MI vs DC IPL3 26th Match Result - Mumbai Indians beat Deccan by 41 runs, Harbhajan hit 18 balls 49 runs

Mumbai Indians good run continues as they beat defending champions Deccan Chargers by 41 runs in the 25th match of 2010 IPLT20, on Sunday, 28th March, 2010 at New Mumbai. MI made 172/7 in 20 overs and DC all out on 131 in 17.4 overs.

Mumbai Indians again got a good start by in-form Tendulkar who made 55 runs but they reduced from 64/1 to 93/6 but a brilliant hard hitting in the end by Harbhajan Singh who hit 18 balls 49 unbeaten runs to set a competitive target of 172/7. Deccan Chargers after reaching 47/1 in 4.4 overs reduced to 50/4 and never come back in the game and finally all out on 131 runs. Harbhajan, Zaheer and Malinga took 3 wickets each.

Match Summary:

Mumbai Indians - 172/7 in 20 overs (Tendulkar 55, Harbhajan 49*, RP Singh 3-31)

Deccan Chargers - 131 all out in 17.4 overs (Rohit 45, Malinga 3-12, Zaheer 3-21, Harbhajan 3-31)

Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)

Result - Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs.

Match Information Umpires: S Das (Ind) and K Hariharan (Ind) Third Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) Toss: Deccan Chargers (Elected to field) Match Status: Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Man of the Match: Harbhajan Singh

Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings

Batsmen Deccan Chargers (131/10 in 17.4 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Adam Gilchrist (c) (wk) c S Tendulkar b H Singh 0 2 0 0 0.00 Monish Mishra c R McLaren b L Malinga 13 12 1 1 108.33 Herschelle Gibbs c K Pollard b Z Khan 27 16 3 2 168.75 Andrew Symonds c D Bravo b L Malinga 1 6 0 0 16.67 Rohit Sharma b Z Khan 45 28 3 2 160.71 Tirumalsetti Suman c & b H Singh 15 17 0 1 88.24 Venugopal Rao c R McLaren b K Pollard 7 9 1 0 77.78 Jaskaran Singh c (sub)J Duminy b H Singh 1 2 0 0 50.00 Kemar Roach b Z Khan 10 9 1 0 111.11 RP Singh b L Malinga 1 5 0 0 20.00 Pragyan Ojha not out 0 0 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 2, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 5 11 Total:(131 for 10 in 17.4 overs) 131 Run Rate: 7.42

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Adam Gilchrist, 0.2 ov.), 2/47 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.5 ov.), 3/49 (Monish Mishra, 5.2 ov.), 4/50 (Andrew Symonds, 5.6 ov.), 5/81 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 10.4 ov.), 6/100 (Venugopal Rao, 13.1 ov.), 7/116 (Jaskaran Singh, 14.3 ov.), 8/130 (Rohit Sharma, 16.4 ov.), 9/131 (Kemar Roach, 16.6 ov.), 10/131 (RP Singh, 17.4 ov.)

Bowling: Mumbai Indians

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Harbhajan Singh 4 0 31 3 0 2 7.8 Ryan McLaren 3 0 24 0 0 1 8.0 Zaheer Khan 3 0 21 3 0 0 7.0 Lasith Malinga 3.4 0 12 3 0 1 3.3 Dwayne Bravo 2 0 16 0 0 0 8.0 Kieron Pollard 2 0 20 1 0 0 10.0

Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings

Batsmen Mumbai Indians (172/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR Shikhar Dhawan lbw b J Singh 8 12 2 0 66.67 Sachin Tendulkar (c) c A Gilchrist b R Singh 55 43 9 0 127.91 Dwayne Bravo c A Symonds b R Singh 23 16 3 1 143.75 Saurabh Tiwary c A Gilchrist b R Singh 4 3 1 0 133.33 Ambati Rayudu (wk) st A Gilchrist b P Ojha 6 7 0 0 85.71 Rajagopal Sathish c T Suman b P Ojha 3 5 0 0 60.00 Kieron Pollard c T Suman b J Singh 1 5 0 0 20.00 Ryan McLaren not out 13 15 1 0 86.67 Harbhajan Singh not out 49 18 8 2 272.22 Zaheer Khan Lasith Malinga Extras: b - 1, w - 5, nb - 4, lb - 0 10 Total:(172 for 7 in 20 overs) 172 Run Rate: 8.60

Fall Of Wickets

1/24 (Shikhar Dhawan, 3.3 ov.), 2/64 (Dwayne Bravo, 7.3 ov.), 3/68 (Saurabh Tiwary, 7.6 ov.), 4/84 (Ambati Rayudu, 10.4 ov.), 5/92 (Rajagopal Sathish, 12.1 ov.), 6/93 (Kieron Pollard, 13.1 ov.), 7/119 (Sachin Tendulkar, 16.4 ov.)

Bowling: Deccan Chargers

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Kemar Roach 4 0 32 0 0 2 8.0 Jaskaran Singh 3 0 30 2 4 1 10.0 Pragyan Ojha 4 0 24 2 0 0 6.0 RP Singh 4 0 31 3 0 1 7.8 Andrew Symonds 4 0 40 0 0 1 10.0 Rohit Sharma 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.0