Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils (13th April 2010)

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 39 runs

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. All the batsman contributed towards building the innings. Young Tiwary and Rayudu played an important partnership in the middle and late strike by Pollard (45 in 13 balls) helped them to score 183/4 in 20 overs. Daredevils started the run chase with a high note and scored 69/1 in 6 overs. Suddenly few wickets changed their game and the team lost the match by 39 run scoring 144/7. Ali Murtaza was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai with a lot of verity confusing the top order with his change of pace and guile.

Kieron Pollard is the MoM for his whirlwind innings of 45 runs in just 13 balls, 'Kamaal catch of the match award' goes to Ali Murtaza and 'Maximum sixes award' goes to Keiron Pollard.


Numbers that mattered, Match 47

15  Number of Delhi batsmen to get run-out in this edition of the IPL. Only Rajasthan Royals have lost more wickets in this fashion – 19.

69 Runs scored by Delhi during the Powerplay – maximum they have scored in this IPL. They had made 64 (for 2) against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru on March 25.

75 Runs scored by Mumbai Indians in the last 5 overs – their best performance in all IPL matches. They had made 72 (for one) against Deccan Chargers at Mumbai DYP on March 28, 2010.

346.15 Kieron Pollard’s strike-rate in the match – the highest in this IPL for a batsman scoring at least 25. Deccan Charger’s Adam Gilchrist had made 33 off 12 balls (SR 275.00) against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on March 19.

542 Runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar in IPL 2010 – the maximum scored by an Indian in a single edition. Delhi Daredevils’ Gautam Gambhir had aggregated 538 runs in the 2008 edition.