This is the 12th time, CSK has reached the play-offs of IPL. As per records, no other team has made it more than nine times, with Mumbai Indians, five-time IPL champions, stands next on the table. Also, only in 2020 and 2022, CSK failed to to make the knockout stage.

On being asked how the team manages to keep the momentum going, MSD revealed the ‘recipe for success’ during the post-match presentation.

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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar couldn’t control himself and asked Dhoni the secret behind CSK’s success, to which the CSK skipper said, “There is no recipe for success, you try and pick the best players and give them the best slot to perform. And groom them in the areas where they are not strong, somebody has to sacrifice their slot for the team. Credit to the management as well, they always back us. But, the players are most important, without the players we can’t do anything.”

The legendary cricketer also stressed on picking players who think about the team first and later about individual records.

“I think we need to figure out and pick players who are team first – not bothered about individual performance and perform the best at knockout stages. It is difficult to judge from the outside, we try and adjust to the players and environment as well. Even if they come 10%, we can adjust 50% to fit them better into the team,” he added.

Chennai will now face the defending champions Gujarat Titans on 23 May at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.