IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings Champions — Final, Venue & Season Story
Winner: Chennai Super Kings · Runner-up: Gujarat Titans · Final venue: Ahmedabad
The IPL 2023 season belongs to Chennai Super Kings, who beat Gujarat Titans in a final staged in Ahmedabad. It was a season from the modern mega-auction era, with 10 teams from 2022 and record media-rights money — and like every IPL year, it is best understood through its final: the two teams left standing after two months of league cricket, playing one match for the trophy.
History reads the 2023 season through its ending: Chennai Super Kings champions for the 5 time in their history, Gujarat Titans runners-up with their count still at 1. Strip away the noise of a two-month season and that is the permanent record — the line that appears in every winners table, every quiz, every argument about which franchise owns which era.
Staging the 2023 final in Ahmedabad mattered beyond ceremony — it was the ground's 2 IPL final, and home-city crowds for a neutral final bring a different energy from a home final. For the record books, Ahmedabad joins the small set of cities that have crowned multiple champions, and for the two squads it remains the night their seasons were ultimately judged by.
Legacy is a slow statistic. The 2023 title sits in Chennai Super Kings's cabinet permanently, part of the count every future squad of theirs will be measured against, while Gujarat Titans's wait — or drought, depending on the franchise — extended by one more year. Supporters understand this instinctively: nobody remembers league positions, everybody remembers finals.
Gujarat Titans's next final after this one came in 2026, where they faced Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad and again finished on the losing side — a pattern that says as much about this league's depth as it does about Gujarat Titans themselves.
Gujarat Titans came into this cycle as the previous champions; by the end of 2023, the title belonged to Chennai Super Kings. The following season crowned Kolkata Knight Riders, so Chennai Super Kings's reign as champions lasted the standard single year.
| Season | 2023 |
| Champions | Chennai Super Kings (title #5) |
| Runners-up | Gujarat Titans |
| Final venue (city) | Ahmedabad |
| Player of the Tournament | PENDING verification |
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won IPL 2023?
Chennai Super Kings won IPL 2023, beating Gujarat Titans in the final, which was played in Ahmedabad. It was Chennai Super Kings's title number 5 in IPL history.
Where was the IPL 2023 final played?
The IPL 2023 final was played in Ahmedabad — that city's final number 2 in the league's history. Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans there to lift the trophy.
How many finals had Chennai Super Kings played by IPL 2023?
By the end of IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings had appeared in 10 IPL final(s) and won 5 of them. Gujarat Titans had appeared in 2 final(s) by that point.
Who was the Player of the Tournament in IPL 2023?
The Player of the Tournament entry for IPL 2023 is marked PENDING on this site until it is verified from a reliable source — we do not print unverified award winners.