MS Dhoni won the toss in his hometown and put Royal Challengers in on a slowish wicket. Ashish Nehra struck early, dismissing Virat Kohli for 12 in the fifth over BCCI
Five balls later, Nehra had AB de Villiers lbw for 1, leaving Royal Challengers on 25 for 2 BCCI
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R Ashwin exploited the pitch efficiently, picking up the wicket of Mandeep Singh while keeping Gayle quiet BCCI
With Royal Challengers at 67 for 3 after 13 overs, Chris Gayle struck two succesive sixes off Suresh Raina's third over but fell the very next ball, top-edging a return catch BCCI
Chennai Super Kings pressed on and removed Dinesh Karthik and David Wiese in a space of two overs, reducing Royal Challengers at 125 for 6 BCCI
However, Sarfaraz Khan's cameo of 31 from 21 balls dragged Royal Challengers to 139 for 8 BCCI
Dwayne Smith's poor run of form with the bat continued as he holed out to Mitchell Starc in the fourth over of the chase, after making 17 BCCI
Royal Challengers, though, were sloppy on the field as they two dropped catches inside six overs BCCI
Michael Hussey, however, kept the chase under control compiling a 46-ball 56 before falling to Wiese BCCI
MS Dhoni pitched in with 26 off 29 balls and fell after levelling the scores. BCCI
Ashwin took a single off the penultimate ball and ensured Super Kings advanced to their sixth IPL final in eight years BCCI
