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Chennai Super Kings defeat Bangalore Royal Challengers in a thriller at Mumbai to confirm their berth in IPL 4 finals. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat. Virat Kohli scored 70 runs off 44 balls and was supported by Mayank Agarwal (34 runs off 33 balls) and Luke Pomersbach (29 runs off 18 balls) as they guided Bangalore to 175/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Chennai lost both their openers and it looked in the middle overs as if they were heading for a defeat. But Suresh Raina (73 runs off 50 balls) played a gem of an innings and was supported by Albie Morkel (28 runs off 10 balls), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (29 runs off 19 balls) and Subramaniam Badrinath (34 runs off 32 balls) as they pulled out an incredible win as they reached 177/4 in 19.4 overs. Zaheer Khan took 2 wickets for RCB. Suresh Raina was awarded the Man of the Match for his amazing knock.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Daredevils by 18 runs at Chepauk, Chennai. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a blistering knock of 63 runs not out off 31 balls and he was supported by Subramanium Badrinath who scored 55 runs off 43 balls as CSK posted 176/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Daredevils kept on losing wickets and Irfan Pathan was the lone ranger as he scored 44 not out off 34 balls as DD ended up at 158/6 in 20 overs. R Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo scalped 2 wickets apiece for CSK. Chennai skipper Dhoni was awarded the Man of the Match for his blistering knock.

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings in rain curtailed match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. CSK captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat in an already rain delayed match. CSK lost a few early wickets and with a terrible run rate at the first half of the match but Subramanium Badrinath (54 runs off 41 balls) and Albie Morkel (30 runs off 30 balls) game CSK somewhat of a competitive score for that pitch at 114/4 in 20 overs. In reply, KKR made 61/2 in 10 overs when rain curtailed the match and KKR won as per Duckworth Lewis match. Iqbal Abdulla was awarded the Man of the Match for 1 wicket for 15 runs only in 4 overs.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Sahara Pune Warriors at DY Patil, Navi Mumbai as they prevail upon Pune in the second consecutive game. Pune captain Yuvraj won the toss and decided to bat. Pune Warriors once again kept on losing wickets and the captain Yuvraj Singh has to step up himself as he scored 62 runs off 43 balls to guide Pune to 141/6 in 20 overs with some support from Robin Uthappa (31 runs off 22 balls). Doug Bollinger took 3 wickets for CSK. In reply, Chennai Super Kings almost cruised to the total as Subramanium Badrinath (63 runs off 44 balls), Suresh Raina (34 runs off 25 balls) and Murali Vijay (31 runs off 31 balls) helped CSK reach 145/2 in 19.3 overs. Doug Bollinger was awarded the Man of the Match of his 3 wickets for 21 runs.