Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs to clinch their fourth Indian Premier League title. Chennai rode on a half-century from Faf du Plessis, and cameos from Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali, to post 192/3. In reply, Kolkata could only manage 165/9.
Orange Cap
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 32 in 27 balls to win the Orange Cap. He amassed 635 runs in 16 matches. Faf du Plessis, his opening partner, needed four off the last ball of the innings to usurp Gaikwad, but he was caught in the deep in the attempt. Du Plessis finished the season with 632 runs. Punjab Kings captain K.L. Rahul finished at third place, with 626 runs.
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | AVG | SR |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 16 | 635 | 45.36 | 136.27 |
| Faf du Plessis | 16 | 633 | 45.21 | 138.21 |
| KL Rahul | 13 | 626 | 62.6 | 138.8 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 16 | 587 | 39.13 | 124.63 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 15 | 513 | 42.75 | 144.1 |
Purple Cap
Harshal Patel held on to the Purple Cap in IPL 2021. Patel ended the season with 32 wickets to his name, the joint most by anyone in a single season, including a four-for and five-for. Avesh Khan claimed 23 wickets to finish second. Shardul Thakur picked three wickets in the final to climb to fourth position.
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WKTS | AVG |
| Harshal Patel | 15 | 32 | 14.34 |
| Avesh Khan | 16 | 24 | 18.75 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 21 | 19.52 |
| Shardul Thakur | 16 | 21 | 25 |
| Mohammed Shami | 14 | 19 | 20.79 |