#3. CSK v KXIP, 2010, Dharamsala
One of the rarest moments in Dhoni’s career, where he showed emotions over the top, was registered during this match. CSK needed a win to qualify and were chasing a mountain – 193 to win against KXIP. Irfan Pathan came over to bowl the last over and he had 16 runs to defend. That is a decent amount to defend... well unless you are bowling to MS Dhoni.
The CSK captain took just four balls to finish the match off, hitting two monster sixers, one of them going a whopping 108 meters after which he was so pumped up, he was literally muttering to himself. From barely making it to the playoffs CSK went on to win the title defeating Mumbai Indians in the final, a lot of credit goes to the captain who scored an unbeaten 54 off just 29 balls to save the day for his team in an away match during a crunch situation.
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