5 Most Thrilling Wins For CSK While Chasing

#3- Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders(2012) MOM: Mike Hussey

This match was an absolute nail-biter which saw the match going till the very end and Dwayne Bravo sensationally finished off the match. CSK required to win this match to stay alive in the tournament and make the playoffs and they did so and made it to the final where they lost to the same team, KKR.

MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first. It seemed like the decision was a wrong one when Gambhir and McCullum fired with all guns blazing. They ended their power play with a score of 50/0 and continued their onslaught through the middle period and Gambhir reached his 50 off just 31 balls in the 9th over and continued scoring freely.

In the 12th over, McCullum got out unexpectedly when he was sent back by Gambhir after initial shouts of "Yes" and Dhoni ran McCullum out. Gambhir perished off the first ball of the next over getting bowled by Shadab Jakati, the ball clipping his pad on its way to hitting the stump. After the whirlwind start, the middle order failed to get going and with a few lusty hits from Debarata Das and Yusuf Pathan, the team managed to score 158/6 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay opened the batting for CSK and had a great Powerplay and had scored 51 runs without losing a wicket in the first 6 overs. The duo continued with their onslaught and hit Rajat Bhatia for 17 runs in the 8th over and were at 96/0 at the end of 10 overs and the win seemed a mere formality.

In the 11th over, Mike Hussey went for a slog sweep against Sunil Narine and gave a pretty easy catch to Rajat Bhatia at short fine leg. Vijay followed suit getting bowled 2 balls later to a ball which turned and kept low when he tried to slash the ball past point. Sunil Narine had pulled things back well when Faf walked in.

After a couple of quiet overs Raina got run out when he was chasing a second run off Balaji's bowling. He nudged the ball towards square leg and looked comfortable before Bhatia's brilliant through combined with McCullum's fast hands resulted in him being short of the crease.

Captain Cool MSD walked in when the score was 110/3. Due to largely quiet overs and a brilliant spell of bowling from Sunil Narine who finished off with 2 wickets in 4 overs conceding just 14 runs, CSK required 32 of the last 3 overs.

Faf got dismissed when he tried to slog Bhatia over long on but Manoj Tiwary held on for a good catch. He conceded just 5 runs and suddenly CSK required 27 off 2 overs. De Lange bowled the 19th and Dhoni sprung into action as he scored two 4s and one six and the over yielded 18 runs. CSK required 9 runs off the last over. Rajat Bhatia was to bowl the last over.

He got the wicket of MSD in the 2nd ball of his over with a crafty leg cutter and Dhoni missed completely when he went for the slog over mid-wicket. Jadeja walked in and rotated the strike with Bravo and when 5 runs were required off 2 balls, Bravo missed. CSK required 5 runs off the last ball to stay alive in the competition and their fans held their breaths in anticipation.

DJ Bravo slogged Bhatia's full toss over long on and the ball landed just beyond the ropes much to the dismay of the KKR fans. It was a riveting end to a great match and the KKR camp just looked stunned and the CSK fans had yet another moment to cherish and remember.

Mike Hussey was awarded the Man of the Match award for his great innings but when he got dismissed, he never would've thought that the team was going to take it to the last ball to win the game.