IPL 2017: 5 greatest IPL matches

#1 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab, Match 54 IPL 2010

Dhoni showed why he is the best finisher in the world

Chennai Super Kings had to win the match to keep their hopes of making it to the semi-finals alive and facing them were an upbeat Kings XI Punjab side led by Kumar Sangakkara. Things were not going according to plan for the MS Dhoni-led CSK as Shaun Marsh and Sangakkara made merry on a flat wicket.

Buoyed by same late blows by Irfan Pathan, KXIP set a massive target of 193 for CSK. Then, they lost both the openers, Matthew Hayden and Murali Vijay cheaply. The scoreboard read 27-2 after four overs and the Dharamsala crowd believed that victory was theirs.

Suresh Raina and S. Badrinath steadied the ship with a 62-run partnership but even Raina was dismissed halfway through the innings. The stage was set for Dhoni.

Channelling the buccaneer spirit which had made him famous, Dhoni plundered the hapless Punjab bowlers. In the last two overs, 29 runs were needed but the former Indian skipper showed the world once again why he is the best finisher in the game. He finished off with two sixes as CSK won with two balls to spare.