The game of Twenty20 (T20) is supposed to be a young man’s game, but ones who mattered for Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday were a 36-year old left arm pacer and an almost 40-year old veteran batsman.
The combination of two veteran stars guaranteed the MS Dhoni led side qualify for the final against Mumbai Indians, which will be played at Kolkata on May 24.
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) player called it his best season in IPL.
Ravichandran Ashwin took one for 14 in four overs.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have two of the leading wicket-takers in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015: Dwayne Bravo, who holds the Purple Cap, and Ashish Nehra, who is joint second.
Suvajit Mustafi produces report card of 11 senior Indian players in the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) thus far.
Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, handing CSK first home defeat of this season.
Nehra isn’t known for his batting, in fact early in his career, he struggled with the bat but once when it mattered, he hit the winning runs for India.
Ashish Nehra was dropped after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 but has been performing very well off late, did he get a raw deal?
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming is expecting a tough battle at home against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).