Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma scintillating knocks helped Mumbai Indians to mark a comfortable 44 runs win over Delhi Daredevils in the 10th match of Indian Premier League played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Dinesh Karthik, continuing his fine start to IPL-6, delighted the Wankhede crowd with a sizzling 86 off 48 balls.
Dinesh was the aggressor during his 132-run stand with Sharma (74 not out off 50) but after his dismissal, Rohit changed gears to take Mumbai to 209 for 5. The 200-mark was crossed for the first time in the competition.
David Warner (61 off 37) and Manpreet Juneja (49) tried their best but could not prevent their team from a third straight loss in the tournament.
Mumbai have now won two out of the three games they have played and are at the top of the points table.
Karthik and Sharma took the game away from the opposition after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting failed to fire at the top.
All six bowlers used by Delhi were taken to the cleaners with Ashish Nehra proving to be the most expensive, leaking 49 runs in four overs.
Kieron Pollard (13) did not fire this time and after his departure Sharma was joined by Ambati Rayudu, who hammered 24 off 8 balls towards the end. The last two overs went for 42 runs.
Much like the Mumbai innings, the away team lost a wicket in the first over. Unmukt Chand top-edged one off Harbhajan Singh with Ponting taking a flying catch at extra cover.
What happened next was something that not many would have been imagined a few years ago. Harbhajan ran towards Ponting and hugged the former Australian captain to complete the wild celebration.
Warner and Juneja kept Delhi in the game with their 82-run partnership, but when the Australian got caught in the deep in the 11th over, they were always going to be up against it.
Following is the scoreboard MI vs DD:
Mumbai Indians:
Dinesh Karthik c Mendis b Morkel 86
Rohit Sharma not out 74
Extras (lb 6, w 3, nb 1) 10
Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 209
Bowling:
Irfan Pathan 4-1-37-1
Ashish Nehra 4-0-49-2
Morne Morkel 4-0-43-1
Delhi Daredevils:
David Warner c Rayudu b Johnson61
Manpreet Juneja run out (Dhawan) 49
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 8) 10
Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 165
Bowling:
Mitchell Johnson 4-0-49-2
Pragyan Ojha 4-0-34-2
Kieron Pollard 4-0-35-2
Umpires: Marias Erasmus (South Africa) and V.A. Kulkarni
TV umpire: Sudhir Asnani
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
(with inputs from IANS)
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