Chennai: The team of Chennai Super Kings, playing their 14th IPL season, has made it to the finals for the 10th time. Chennai Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, defeated Gujarat Titans by 15 runs in the first qualifier played on Tuesday night. After losing the toss, Chennai put up a challenging total of 172/7. Chasing the target, Gujarat got off to a poor start. In the Powerplay, the team could only manage 41 runs for two wickets, which was their third lowest score in the Powerplay this season. In the end, Rashid Khan definitely showed his strength, but the defeat of the team was decided as soon as he was dismissed after scoring 30 runs in 16 balls.
Dhoni’s masterstroke
The real backbone of Gujarat Titans was broken by the pair of spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Mahish Teekshana. Jadeja’s spin also worked and he took the wickets of Dashun Shanaka and the dangerous David Miller to reduce Gujarat’s score to 88/4. However, with Gill’s presence at the crease, Gujarat seemed to have the upper hand. In such a situation, Dhoni handed the ball to his most trusted bowler Deepak Chahar, who had earlier made Saha walk. Deepak returned again and gave the team that breakthrough in the 14th over, which almost decided the result of the match. He dismissed Gill (42), running in top form. Subsequent batsmen reduced the margin of defeat.
Chennai Super Kings just one win away from becoming champions for the fifth time
Gujarat’s math turned upside down
The Gujarat team had earlier won the toss in eight matches. After winning the toss, he won six matches while losing two. In this, after winning the toss, he decided to bowl first six times. He won five of these six matches. These figures must have been in the mind of Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya and probably keeping these figures in mind, he decided to bat later in this pressure match on the slowing Chepauk pitch. But in the end all this math turned upside down.
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