Sharp Super Kings leapfrog to top spot
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-May-2015

An unchanged Chennai Super Kings side opted to bat in their last home game of the season and found themselves on the back foot, losing Dwayne Smith and Suresh Raina inside four overs • BCCI
Brendon McCullum kept his calm and played out a few quiet overs before stepping on the throttle•BCCI
Though McCullum was clearly feeling the heat and humidity of Chennai, he didn't hold back on his favourite shot - the paddle sweep - to bring up his fifty off 44 deliveries•PTI
Faf du Plessis and McCullum put on 101 for the third wicket as Super Kings eyed a late surge•PTI
The partnership ended with du Plessis being run out for 29 by Shane Watson in the 17th over•BCCI
MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo added 28 in 15 balls to help Super Kings finish on 157 for 5•PTI
Chris Morris was the pick of the Rajasthan Royals' bowlers with figures of 4-0-19-3•BCCI
Royals' lost Ajinkya Rahane in the sixth over while Watson kept dealing in singles and doubles•BCCI
But just when he looked to up the ante and lined up a straight six...•BCCI
Bravo plucked the ball out of mid-air and sent the fans at the MA Chidambaram stadium into delirium•BCCI
Super Kings applied the squeeze through the middle overs via their left-arm spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Pawan Negi. Jadeja ended with figures of 4-0-11-4•PTI
The incoming Royals batsmen perished trying to play the big shots and eventually ended up 12 runs short•PTI