IPL 2019: CSK vs RCB - Recounting the best encounters between the two teams

#3 CSK Vs RCB - 2018 IPL, Match 24

Dhoni kept his calm and calculated the chase with precision

With political tensions at an all-time high, Bangalore locked horns with Chennai in the 2018 edition of IPL. Chennai asked the home team to bat first as they got off to a rollicking start, scoring 52 runs in the powerplay.

The South African duo of Quinton de Kock & AB de Villiers smashed the bowlers scoring 103 off 53 balls in the middle overs. Mandeep Singh took the total to 205 with some lusty blows at the end.

In the run chase, Ambati Rayudu capitalized on the field restrictions and scored boundaries at one end. CSK kept losing wickets at the other end and were reduced to 74-4 in nine overs. With Dhoni and Rayudu at the crease, Kohli realized the importance of breaking this partnership and kept bowling his strike bowlers in Umesh and Chahal at him.

Dhoni and Rayudu negated them by scoring only singles. With 99 required off 42 balls, the duo was at their imperious best. They scored as many as 10 sixes in the last seven overs. Dhoni finished off the match with a huge six over long-on and walked out with swagger to the delight of CSK army.