India, April 26 -- Sanju Samson did not need a long appeal to know what he had done. The moment Shubman Gill missed Noor Ahmad down the leg side, Samson moved, gathered and broke the stumps in one hard flash. For a split second at Chepauk, Chennai Super Kings had an old MS Dhoni memory in new gloves.

CSK needed that moment badly. They had only 158 to defend after being pushed into survival mode by Gujarat Titans' bowlers. Ruturaj Gaikwad's unbeaten 74 dragged them to 158/7, but the innings had been in trouble at 43/4 after 10 overs before CSK scored 115 in the final 10. Gujarat then began the chase with control, reaching 55/0 after the powerplay before Samson gave CSK their first opening.

The dismissal came in the seventh over. Noor Ahm...