Michael Hussey smashed an undefeated 83 off 56 balls to help Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
The left-handed Australian hit 11 fours and a six in the IPL defending champion's 183-5 off the maximum 20 overs.
Royal Challengers made a bad start to its run chase — losing a wicket in each of the first two overs — and finished on 162-7, despite a fighting 64 by South African AB de Villiers.
Man-of-the-match Hussey and Murali Vijay took Super Kings to 51-0 after the hosts opted to bat first. Vijay fell to Ryan Ninan caught at long-off after hitting the off-spinner for a six on the previous delivery.
Hussey was lucky to be dropped on two occasions but made full use of the reprieves, sharing another half-century partnership for the third wicket with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Hussey reached his half-century in style with a six and four off successive deliveries from Challengers captain Daniel Vettori.
Suresh Raina hit 29 and Dhoni scored 22 as the hosts increased the run rate before Raina fell to Ninan and Zaheer Khan dismissed Dhoni. South African pacer Johan van der Wath dismissed Albie Morkel for nine and Subramaniam Badrinath for five in the final over.
Super Kings took a Challengers wicket as early as the second ball when Morkel sent back Tillakaratne Dilshan — caught at midwicket for a duck. New Zealand pacer Tim Southee bowled Asad Pathan for 14 in the second over.
Off-spinner Ravindran Ashwin dismissed opener Mayank Agarwal for seven to reduce the visitors to 31-3 but Virat Kohli lifted the innings with an aggressive 35 before falling to left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.
De Villiers hit five fours and two sixes but Sri Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv struck off successive overs to dismiss Saurabh Tiwary and Cheteshwar Pujara.
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The left-handed Australian hit 11 fours and a six in the IPL defending champion's 183-5 off the maximum 20 overs.
Royal Challengers made a bad start to its run chase — losing a wicket in each of the first two overs — and finished on 162-7, despite a fighting 64 by South African AB de Villiers.
Man-of-the-match Hussey and Murali Vijay took Super Kings to 51-0 after the hosts opted to bat first. Vijay fell to Ryan Ninan caught at long-off after hitting the off-spinner for a six on the previous delivery.
Hussey was lucky to be dropped on two occasions but made full use of the reprieves, sharing another half-century partnership for the third wicket with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Hussey reached his half-century in style with a six and four off successive deliveries from Challengers captain Daniel Vettori.
Suresh Raina hit 29 and Dhoni scored 22 as the hosts increased the run rate before Raina fell to Ninan and Zaheer Khan dismissed Dhoni. South African pacer Johan van der Wath dismissed Albie Morkel for nine and Subramaniam Badrinath for five in the final over.
Super Kings took a Challengers wicket as early as the second ball when Morkel sent back Tillakaratne Dilshan — caught at midwicket for a duck. New Zealand pacer Tim Southee bowled Asad Pathan for 14 in the second over.
Off-spinner Ravindran Ashwin dismissed opener Mayank Agarwal for seven to reduce the visitors to 31-3 but Virat Kohli lifted the innings with an aggressive 35 before falling to left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.
De Villiers hit five fours and two sixes but Sri Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv struck off successive overs to dismiss Saurabh Tiwary and Cheteshwar Pujara.
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