Red hot McCullum burns Sunrisers
ESPNcricinfo staff
11-Apr-2015

Brendon McCullum showed why Chennai Super Kings chose to bat first, as he got them off to a blazing start • BCCI
Dwayne Smith struck four fours and a six in his 27 before being run out by Trent Boult, leaving Super Kings at 75 for 1•BCCI
Ishant Sharma did not help Sunrisers' cause as he bowled four no balls and conceded 46 runs in three overs•BCCI
Suresh Raina was run out in the 13th over but McCullum continued to lay into the bowling•BCCI
MS Dhoni promoted himself up the order and blasted fours fours and as many sixes for his 29-ball 53•BCCI
McCullum played some outrageous shots and raced to his second IPL ton off just 53 balls to help Super Kings finish on 209 for 4•BCCI
Sunrisers started the chase brightly but lost the key wicket of Shikhar Dhawan for 26 in the fourth over•BCCI
R Ashwin stifled the Sunrisers and returned figures of 1 for 22 in his four overs even as David Warner brought up his fifty•BCCI
It took a special catch to dismiss Warner as Smith timed his jump perfectly at the boundary•BCCI
Ravi Bopara hit some late blows but Sunrisers were left with too many to get in too little time and slumped to a 45-run loss•BCCI