IPL 2018, KXIP vs CSK: Three masterstrokes from the game

#2 Giving Tahir three consecutive overs

Chris Gayle was teeing off and the pressure was firmly on the CSK bowlers. Tahir came to bowl in the 7th over, but was caught in the midst of a storm and went for 17 runs. He came back for the 12th over but Yuvraj Singh lofted him beautifully into the stands and he conceded 7 in that over without any delivery beating the batsman or troubling them.

When every other captain would have taken Tahir out of the attack, Dhoni persisted with Tahir. The move paid off big time as Tahir got the huge wickets of Agarwal and Finch back to back.

The first ball of the 14th over, Tahir bowled a beautiful flighted leg break. Agarwal went for the slog and miscued it. The next ball he removed the dangerous Finch with a tempting googly. This over completely derailed Punjab’s innings and they ended up with only 197, 20 less than the expected total.