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IPL 6: Super Kings beat Sunrisers by five wickets

Chennai - Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten 67 as Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Thursday.

Dhoni struck a 37-ball 67 that helped Chennai achieve the target of 160 with two balls to spare.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Quinton de Kock c Vijay b Sharma 4

Shikhar Dhawan not out 63

Hanuma Vihari run out (Raina) 2

Cameron White c Dhoni b Sharma 2

Amit Mishra c Bravo b Ashwin 15

Thalaivan Sargunam c & b Bravo 10

Darren Sammy c Morris b Bravo 19

Ashish Reddy not out 36

Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8

Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 159

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (de Kock, 0.3 overs), 2-12 (Vihari, 1.6), 3-37 (White, 4.5), 4-61 (Mishra, 9.5), 4-83* (Dhawan, retired not out, 13.3), 5-98 (Thalaivan Sargunam, 15.3), 6-116 (Sammy, 17.2)

Bowling:

Mohit Sharma 4-0-33-2

Jason Holder 4-0-31-0

Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-21-1

Chris Morris 3-0-24-0

Dwayne Bravo 4-0-37-2

Ravindra Jadeja 1-0-8-0

Chennai Super Kings

Mike Hussey c de Kock b Mishra 45

Murali Vijay st de Kock b Mishra 18

Suresh Raina c Sammy b Mishra 16

Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 67

Dwayne Bravo c Ashish Reddy b Ishant 7

Ravindra Jadeja c Mishra b Steyn 1

Chris Morris not out 0

Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6

Total (for five wickets in 19.4 overs) 160

Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Vijay, 7.3 overs), 2-76 (Hussey, 9.2), 3-99 (Raina, 13.2), 4-130 (Bravo, 17.2), 5-145 (Jadeja, 18.5)

Bowling:

Darren Sammy 3-0-31-0

Ishant Sharma 4-0-34-1

Dale Steyn 4-0-45-1

Karan Sharma 4-1-8-0

Amit Mishra 4-0-26-3

Ashish Reddy 0.4-0-15-0

Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad, who chose to bat

Result: Super Kings won by five wickets

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and S Das

TV umpire: C Shamsuddin

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

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