Mumbai Indians Vs Banglore Royal Challengers - Match 38 - St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Ajinkya Rahane and Jean Paul Duminy helped Mumbai script a much needed victory over the Banglore Royal Challengers, a victory which keeps them alive in this tournament. Choosing to start first Mumbai lost Master Blaster Sachin for duck. Sanath Jayasuriya and Rahane stabilized the innings before Jayasuriya was adjudged lbw off van Merwe. The exit of Jayasuriya brought together JP Duminy and Rahane. They were involved in a brilliant unbeaten 103 run partnership with Rahane scoring 62 of 49 balls and Duminy contributing 59 of 41 balls. This partnership helped Mumbai reach a competitive score of 158.

Banglore needing just 159 for victory, made a mockery of their run chase. They kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and the moment you thought someone had settled to play a better innings, a needless shot was played to push Banglore further into abyss. Boucher played a brilliant cameo at the end of the innings, but his 48 from 33 balls was not enough to fetch Banglore a victory. On the bowling front Harbhajan bowled economically and picked up two wickets conceding just 15 runs of his quota of 4 overs.

Toss

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Brief Scores

Mumabi Indians - 157/2 in 20 overs(A Rahane - 62*, JP Duminy - 59*, van der Merwe - 1/17, R Vinay Kumar - 1/30)

Banglore Royal Challengers - 141/7 in 20 overs(M Boucher - 48*, V Kohli - 20, H Singh - 2/15, D Kulkarni - 1/24)

Result

Mumbai Indians won the match by 16 runs

Banglore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians - Match 28 - New Wanderer's Stadium, Johannesburg

Banglore Royal Challengers beat Mumbai Indians comphrehensively by 9 wickets at the New Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg. Chasing a total of 150, Banglore put in front a stunning batting performance led by Kallis(69 of 59 balls) and Uthappa(66 of 42 balls) and reached the target with 11 balls to spare. Earlier in the day, Mumbai Indians were kept on a tight leash by the Banglore bowlers before Bravo(50 of 40 balls) and A Nayar(29 of 20 balls) cut loose and helped Mumbai put up a competitive total of 149 on the board. Jayasuriya scored 52 of 43 balls which provided a solid foundation for the likes of Bravo and Nayar. du Preez made an impressive debut for Banglore Royal Challengers claiming the first three Mumbai Indians wickets which included the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and JP Duminy. Sure this kid has a bright future.

Toss
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Brief Scores
Mumbai Indians - 149/4 in 20 0vers(S Jayasuriya - 52, D Bravo - 50, du Preez - 3/32, van der Merwe - 1/27)
Banglore Royal Challengers - 150/1 in 18.1 overs(J Kallis - 69*, R Uthappa - 66*, Z Khan - 1/12)

Result
Banglore Royal Challengers won by 9 wickets