Match 44 Facts and Scorecard: MI retains top spot, defeats PWI again

Mumbai Indians again won against Pune Warriors.

Match Facts

Match 44
Venue: Mumbai (DY Patil)
Captains: Sachin (MI), Yuvraj (PWI)
Toss: PWI
Result: MI def PWI by 21 runs
MOM: Rahul Sharma
3wkts or more: 3/25 by Malinga
6s: 13 (MI 6, PWI 7)
4s: 21 (MMI 13, PWI 8)
50s: 59 by Pandey

Records

Rahul Sharma (PWI) received his first MOM of IPL.
PWI has registered record 7 defeat in IPL 4.
Malinga has now the best wicket tally by any MI bowler in single IPL edition.

Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum)

Blizzard c †Uthappa b Thomas 6 runs 6 balls 1 four
Tendulkar c Ryder b Yuvraj Singh 24 runs 24 balls 5 4s
Rayudu c Pandey b Yuvraj Singh 27 runs 28 balls 2 4s
Rohit Sharma c Pandey b Sharma 12 runs 20 balls
Suman c Manhas b Sharma 36 runs 16 balls 3 4s 3 6s
Pollard c Yuvraj Singh b Taylor 28 runs 21 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Symonds c Pandey b Taylor 3 runs 3 balls
Harbhajan Singh not out 9 runs 3 balls 1 six
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1) 15
Total (20 overs) 160/7

Fall of wickets

1-18 (Blizzard, 2.3 ov), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.2 ov), 3-69 (Rayudu, 10.6 ov), 4-96 (Sharma, 14.2 ov), 5-114 (Suman, 16.3 ov), 6-124 (Symonds, 17.5 ov), 7-160 (Pollard, 19.6 ov)

Bowling

Thomas 4 ov 53/1
Wagh 3 ov 22/0
Taylor 4 ov 34/2
Yuvraj Singh 4 ov 22/2
Rahul Sharma 4 ov 7/2
Ryder 1 ov 11/0

Pune Warriors innings (target: 161 runs from 20 overs)

Ryder c Kulkarni b Harbhajan Singh 0
Pandey c Sharma b Malinga 59 runs 47 balls 4 4s 3 6s
Smith c Blizzard b Patel 6 runs 12 balls 1 four
Jhunjhunwala c Rayudu b Pollard 10 runs 15 balls 2 4s
Yuvraj Singh c Patel b Malinga 20 runs 16 balls 1 four 2 6s
Uthappa not out 29 runs 23 balls 2 6s
Manhas c & b Malinga 0
Wagh run out 0
Rahul Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 4, w 6) 10
Total (20 overs) 139/7

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Ryder, 0.1 ov), 2-17 (Smith, 3.4 ov), 3-46 (Jhunjhunwala, 8.4 ov), 4-77 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.5 ov), 5-119 (Pandey, 18.2 ov), 6-128 (Manhas, 18.6 ov)

Bowling

Harbhajan Singh 3 ov 1 maiden 17/1
Munaf Patel 4 ov 30/1
Kulkarni 4 ov 20/0
Malinga 4 ov 25/3
Symonds 1 ov 7/0
Pollard 4 ov 36/1