In the next over, however, Tushar Deshpande had both Sudharsan and Gill holed out in the space of five balls.
Deshpande could have ended Gill's innings on 72 had he not dropped him on the long-off boundary - he ended up hitting the rope for six. But he came back strongly at the death with his defensive skills on show, with Shardul Thakur for company.
They kept the ball out of the swinging arcs of the GT batsmen, allowing them to score just 41 runs in the last five overs. There was only one boundary in the last three overs, but the chase was always going to be a tall order for CSK.