Deciding to bat first, the start was not good as Sachin's bat took an outside edge and went to Boucher. He went for a duck. Jayasuriya back in the side, scored an useful 29. He was unlucky to be given lbw which would have missed the stumps. He built a 48-run partnership for the 2nd wicket with Rahane. It was Rahane and Duminy, who took the MI innings to a different level.
These two added unbeaten 104 runs for the 3rd wicket. At the end of 10 overs, MI were 67 for 2. Merwe was bowling well with 1 for 7 in his 2 overs.
These two players took MI beyond 100 in 15 overs. From the 15th over to 17th over, Duminy hit a six in each over, while Rahane each a four in 18th and 20th. Duminy for his part, hit a four in 19th and 20th.
Both the batsmen crossed 50, which was an important positive for MI. Rahane reached 50 first in 43 balls whle Duminy reached it in 37 balls. They scored 53 runs in the last 5 overs to take MI past 150 and set a target of 158.
RC missed the nice chance to score 2 points. The issue for them was the regular fall of wickets. For every 15 or 20 runs, they were losing wickets. This brough the new batsmen into the crease who took time to settle and was also under pressure not to lose his wicket.
Kallis upper cut a short ball from Malinga but it went straight to fielder in third man who took a low catch, RC 23 for 1 in 3.5 overs.
Uthappa went in the over caught by Tendulkar for 4. Kohli hit couple of fours from Bravo and kept moving the run rate. End of powerply, RC were 39 for 2.
Kohli, showed that he lacks experience at this level. He was the settled batsmen with 20 runs in 22 balls. He gave a simple straight catch at midwicket to Duminy.
Dravid joined Ross Taylor and kept the scoreboard moving. The crucial blow came in the 10th over when Rahul Dravid was run out for 10. Taylor sent the ball to long off calling for two. Dravid was struggling at the bowler's end as the throw from Malinga came straight to Harbhajan who aptly removed the bails. Unnecessary run put RC on the back seat. End of 10 overs, RC were 58 for 4, requiring 100 in the last 10.
Taylor hit a six in the first over after break and looked like he was ready to compensate for the Dravid's wicket. But, he got out for Malinga, who bowled a beautiful delivery, Taylor tried to play it to leg and missed it. The ball removed the stumps.
Boucher and Merwe was expected to take over, but Merwe was stumped off Harbhajan. Last 5 overs needed 58. Boucher and Vinaykumar scored 13 in the next 2 overs. Vinay was also stumped off Harbhajan. Last 2 overs needed 40 runs with Boucher and skipper Kumble putting their best. Bravo, though gave away a four in the 5th ball, bowled a tight line and restricred RC with 7 runs.
Malinga had the ball in the last over. Boucher hit a six over straight boundary in the second ball. But the next two balls were bowled well and only two singles were scored. Boucher scored a four of the 5th ball but it was too late. This helped in reducing the gap and improving the net run rate.
Duminy once again grabbed the man of the match!
Scoreboard:
Match # 38
Date: Sunday May 10, 2009
Teams: Mumbai Indians v. Bangalore Royal Challengers
Captains: Sachin and Kumble
Toss: MI, decided to bat
Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Result: MI won by 16 runs
Points: MI 2; RC 0
Man of the Match: Duminy off MI
Mumbai Indians Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Jayasuriya | lbw b Merwe | 29 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| Tendulkar | c Boucher b Vinaykumar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahane | Not Out | 62 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
| Duminy | Not Out | 59 | 41 | 2 | 3 |
| Extras | (w 7) | 7 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 2 wkts in 20 over | 157 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Tendulkar, 1.3 ov), 2-53 (Jayasuriya, 7.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Kallis | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Vinaykumar | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Mithun | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Merwe | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Appanna | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Kallis | c Kulkarni b Bravo | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Kohli | c Duminy b Nanda | 20 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| Uthappa | c Tendulkar b Kulkarni | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor | b Malinga | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Dravid | Run Out (Malinga/Harbhajan) | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Boucher | Not Out | 48 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| Merwe | st Takawale b Harbhajan | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinaykumar | st Takawale b Harbhajan | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumble | Not Out | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 8) | 14 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 141 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-23 (Kallis, 3.5 ov), 2-31 (Uthappa, 4.5 ov), 3-40 (Kohli, 6.3 ov), 4-58 (Dravid, 9.5 ov), 5-73 (Taylor, 11.5 ov), 6-90 (van der Merwe, 13.1 ov), 7-114 (Vinay Kumar, 17.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Malinga | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Bravo | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Nanda | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Harbhajan | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
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