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4. Never-say-die spirit of the players
The players who have represented CSK over the years have shown tremendous fighting spirit when their team was down and out. With CSK, no other team could take things for granted, however difficult the target would be. CSK has won so many matches from impossible positions. Their players were confident enough to fight it out till the very end.
With the presence of players like Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel, and Dwayne Bravo, CSK was always in with a chance against all odds. These exceptional players have cultivated the fighting spirit amongst the new generation players and passed on the baton so successfully over the years.
A taster of a match where CSK came back from death
In the 13th match of IPL 2012 against RCB, CSK needed 43 runs from 12 balls. Dhoni got out to the last ball of the 18th over after scoring 41 off 24 balls. CSK needed a boundary off every ball in the remaining two overs. Any other team would have thrown in the towel, but not CSK. Albie Morkel was the new batsman. CSK’s task was made easy when captain Vettori decided to go in with Virat Kohli to bowl the 19th over.
Kohli’s first ball to Albie was inside edged to the fine-leg boundary. Despite the boundary, CSK still needed a boundary of every remaining ball. Morkel lifted the next ball over long-on for a six. The next 2 balls too went for a four and a six. The last ball of the over disappeared into the crowd. Morkel smacked 28 runs in the 19th over bowled by Kohli.
Now CSK needed 15 off the last over bowled by Vinay Kumar. Morkel got out to the second ball of the last over for 28 off 7 balls. RCB was back in the game with 14 needed off 4 balls. But Vinay Kumar bowled a chest-high no ball to Bravo which Bravo swiftly despatched to the boundary.
Bravo flat-batted the next ball for a six. With 2 needed from the last ball, new batsman Jadeja finished off the match in style with a boundary. CSK needed 43 runs in the last 2 overs but ended up scoring 45 runs to win the match in the end. This match was just a sample of so many other matches which CSK came back to win.
Another trait of the CSK team is that they are equally comfortable while batting first or second. They have the team to overcome any situation and they are least dependant on the outcome of the toss of the coin.
