Partnership

Partnership of the day, Andrew Symonds and Mitchell Marsh, 50 in 5.3 overs
Marsh preserved his wicket and allowed Symonds to play a fine knock. Initially, Symonds reserved all his aggression for Amit Mishra: It was a fine battle because Mishra troubled him with his googlies, which Symonds picked only off the pitch, but he would time and again counterattack with a muscled hit. He moved down the track to lift a leg break over long-off, followed it by biffing a googly into the same stand and slugged a flighted delivery from outside off over long-on. In between, he edged a legbreak between the keeper and first slip and just when Mishra was seemingly on the ascent, Symonds would break free. He crashed Tillakaratne Dilshan's offbreaks for two sixes and even played a delicate late cut against Paul Collingwood to collect a boundary. Deccan had reached 116 for 4 in the 15th over and things were set for a final assault when Symonds fell. Mishra had just switched to bowling from round the stumps to Symonds and had his man chipping straight to long off. .

Over

MS Dhoni takes apart Irfan Pathan, 20th over of Chennai Super Kings
Chennai needed 16 off the last over bowled by Irfan Pathan. The first delivery was almost a yorker, but Dhoni managed to power it wide of long off for four. The next was a slower one that he top-edged, but it landed short of long off and Chennai were two runs closer. The match was effectively sealed off the third delivery: a monstrous hit over wide long on sent the ball out of the ground, reducing the equation to four off three. Dhoni finished it with another thrash over long on.

Moment

Dhoni, the famously cool captain, let out a roar as soon as he hit the winning runs and then punched the side of the helmet as the adrenaline flowed and his team-mates raced from the dug-out in joy. "It was an emotional moment," Dhoni said later about his reaction. "Your franchise pays so much money for you, you should at least make the semi-finals."