Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers (3rd April 2010)

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 63 runs

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 178/5 through a fine knock from Ambati Rayudu (55) with well well supported contribution from Sachin, Tiwary and Pollard. Deccan Chargers started well with some strokes from Gilchrist and Gibbs, but the middle order failed again and finally bundled out to 115 in 18 overs. This was the biggest defeat for Deccan Chargers in IPL3.

Ambati Rayudu was the MoM for his superb knock, Keiron Pollard got the 'kamaal catch of the match' award while Saurabh Tiwary won the 'maximum sixes' award.


Numbers that mattered, Match 33

0 Mumbai Indians have not been dismissed even once in the tournament so far.

2 Number of sixes conceded by Lasith Malinga in the tournament.

4 Number of batsmen dismissed stumped by Pragyan Ojha – most such dismissals for a bowler in this IPL.

5 Harbhajan Singh bowled the fifth maiden of the tournament. Chaminda Vaas (2), Albie Morkel and Shadab Jakati are the other bowlers to do so.

22 Number of batsmen to aggregate 1,500 runs in Twenty20s with Andrew Symonds becoming the latest entrant to this exclusive club.

50 Harbhajan Singh completed his 50 wickets in Twenty20 with the dismissal of Rahul Sharma – sixth Indian to do so.

69.25 The average partnership between Saurabh Tiwary and Ambati Rayudu in the tournament. In four innings this pair has added 277 runs together that includes one century and two fifty stands.