Dhoni's googly at the toss

May 27, 2018

'Did you call heads?' Sanjay Manjrekar asked. 'He called tails', said MS Dhoni. After plenty of confusion, there was conclusion: Dhoni had indeed won the toss•BCCI

Shikhar Dhawan struggled against the sweep, eventually falling to the same stroke as he bowled by Ravindra Jadeja•BCCI

Yusuf Pathan, however, was in the mood to do the heavy lifting and he succeeded to make 45 not out off 25 balls•BCCI

Sandeep Sharma held on to a skier to dismiss Faf du Plessis in the fourth over•BCCI

And soon, he brought up his half-century•BCCI

...and Rayudu sealed the win with a boundary in the 19th over•BCCI

Shreevats Goswami was run out courtesy a flat throw by the returning Karn Sharma. Who else but Dhoni whipped the bails off•BCCI

Kane Williamson is distraught after losing his wicket, but by then he'd set a strong platform for Sunrisers•BCCI

Dhoni perhaps followed that old IPL mantra: 'Kanna, keep calm' even as the runs started to flow•BCCI

Shane Watson took 10 balls to get off the mark..•BCCI

Suresh Raina and Watson's 117-run partnership ensured CSK were right on track•BCCI

Shakib Al Hasan played cleverly in the middle overs•BCCI

Carlos Brathwaite's cameo contributed to Sunrisers' 178 for 6 after being put in•BCCI

.. but he made up for the slow start by taking on Sunrisers' bowlers from there•BCCI

It did not stop there - he went on to score a magnificent century in just 51 balls and took CSK closer to victory...•BCCI