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)