CSK clinch last-over victory against SRH, becomes first team to qualify for playoffs

MS Dhoni's CSK have become the first side to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2021. They beat Kane Williamson's SRH by six wickets on Thursday. Sportzpics
CSK won the toss and sent SRH to bat first. The team from Hyderabad struggled to put up a good partnership on a slow Sharjah wicket. Wriddhiman Saha was the only batsman to put a decent score – 44 off 46 balls. Sportzpics
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Dwayne Bravo celebrates after taking the important wicket of Kane Williamson. Bravo gave away only 17 runs and took two wickets in his four overs. Sportzpics
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis once again gave a good start to CSK in the chase. Ruturaj made 45 off 38 balls while du Plessis scored 41. Sportzpics
CSK lost a few quick wickets to make the chase tricky. Ambati Rayudu kept the hopes alive with a six and four and took the match till the over. Sportzpics.
MS Dhoni, who was struggling for runs, kept his cool in the last over and finshed the match off with a six over deep-wicket. It was a vintage Dhoni finish, altough he didn't score many runs. Sportzpics.


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