WATCH: Here's how Lasith Malinga reacted to MS Dhoni clobbering him on consecutive balls

Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again played a captain's knock which bailed his team Chennai Super Kings out of trouble at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday. Dhoni who has led CSK to three IPL titles put up a splendid performance and played one of the enterprising knocks by making the most of his experience of having played in these kinds of crunch games. His knock also included a couple of maximums in off consecutive deliveries.

It happened in the penultimate over of CSK's innings which was bowled by the veteran Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga. On the third delivery, he bowled one round the wicket as the Dhoni heaved his bat and deposited Malinga into the stands as he MI speedster looked up in disbelief. On the next ball, Malinga once again bowled a full-length delivery and Dhoni gave him the same treatment by taking him to the cleaners. Thus, Mahi eased some pressure by clobbering Malinga for consecutive maximums which fetched him and his team 12 runs off two deliveries.

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The video of MS Dhoni's two consecutive monstrous sixes was posted on Twitter. Watch it right here.

Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and advanced to their fifth IPL final. Mumbai created pressure on Chennai right from the start as the hosts could never recover from the early setback. However, skipper MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu's late resurgence took CSK to a decent total. MS Dhoni was again played a crucial knock under pressure. He scored an unbeaten 29-ball 37 at a strike rate of 127.59 including three maximums. The CSK skipper added 66 runs for the fifth wicket along with Ambati Rayudu which helped CSK get to 131/4 in their 20 overs.

However, it was not enough as Mumbai reached the target in the penultimate over. Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant knock after skipper Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the second delivery of MI's run chase. Yadav played an anchor's role to perfection as he scored an unbeaten 54-ball 71. 

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