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'We bat really deep. So, you don't require much from MS. But his ability to keep us calm while the team is under pressure is unmatched,' said CSK's bowling coach Bravo.
Chahal, who ended up with 4/25, now has 187 wickets in 143 matches, overtaking Bravo's tally of 183 wickets.
Gayle, 42, shares the longest career in T20 cricket, spanning more than 15 years, with his teammate Dwayne Bravo, who announced his retirement before the Australia game.
West Indies' inconsequential match against Australia on Saturday will be Bravo's last international outing.
Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, who had announced that he will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, were given a guard of honour by the Australian players at the end of the match.
Both Dhoni and Bravo called for the catch and in the end the wicketkeeper made a mess of a straight forward chance for the latter.
CSK defeated Delhi Capitals in their second IPL match on Tuesday night and Bravo could barely hold back when the age question was thrown at him at the post-match press conference.
The West Indies all-rounder, who made his debut in 2004, played 40 Tests, 164 one-day internationals and 66 T20 internationals.
Bravo had earlier revealed that the sprint competition that he had with Dhoni after the 2018 IPL final was a challenge he had put forward to the latter for calling him old throughout the season.
Capitals needed 17 runs off the final over and Bravo, who is very effective with his slower balls under such crunch situation, was off the field.
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