Harbhajan Singh provided the first breakthrough to Mumbai Indians when he scalped Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist in the IPL encounter. Gilchrist edged the ball to the slip where Tendulkar took a one hand stunner just few inches from the ground. Initially Harbhajan scored an aggressive 49 and took three wickets.
Rohit Sharma of Deccan charges fought a lone battle with a 28-ball 45-runs before being cleaned up by Zaheer Khan in the 17th over.
It was the team from Mumbai's fifth win in six matches and their second against the team from Hyderabad in five matches. For the Deccan Chargers, it was their third defeat in six games.
Deccans Monish Mishra(13) and Herschelle Gibbs(27) combined well to steady the innings, putting on 47 runs for the second wicket. The South African soon displayed his aggressive streak smashing Zaheer Khan for successive sixes, the first over long-on and the second over long-off, in the fifth over. However, Zaheer had the last word, having Gibbs caught by Pollard at cover point.
Mumbai Indians had slumped from 64 for one in the eighth over to 93 for six at the start of the 14th. However, Tendulkar went on to complete his seventh IPL fifty, his fourth in this edition, with a couple off Symonds. As the teams headed to their dug outs - for the second timeout 9after 16 overs) - Mumbai Indians were reeling at 110 for six.
And in the fourth ball after resumption, RP Singh accounted for Tendulkar for his third wicket of the innings. The Master Blaster, having hit a clever boundary over short third man in the previous ball, went for an encore. Only it was a failed attempt.
Tendulkar's 43-ball 55 was inclusive of nine hits to the fence and was a significant contribution in the Mumbai innings.
Final Score:
Mumbai Indians: 172/7(20.0 ov)
Deccan Chargers: 131/10(17.4 ov)
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