CSK squeeze the Titans to enter their tenth IPL final
The pitch was slow and offered turn, and the absence of dew meant that MS Dhoni and his bowlers were in their element at Chepauk
The pitch was slow and offered turn, and the absence of dew meant that MS Dhoni and his bowlers were in their element at Chepauk
Generally overshadowed by Dhoni-mania this season, he reminded the fans on Tuesday why he is a superstar in his own right
He also praised the team management for giving their players role clarity and job security
They might be stubborn to a fault, but their mantra works: the team making fewer mistakes wins more often than not
Both are blinding individual talents, but only one of them has the strength of a team's cohesion backing him
When asked whether he would be back next season, Dhoni said he wasn't in a rush to make a decision
The CSK quick had yet to make up for the eight-plus minutes he was off the field when Dhoni wanted to bring him on - and a long chat with the umpires followed
And what should the team wining the toss do? Here's where the match could be won or lost
After his IPL retirement, the question facing CSK was: who would bowl the difficult overs?
In a format that requires fast bowlers to have tons of variations, he has just persisted with the hard length ball and it is working
"After the first innings, I felt we went 15 runs above the score where we should have stopped them"
By virtue of finishing in the top two, both teams who are similar yet dissimilar in their methods, will have two shots at reaching the final