| Event | 2013 Indian Premier League | ||||||
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| Mumbai won by 23 runs | |||||||
| Date | 26 May 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||||||
| Player of the match | Kieron Pollard (MI) | ||||||
| Umpires | Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Simon Taufel (Aus) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,619 | ||||||
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The 2013 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 26 May 2013 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata to determine the winners of the 2013 Indian Premier League, the sixth annual season of the professional Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. Mumbai defeated Chennai by 23 runs, attributed to Kieron Pollard's unbeaten innings of 60 runs from 32 balls which earned him the man of the match award.[1]
Mumbai won their first IPL title playing in their second IPL Final, after losing to Chennai in 2010. Chennai were playing their fifth IPL Final, attempting to win their third title. It was also the final match where Mumbai's Sachin Tendulkar was an IPL cricketer, although he did not participate in the match due to injury. He announced his retirement from the IPL at the conclusion of the match.[2]