Kings win, Hussey rules

Chennai Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers Bangaloreby 22 runs where Australian veteran Michael Hussey smashed 83 off 56 balls.

With Hussey building key partnerships of 51 and 45 with Murali Vijay (31) and Suresh Raina (29) respectively, Chennai made 183-5 -, and a second 51-run stand with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22) at the close.

AB de Villiers top-scored for a misfiring Bangalore batting line-up with 64, but it was in vain as the Royal Challengers suffered their third straight loss of the tournament.

Hussey and Vijay capitalised on some poor bowling and fielding from Bangalore to launch the hosts to 51 inside seven overs.

Before departing to Ryan Ninan, and Raina (29 off 16) helped stretch the total to 96,Vijay smacked Johan van der Wath’s first over for 14 and swiftly moved to 31.

Hussey cut loose after Raina’s wicket, reaching 50 with two boundaries off Daniel Vettori as Chennai’s dominance and Bangalore’s fielding misery continued.