The second IPL match today, featuring MI vs DC (Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers), at Mumbai (brabourne Stadium), saw Mumbai crush the Deccan Chargers by an even higher margin this time than in their first fixture - 63 runs this time. (The first match today featuring
CSK vs RR (Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals) saw CSK win in a high-scoring encounter.)
With this, the Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians (MI) continues its spectacular run in IPL 2010, with just 1 loss from 9 games now, and is in the 1st position right now in the
latest IPL points table. The Gilchrist-led Deccan Chargers (DC) of Hyderabad remain at the 7th position in the points table.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat. The Karbonn Kamaal Katch award was given to K Pollard, the Maximum Sixes award was won by Saurabh Tiwary, and Tirupati Ambati Rayudu was Man Of The Match. Here were the final scores:
Deccan Chargers: 115 (18.2 overs)
Adam Gilchrist b Zaheer 19 (14b 1x4 1x6)
Herschelli Gibbs c Tendulkar b Zaheer 17 (15b 3x4 0x6)
VVS Laxman (run out) 4 (7b 0x4 0x6)
Andrew Symonds b McLaren 21 (18b 2x4 0x6)
Rohit Sharma c & b Pollard 11 (13b 0x4 0x6)
Monish Mishra c bravo b Pollard 5 (7b 0x4 0x6)
Tirumalasetti Suman c Rayudu b Harbhajan 11 (16b 0x4 0x6)
Ryan Harris c Dhawan b McLaren 13 (10b 1x4 0x6)
Rahul Sharma c bravo b Harbhajan 5 (7b 1x4 0x6)
Jaskaran Singh(not out) 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Pragyan Ojha b Malinga 2 (4b 0x4 0x6)
Extras: 6
Mumbai Indians: 178/4 (20.0 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Rahul Sharma 35 (24b 5x4 0x6)
Shikar Dhawan st Gilchrist b P Ojha 14 (13b 1x4 0x6)
Saurabh Tiwary c Harris b P Ojha 44 (35b 0x4 3x6)
Dwayne bravo b P Ojha 2 (8b 0x4 0x6)
Ambati Rayudu (not out) 55 (29b 5x4 2x6)
Kieron Pollard c Symonds b Harris 21 (10b 3x4 0x6)
Extras: 5