Champion Sunrisers Hyderabad Attendance 31,468 | Date 29 May 2016 | |
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Player of the Match Ben Cutting (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Umpires Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Bruce Oxenford (Australia) Location Wankhede Stadium, Churchgate Event 2016 Indian Premier League Venues Bengaluru, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Similar 2015 Indian Premier L, 2013 Indian Premier L, 2014 ICC World Twenty20, 2016 Asia Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup | ||
The 2016 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match on 29 May 2016 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, which was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore to determine the winner of the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. In case play was not completed on 29 May, the Final would have resumed on 30 May, the allotted reserve day.
Winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat first and set up a big total of 208/7 off 20 overs for their opposition. While chasing 209 to win, Royal Challengers Bangalore could only manage 200/7 off their 20 overs, thus falling short of their target. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 8 runs and secured the 2016 Indian Premier League trophy, which happens to be their maiden title in the history of the tournament.
Ben Cutting of Sunrisers Hyderabad was declared the man of the match in the Final, Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore was declared the most valuable player of the tournament and Mustafizur Rahman of Sunrisers Hyderabad was declared as the emerging player of the season for the 2016 Indian Premier League.