Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 4th Match - Live cricket score, Commen

SRH 164/6 (20.0 Ovs) & CSK 209/4 (20.0 Ovs) So, that's all we have for you from game 1. It's time to switch tabs and shift to the second game, where KKR are batting first against RCB. McCullum dominated the start of the innings - his collection of sixes including a lap shot over the wicketkeeper's head off Ishant. © PTI

Brendon McCullum: 'It's obviously pretty good. Today's performance was very good from us. One guy gets a hundred and it always helps, but the partnerships were the key here. It's been long since I made a sizeable contribution, but it's good for me. It's a nice start for us and it is good to have made a big contribution today. You can pretty much start from ball one on New Zealand wickets, but on these pitches, you need to get in for a little while. A partner like Dwayne Smith also helps a lot. SRH has got some really good players, but for us with 2 wins from 2 games in the start, always is good.'

Brendon McCullum is the Man of the Match for his swashbuckling 100*

Dhoni: 'I think we batted really well as a unit. We got a good opening stand. Brendon was brilliant and because of him we got those 20 extra runs. ODIs are different and T20s are different, so you can't rate it as such. No point rating it, he just batted brilliantly (on rating McCullm's century against the others). It is always important to win at home. Every team prepares the wickets accordingly to what suits them. It is a good win for us and moreover, it looks a settled side now. The fielding was great today and the effort everyone put in was great. '

Earlier, Brendon McCullum waltzed his way to his second ton in the IPL. It was high-octane stuff from McCullum as he landed powerful blows to pummel the opposition. He cracked some belligerent strokes against both Ishant Sharma and Karn Sharma. He also played cheeky scoops to take the mickey out of the opposition. MS Dhoni too cracked a fine fifty. Other than Bopara, none of Sunrisers' bowlers were able to stem the run flow. In the end, it turned out to be a disappointing performance from them.

Chennai's bowlers backed up a sterling effort by their batsmen to register a convincing win. On a flat deck, the likes of Dwayne Bravo, Ashish Nehra and Mohit Sharma bowled a slew of slower deliveries to put the opposition under pressure. It was Mohit, who picked up two wickets with the new ball. Mohit showed his mettle with a back-of-the-hand slower one to completely bamboozle KL Rahul and castle him. Ravichandran Ashwin, with flight and guile, was also impressive. Even David Warner struggled to make an impact against a disciplined bowling attack.

SRH were never in the run-chase. David Warner was there for a long time, but could never really get doing. Their decision to hold Williamson back till the very end was also questionable. The kind of player Williamson is, he should have been batting at 3. He finishes with 26 off 18 balls and he could have been a far bigger threat, had he come earlier in the innings. CSK deserved to win this as they have completely outplayed their opponents here. Chennai Super Kings Innings - 209/4 (20 overs) Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR Dwayne Smith run out (T Boult) 27 26 4 1 103.8 Brendon McCullum not out 100 56 7 9 178.6 Suresh Raina run out (Rahul) 14 12 1 0 116.7 MS Dhoni (c & wk) c Warner b T Boult 53 29 4 4 182.8 Ravindra Jadeja run out (T Boult) 0 1 0 0 0.0 Dwayne Bravo not out 0 0 0 0 0.0 Extras 15 (b - 0 w - 4, nb - 4, lb - 7) Total 209 (20 Overs, 4 Wickets) Did not bat: Faf du Plessis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Ashish Nehra Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 31 0 0 3 7.8 Trent Boult 4 0 34 1 0 1 8.5 Ishant Sharma 3 0 46 0 4 0 15.3 Karn Sharma 4 0 51 0 0 0 12.8 Ravi Bopara 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.2 Parvez Rasool 1 0 11 0 0 0 11.0 FOW Batsman Score Over 1 Dwayne Smith 75/1 8.1 2 Suresh Raina 135/2 13.3 3 MS Dhoni 198/3 19.2 4 Ravindra Jadeja 198/4 19.3 Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings - 164/6 (20 overs) Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR David Warner (c) c Dwayne Smith b I Pandey 53 42 1 3 126.2 Shikhar Dhawan c R Jadeja b Mohit Sharma 26 18 5 0 144.4 Lokesh Rahul b Mohit Sharma 5 8 1 0 62.5 Naman Ojha (wk) c Mohit Sharma b Ashwin 15 11 0 1 136.4 Ravi Bopara b DJ Bravo 22 15 0 2 146.7 Kane Williamson not out 26 18 1 1 144.4 Karn Sharma c Raina b DJ Bravo 4 6 0 0 66.7 Parvez Rasool not out 2 2 0 0 100.0 Extras 11 (b - 0 w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 7) Total 164 (20 Overs, 6 Wickets) Did not bat: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Trent Boult Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ashish Nehra 4 0 31 0 0 2 7.8 Mohit Sharma 4 0 36 2 0 0 9.0 Ishwar Pandey 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.7 Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 22 1 0 0 5.5 Dwayne Bravo 4 0 25 2 0 2 6.2 Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 17 0 0 0 17.0 FOW Batsman Score Over 1 Shikhar Dhawan 30/1 3.4 2 Lokesh Rahul 46/2 5.6 3 Naman Ojha 91/3 11.3 4 David Warner 114/4 14.5 5 Ravi Bopara 136/5 16.4 6 Karn Sharma 150/6 18.6 Match Info Info Description MoM Brendon McCullum Match 4th Match, Indian T20 League 2015 Date Sat, Apr 11, 2015 Toss Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opt to bat Venue MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires Richard Illingworth , Vineet Kulkarni 3rd Umpire Rajesh Deshpande Match Referee Manu Nayyar Chennai Super Kings Squad Playing XI: Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Ashish Nehra Bench: Irfan Pathan, Andrew Tye, Matt Henry, Mithun Manhas, Pawan Negi, Samuel Badree, Ronit More, Michael Hussey, Rahul Sharma, Kyle Abbott, Ankush Bains, Pratyush Singh, Eklavya Dwivedi, Baba Aparajith Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad Playing XI: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Naman Ojha, Kane Williamson, Ravi Bopara, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Trent Boult Bench: Eoin Morgan, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Laxmi Shukla, Moises Henriques, Ashish Reddy, Ricky Bhui, Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Siddarth Kaul