Chennai Super Kings had a chance to advance to the play-off round on the basis of net run rate if they lost the match but finished by 201 runs. In such a situation, CSK chased the target. Captain Ruduraj Gaikwad was out on the very first ball without scoring any runs. Mitchell was out after scoring 4 runs in the third over. After this Ravindra and Rahane made a partnership of 66 runs.

Rahane was out after scoring 33 runs. Rachin Ravindra was run out after scoring 61 runs. After this Shivam Dubey and Mitchell Santner were out after scoring minor runs.

After this Dhoni came to bat. CSK needed 90 runs in the last 5 overs to win. CSK needed 72 runs to reach the playoffs. CSK fans were hoping that the experience of Jadeja and Dhoni would come in handy. Yash Dayal bowled the last over. Dhoni hit a six on the first ball. After scoring 25 runs in 13 balls, he tried to hit another six on the second ball and was out. Shardul Thakur came to bat next.

The third ball was a dot and Shardul took a single on the next ball. Facing the last two balls, Jadeja failed to score even a single run. He scored 42 runs on 22 balls.

CSK scored 191 runs at the loss of 7 wickets at the end of 20 overs. RCB won this match by 27 runs. With this, the team has reached the play-off round as the fourth team. RCB has confirmed its place in the play-offs by winning 6 consecutive matches this season. Before this, out of the 8 matches played, the team had won only one. RCB has overcome many criticisms and entered the next round.

In their last league match against CSK, they had to win on the basis of net run rate. RCB won in that also. Although there was a threat of rain, it has been averted.