IPL 2018: 5 instances when a dropped catch proved costly for an IPL franchise

4) Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab (18 April 2014)

Glenn Maxwell was dropped on 37 by Ashish Nehra.

Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab faced each other in their first game of IPL 2014 on 18 April 2014 at Abu Dhabi in Dubai as the starting leg of IPL 2014 was played in UAE due to multi-phase 2014 General Elections in India.

Batting first, Chennai Super Kings put on a huge score of 204/4 in their 20 overs, on the back of half-centuries by openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum and quickfire knocks of 24 runs in just 19 balls by Suresh Raina and 26 runs of just 11 balls by skipper MS Dhoni respectively.

Defending 205, Chennai bowlers had Punjab's batsmen in all sorts of trouble by reducing them to 52/3 in just 6 overs until they ran into big hitters Glenn Maxwell and David Miller. The two destructive batsmen Maxwell and Miller added 111 runs in just 63 balls and took a special liking to Chennai spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Pawan Negi to completely stun the Chennai Super Kings.

The situation could have been a lot better for Chennai Super Kings, had Ashish Nehra not dropped an easy catch of Maxwell at short third off a reverse sweep when Maxwell was batting on 37 runs. To add more wounds to Chennai Super Kings, Maxwell was also dropped on 77 runs by Samuel Badree.

The two dropped catches of Maxwell proved costly for Chennai Super Kings as by the time Maxwell got dismissed for 94 runs in the 16th over the match was already gone from Chennai's hands as Miller along with George Bailey led Kings XI Punjab to a comfortable 6 wickets victory.