- Venue
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches in season
- 76
All-time records set in IPL 2013
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru 263 off 128 balls at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 23 Apr 2013 — one of the highest team totals in IPL history.
- JP Faulkner 5/16 on 17 May 2013 — one of the best bowling figures in an IPL match.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Pune Warriors by 130 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 23 Apr 2013 — one of the ten biggest wins by runs.
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