IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will be vying for the title ( Courtesy by BCCI ) Mumbai Indians (MI) lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the final of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday (May 12). Both MI and CSK are looking to lift the record fourth IPL title. Whoever will, MI skipper Rohit Sharma or CSK captain MS Dhoni, will walk away with a cool Rs 20 crore prize money for winning IPL 2019 - along with the title of course. As per the norm, 50 per cent of the prize money will go to the franchise with the rest being distributed among the players. The runner-up will not go empty handed as they will receive a Rs 12.5 crore cheque and a few mementoes. There are individual prizes as well, with IPL rewarding personal achievements for fielding, bowling, batting and overall impact by players throughout the course of the tournament. The Emerging Player Award will be given to a player who is born after 1 April 1993, has played 5 or fewer Test matches or 20 less ODIs, have played in 25 or less IPL matches (at the start of the season) and has not previously won the Emerging Player Award. That young player will walk away with a trophy and a prize money of Rs 10 lakh, with the award being determined a combination of public vote on the IPL website and the choice of the television commentators. Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shreevats Goswami (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2009 - Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Saurabh Tiwary (Mumbai Indians) 2011 - Iqbal Abdullah (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2012 - Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) 2013 - Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) 2014 - Axar Patel (Kings XI Punjab) 2015 - Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) 2016 - Mustafizur Rehman (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2017 - Basil Thampi (Gujarat Lions) 2018 - Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) The best batsman of the whole tournament, determined by the most runs, will get the Orange Cap and will be given a Rs 10 lakh prize money. David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who has 692 runs in 12 matches, will get the ward this season with no other player having a chance of overtaking him. Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) 2009 - Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) 2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) 2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2013 - Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings) 2014 - Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2015 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2017 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2018 - Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad) The best bowler likewise will get the Purple Cap, determined by the most wickets, and will also get a prize money of Rs 10 lakh. Delhi Capitals' Kagiso Rababda has the most wickets with 25 from 12 games, but CSK's Imran Tahir can outrun him as he has 24 wickets and one match to go. If this does not break the tie, the player with the lowest economy rate over the course of the season will get the award. Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) 2009 - R P Singh (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers) 2011 - Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) 2012 - Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils) 2013 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) 2014 - Mohit Sharma (Chennai Super Kings) 2015 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) 2016 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2017 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2018 - Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab) The Most Valuable Player will awarded to the player who has hit the most points (counted with fours, sixes, wickets, bowling dot balls, taking catches and completing stumping's) and will get a trophy and Rs 10 Lakh prize money. Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) 2009 - Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2013 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) 2014 - Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab) 2015 - Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2017 - Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) 2018 - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) There are few sponsored awards as well with the catch of the season getting the VIVO Perfect Catch of the Season trophy along with a prize money of Rs 10 lakh and also a VIVO Phone. The batsman with the highest batting strike rate of the season (having played a minimum of 7 matches in the season and faced a minimum of 100 balls) will be awarded the Harrier Super Striker of the Season trophy and a Harrier SUV car. The player who seen as showcasing the most flair on the field will get the fbb Stylish Player of the Season award along with a Rs 10 lakh prize money. While the player who changed the outcomes of the matches with their performances will get the Dream11 GameChanger of the Season ward along with Rs 10 lakh prize money. The IPL 2019 final between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will start at 7:30 PM at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday (May 12). Here are the squads for MI and CSK - Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Anmolpreet Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Ankul Roy, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ben Cutting, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Rasikh Salam, Barinder Sran, Jayant Yadav, Beuran Hendricks and Lasith Malinga. Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Scott Kuggeleijn.<doc-sep>IPL 2019: How much prize money will winning team bag? | Photo Credit: PTI The final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 has arrived and three-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will lock horns to lift the record fourth IPL title at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday (May 12). The rivalry between MI and CSK has been termed as ‘El Clasico’ of cricket, based on the fierce rivalry between Spanish football clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. IPL has been a cash-laden since its inaugural season in 2008 and many cricketers have made fortunes playing in the cash-rich tournament. After an enthralling season, the 12th edition of IPL will see the official payout being around Rs. 50 crores. The 50 per cent of the prize money will go to the team while the rest will be distributed among the players. The winner of IPL 2019 will earn a whopping Rs 25 crore, whereas the runners-up will end up pocketing a mind-boggling Rs 12.5 crore. Not only that, the third and fourth placed team – Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will also earn a fortune. The third-placed team, DC will get Rs 10.5 crore while SRH will be earning Rs 8.5 crore. IPL lovers and cricket fans, in general, have always kept a keen eye on who is the leading run-getter and wicket-taker in IPL. In IPL 2019, Aussie opener David Warner, who played for SRH, is likely to win the Orange Cap after amassing an impressive 692 runs for his side. The Aussie is set to bag Rs 10 lakh, whereas the Purple Cap winner will bag the same amount. Kagiso Rabada is currently leading the charts with 25 scalps to his name but with the final to play, CSK spinner Imran Tahir, with 24 wickets, will look to turn the tables around. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) will also get the same amount.<doc-sep>According to the authorities, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) is in control of the match, while the Hyderabad Cricket Association assists it. Hyderabad: Tickets for the Indian Premier League final to be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12 were sold out in a matter of minutes on Tuesday. According to the authorities, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) is in control of the match, while the Hyderabad Cricket Association assists it. The organisers handed over the bookings to a private company called Events Now but made no earlier announcement of the time and date to book online. On Tuesday, when the announcement was made through a flyer stating, ‘Tickets go live today at 2 pm’, in less than two minutes the site showed that the match was sold out. Phani Shankar, who tried to buy a ticket, told Deccan Chronicle, “I logged in at 14:01 hrs on to Events Now and tried to select some seats. By the time I selected the South pavilion west 1st floor all the seats were booked and in a couple of minutes, all the tickets were finished. I tried the west and east stands (`2,500) but those too were fully booked. I checked with friends and they also had similar experiences.” When the site https://www.eventsnow.com/events/12021-ipl-2019-final was checked multiple times, tickets costing `1,500, `2,000, `2,500 and `5,000 were all sold out. A highly placed source told this newspaper, “The tickets manifesto is prepared by the government council; no information is shared with the TS Cricket Association. In all the IPL matches, a small share of tickets is given to HCA members, while the lion’s share is held by the BCCI. It is the responsibility of the BCCI to inform the public about tickets. The very purpose of the Lodha Committee was accountability and transparency. There was no announcement made, no statement issued to the press, no deals of ticket as per denomination, which is a mandatory requirement. Unfortunately, no one knows how many tickets were given to Events Now.” The capacity of the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium is around 39,000 seats, which includes the terrace, east and west stands, and VIP enclosures. Insiders in the Hyderabad Cricket Association say that a major chunk of tickets for the seven games that have been played at the RGICS have been usurped by the police and bureaucrats. Some put the number at 4,000. It is also alleged that policemen manning the gates are letting family members of their colleagues in without valid tickets. It may not be out of place to mention that last year, Mayor Bonthu Ram Mohan's followers had broken open the locks on an inner gate and barged into the stadium when they did not have tickets and so were refused entry.<doc-sep>For Hyderabad cricket fans, the joy of the city hosting the May 12 Indian Premier League Final match has been shortlived. Cricket fans have been left a disappointed lot, because of the sloppy management of ticket sales. Within two minutes of tickets going on sale on Tuesday, every thing was sold out for the Sunday final at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. The ticket sale was handed over to a private firm, Events Now, and an announcement was made through an online flyer, saying ‘Tickets will go live today (Tuesday) at 2 pm’. When ticket buyers logged in, they could only see a ‘sold out’ message. The stadium has capacity to host 39,000 spectators and the break up of how the seats are apportioned has been kept under wraps. According to those in the know, about 4,000 tickets are meant for the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and other teams, and about 5,000 tickets are set aside for various services providers to the stadium. The rest are for sale to general public. Ad revenue, a priority But there is no firm information on who got what or how many, as no one wants to share the actual numbers. This is not the first time this has happened. In the past IPL seasons and recent India-Australia clash, too, ticket-sale had become an issue. “The stadium makes huge money from advertisements and sponsors, and ticket-sale accounts for a mere fraction of the collection,” said an HCA official, requesting anonymity. Swaroop, who never misses a match, lamented the way the ticket-sale was handled. “I logged onto the site, and after navigating the usual terms and conditions, when I tried to buy the tickets, I was aghast to learn that all tickets — ₹1,500, ₹2,000, ₹2,500 and ₹5,000 — were sold out within minutes,” he said. “Then I also tried to see if I could get tickets for other matches at Vizag — the eliminator and qualifiers are being held in the port city. While the site showed tickets were available, I could not complete the purchase,” he said. He is among thousands of cricket fans who are disappointed that though Hyderabad is getting to host the Final fortuitously — as the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association failed to persuade the State government to open three stands with 12,000 seats at the Chennai stadium — they would not be able to watch it live. Effort to contact some of the officials concerned were in vain as they have been blocking calls for fear of being pestered for tickets. And fans expect some of the tickets to surface on the blackmarket in the next two days.<doc-sep>
Mumbai Indians will take on the Chennai Super Kings in the final of this year’s IPL and this clash promises to be a real humdinger as both sides have won the trophy thrice. Although, Mumbai have got the better the CSK in all the three matches between the two sides across the season, the experience and temperament of MS Dhoni and his team always come through in crunch matches. Click Here for Live Score and Updates - IPL Final MI vs CSK Live Score Apart from the trophy and a fourth IPL crown, the winning skipper will also march away with a prize money of Rs 20 crore. 50 per cent of this prize money will go to the franchise and the rest of the amount will be divided between the players. The runner-up will also be richer by Rs 12.5 crore. The third and fourth teams in playoffs, will get Rs 10.5 crore and Rs 8.5 crore respectively. There are plenty of other categories and awards which will be up for grabs. An Emerging player is picked and awarded, the criteria of which is as following - a player who is born after 1 April 1993, has played 5 or fewer Test matches or 20 less ODIs, have played in 25 or less IPL matches (at the start of the season) and has never won this award in the earlier seasons. ALSO READ: Numbers reveal what could be the game-changer in ‘Battle Royale’ Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shreevats Goswami (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2009 - Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Saurabh Tiwary (Mumbai Indians) 2011 - Iqbal Abdullah (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2012 - Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab) 2013 - Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) 2014 - Axar Patel (Kings XI Punjab) 2015 - Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) 2016 - Mustafizur Rehman (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2017 - Basil Thampi (Gujarat Lions) 2018 - Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) The batsman who has scored the maximum runs wins the orange cap award as well as Rs 10 lakhs. David Warner, with 692 runs, is all but certain to clinch this accolade this year. ALSO READ: MS Dhoni on the cusp of achieving multiple records Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) 2009 - Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) 2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) 2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2013 - Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings) 2014 - Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2015 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2017 - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2018 - Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad) A purple cap as well as a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs is also awarded to a bowler who has taken the maximum wickets in the season gone by. ALSO READ: MI predicted XI against CSK - Pitch could dictate changes Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) 2009 - R P Singh (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers) 2011 - Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) 2012 - Morne Morkel (Delhi Daredevils) 2013 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) 2014 - Mohit Sharma (Chennai Super Kings) 2015 - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) 2016 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2017 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 2018 - Andrew Tye (Kings XI Punjab) And then there is the MVP, an award for the most valuable player of the season. This is awarded to the player who had the maximum impact over the season and was an out-and-out match-winner for his side. Previous winners of the award - 2008 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) 2009 - Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) 2010 - Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2012 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2013 - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) 2014 - Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab) 2015 - Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) 2016 - Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 2017 - Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) 2018 - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) ALSO READ: CSK predicted XI against MI- Dhoni could make a tactical change Apart from these awards, there are also a number of sponsored prizes up for grabs which include the catch of the season and the team which played the matches with great spirit and according to the rules. Also, the batsman with the highest strike-rate will drive away a Tata Harrier SUV car.