Brendon McCullum stars as Super Kings beat Royals

Chennai Super Kings have beaten Rajasthan Royals by 12 runs in the IPL this evening to go top of the table.

Brendon McCullum starred with the bat for Chennai as he hit 81 to help send his side top of the pile with 16 points.

McCullum was eventually dismissed in the 18th over, before MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo combined to move the Chennai side up to 157.

The Super Kings finished their innings on 157-5, before Ravindra Jadeja dismissed a number of the Royals' batsmen with an impressive bowling display to limit the visitors to 145-9.