IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings’ road to the final

Chennai
Super Kings (CSK) made it to their 9th IPL final on Sunday night after beating
Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 by 4 wickets. The team which was the first to eliminate last year has silenced all
their critics by qualifying first this year and booking its place in the final
of IPL 2021.

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The way MS Dhoni
ended the match in the last over brought back old memories. He
hit three boundaries and a maximum in his 6-ball unbeaten knock of 18 runs to
help his team to reach the target of 173 runs with 3 balls to spare. Veteran Robin
Uthappa and young talent Ruturaj Gaikwad played brilliantly to give their team a solid platform.

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CSK finished
the league stages in the second position by winning 9 out of 14 games. Chennai will
now lock horns with winner of Qualifier 2 at the Dubai International Stadium on
October 15 in a bid to clinch the title for the fourth time.

Let’s take a
recap of CSK road to final:

#match1: CSK vs DC (April 10, 2021 at Wankhede
Stadium, Mumbai)

Chennai
Super Kings lost by 7 wickets .

#match2: CSK
vs PBKS (April 16, 2021 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 6 wicket.

#match3:  CSK vs RR (April 19, 2021 at Wankhede Stadium,
Mumbai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 45 runs.

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#match4: CSK
vs KKR (April 21, 2021 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 18 runs.

#match5: CSK
vs RCB (April 25, 2021 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 69 runs.

#match6: CSK
vs SRH (April 28, 2021 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 7 wickets. 

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#match7: CSK
vs MI (May 1, 2021 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)

Chennai
Super Kings lost by 4 wickets.

#match8: CSK
vs MI (September 19, 2021 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 20 runs.

#match9: CSK
vs RCB (September 24, 2021 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 6 wickets.

#match10: CSK
vs KKR  (September 26, 2021 at Zayed Cricket
Stadium, Abu Dhabi)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 2 wickets.

#match11: CSK
vs SRH (September 30, 2021 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 6 wickets.

#match12: CSK
vs RR ( October 2, 2021 at Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi)

Chennai
Super Kings lost by 7 wickets.

#match13: CSK
vs DC (October 4, 2021 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)

Chennai
Super Kings lost by 3 wickets.

#match14: CSK
vs PBKS (October 7, 2021 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 6 wickets.

#Qualifier1:
CSK vs DC (October 10, 2021 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)

Chennai
Super Kings won by 4 wickets.