IPL 2015 - CSK v RCB, 37th match

However, David Wiese sent back the dangerous McCullum for 20 when the batsman mistimed a pull shot and holed out to Iqbal Abdulla at deep midwicket.

Brendon McCullum got going with a couple of boundaries and along with Suresh Raina, gave Chennai Super Kings a fast start.

Raina continued on his merry ways and scored his 25th IPL fifty and his second in IPL 2015. Both his fifties came against Royal Challengers Bangalore and his 64-run stand with Faf du Plessis was setting up a good base for Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and chose to bat in Chennai but they got off to a poor start when Mitchell Starc cleaned up Dwayne Smith for 0. The wicket-maiden in the first over gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a great start.

MS Dhoni and Pawan Negi struck some crucial blows but Chennai Super Kings lost seven wickets for 50 runs to end up on 148 for 9. In the 20th over bowled by Starc, he sent back Dwayne Bravo for 2, Negi for 13 and Ashish Nehra was run-out for 0.

However, Harshal Patel struck twice in his 15th over, removing du Plessis for 24 and Raina for 52. Chennai Super Kings lost momentum after the quick dismissals and Royal Challengers Bangalore were firmly in the match.

Chasing 149, Ishwar Pandey got the wickets of Nic Maddinson (4) and AB de Villiers for 21. Both batsmen perished to full tosses. Maddinson came down the track to drive a full toss but missed it and the off stump was knocked out. De Villiers ended up smashing a full toss to du Plessis at extra cover.

Virat Kohli kept a cool head at the other end and along with Dinesh Karthik, notched up a 63-run stand for the fourth wicket. In a moment of brilliance, Dwayne Bravo broke the stand when he sent back Kohli for 48. The bowler leapt and immediately threw the ball at the striker's end to run-out Kohli who was unable to get back to the crease.

Following the wicket of Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their way totally and they lost their remaining eight wickets for just 27 runs to lose the match by 24 runs.

Thanks to this win, Chennai Super Kings are on top of the table while Royal Challengers Bangalore's three-match winning streak came to an end. This win also ensured that CSK's winning streak at home remained intact.