Warne won the toss and elected to field. The Super Kings innings culminating with 5-163 leaving Royals a solid tally to keep up with. Yusuf Pathan meant business scoring 56 of 39 balls. In his IPL final winning half century he scored 4 huge sixes.

Pathan's partners included Shane Watson with a solid stint at the crease with a 65-run partnership scoring 28 off 19 balls. Along with his batting Watson bowled an economical 1-29 taking the wicket of prized Kings top scorer Suresh Raina (43)

Bring In Warney!

Shane Warne then came to the crease to help support Pathan across the line. 20 runs short of target Pathan was dismissed the Aussie spin bowler remained cool. In the 19th over Warney hit a four and left Sohail Tanvir to score the winning runs in the final over.

Watson has been one of the leading performers in the series and said winning the inaugural title was one of his greatest career highlights.

"Amazing game, what a fitting end to such an amazing tournament,'' said Watson.

"This whole thing has been amazing. "

"I could not have written it any more perfectly.''

Highlights

• Pathan - Man of the Match for his half century and superb bowling of 3 wickets for 22
• Watson - IPL player of the series with his total of 472 runs and 17 wickets throughout the tournament
• Shaun Marsh - The Aussie cricketer claimed the tournament's highest run score award playing in Kings XI Punjab
• Sohail Tanvir - Bowler of the series got the Purple Cap for having bagged a phenomenal 22 wickets in 11 games (economy rate 6.46 he claimed a wicket off every 11.2 deliveries)

I don't think there's been too many better teams I've played in in over 20 years of first class cricket, just with the spirit in this squad." said Shane Warne

"It's been a fantastic journey ... one hell of a ride." Fox Sports

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