The night belonged to Kolkata as the Gautam Gambhir-led outfit outclassed defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets to be crowned the new IPL champions. u00a0

The day belonged to Manvinder Singh Bisla, who wasn't supposed to play this match had Laxmipathy Balaji not suffered a hamstring injury. The decision to drop Brendon McCullum was widely debated but the lad from Himachal Pradesh put all the speculation to rest as he emerged as an unlikely hero among the galaxy of stars.