Mumbai Indians vs King XI Punjab (30th March 2010)

Result: Mumbai Indians won by 4 wkts

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. King XI Punjab scored 163 for all out in 20 overs,  Shaun Marsh being the top scorer of 57. Lasith Malinga bowled a fine spell taking 4 wickets for 22 runs only. Chasing the target MI lost Tendulkar's wicket early but valuable 50 from Sikhar Dhawan and contribution from middle order helped to chase the target losing 6 wickets.

Lasith Malinga was declared as the Man of the Match 

Numbers that mattered, Match 27

314 Sachin Tendulkar's run-tally after the match – highest for any batsman in the tournament. He, thus, takes the Orange Cap from Royal Challenger Bangalore's Jacques Kallis.

53.57 Per cent of Malinga’s dismissals in IPL have been bowled – 15 out of 28

14.42 Yuvraj’s batting average in IPL 2010 – just 101 runs from 7 innings.

6 Number of defeats Kings XI Punjab have suffered this season. On the other hand, Mumbai have now won six.

4 Malinga’s wickets in the match. He became only the third bowler to take 4 wickets in a match in IPL 2010. Malinga joined the ranks with Angelo Mathews and R Vinay Kumar.

3 Mahela Jayawardene became the third player to captain Kings XI Punjab in the IPL, after Yuvraj Singh and Kumara Sangakkara. Interestingly, all three suffered defeats in their first game as captain.

2 Shaun Marsh has scored fifties in his first game of both the seasons he has played. In 2008, Marsh made an unbeaten 84 (vs Deccan Chargers). He wasn't a part of KXIP's squad in 2009.