The first semi-final match of IPL 2010, featuring RCB vs MI (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians), that took place at Mumbai on 21 April saw Mumbai blast its way to the IPL 2010 finals - MI won the match by 35 runs.
Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians (MI) have been reigning firmly at the top of the
IPL points table. The Kumble-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are 4th in the semi-final slotting and in the
IPL 2010 standings.
The last
RCB vs MI match resulted in MI beating RCB by 57 runs while
the one previous to that saw RCB win by 7 wickets.
In the current match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
Here are the final scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): 149/9 (20 overs)
Jacques Kallis c Rayudu b Malinga 11 (9b 2x4 0x6)
Rahul Dravid run out (Pollard) 23 (22b 3x4 0x6)
Kevin Pietersen st Rayudu b Harbhajan 19 (14b 2x4 0x6)
Robin Uthappa c Dhawan b Pollard 26 (13b 2x4 2x6)
Ross Taylor (not out) 31 (30b 1x4 1x6)
Virat Kohli c Rayudu b Pollard 9 (7b 1x4 0x6)
Manish Pandey c Duminy b Pollard 5 (9b 0x4 0x6)
Praveen Kumar b Harbhajan 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Vinay Kumar b Malinga 8 (8b 0x4 0x6)
Dale Steyn b Fernando 5 (5b 1x4 0x6)
Anil Kumble (not out) 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Extras: 10
Mumbai Indians (MI): 184/5 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan run out (Kohli) 12 (9b 2x4 0x6)
Sachin Tendulkar c Ross Taylor b Steyn 9 (9b 2x4 0x6)
Abhishek Nayar c Praveen Kumar b Pietersen 22 (18b 2x4 0x6)
Ambati Rayudu c Kallis b Steyn 40 (38b 4x4 0x6)
JP Duminy c Pietersen b Kumble 3 (4b 0x4 0x6)
Saurabh Tiwary (not out) 52 (31b 3x4 4x6)
Kieron Pollard (not out) 33 (13b 1x4 3x6)
Extras: 13