Suresh Raina hammered an explosive unbeaten half-century (73 off 50 balls),hitting six towering sixes and four fours,to guide Chennai Super Kings into the final beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets.Chennai Super Kings managed to score the required 58 runs in the final four overs.Morkel hit two sixes and Raina one in the 19th, the Super Kings needed 12 to win from the final over,which they managed score in first four balls of the last over.Badrinath smashed 34 in 32 balls.Dhoni smacked 29 in 19 balls.
Earlier,Royal Challengers Bangalore set the challenging total of 175 for four for Chennai,thanks to Virat Kohli who stroked an excellent unbeaten 70 in 44 balls,hitting five fours and three sixes.Mayank Agarwal hit the vital 34 runs.
The Royal Challengers will have a second chance to book a place in the final,as they will play the winner of the second play-off eliminator between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.
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