Despite strong defensive bowling from SRH, Shivam Dube continued his exceptional season with a score of 39 off 20, including four sixes and a four. Gaikwad found a second wind, taking 29 in 10 balls immediately after Mitchell's dismissal. However, towards the end, he was gassed and kept mis-hitting everything, resulting in a lower strike rate. The 19th over, bowled by Jaydev Unadkat, resulted in no boundary.
MS Dhoni came out for a customary 5 off 2, and Dube ended with a huge six, but the question remained: had CSK made the correct decision by playing in a similar manner to the previous night?