An unbeaten 70 by
Dwayne Bravo with a good support from captain
Sachin Tendulkar kept
Mumbai Indians' IPL hopes alive as they beat
Kings XI Punjab at the SuperSport Park. Kings XI Punjab who won the toss and chose to bat first started off well with
Sunny Sohal's initial fireworks. He scored 43 runs in just 23 balls and boosted to score to 50 in 5.3 overs before losing his wicket with a runout. With three wickets down on the board, Sachin introduced his spinners
Harbhajan Singh and JP Duminy who didn't give Punjab any room to score runs. Harbhajan finished off his 4 overs giving just 9 runs and pickin up a wicket, while Duminy got 2 wickets for 15 runs. Later, Dwayne Bravo played his natural game and scored runs quickly with a good partnership with Sachin Tendulkar.
Kings XI Punjab: 119/9 (20.0 overs)
S Sohal 43(23),
Karan Goel 20*(21), Harbhajan Singh 1/9,
Jean-Paul Duminy 2/15
Mumbai Indians: 122/2 (16.2 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 70*(59), Sachin Tendulkar 41*(29),
Brett Lee 1/25
Result: Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets with 22 balls to spare
Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh
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