Duminy fell for 9 while Mohammad Ashraful went for 2. Tendulkar and Rahane revived the innings as they put on 73 runs for the 4th wicket in 54 balls.
Tendulkar was bowled by Bhatia for 46. At the end of 15 overs, Mumbai were 109 for 5 and did not look to go beyound 140. But, Rahane brought fortune with a four or a six in every over. He reached his fifty in 37 balls. He was caught by DeVilliers of a slower one from Sangwan for 56. Harbhajan hit the last ball of the innings to a four as Mumbai ended the innings at 165 for 8.
Delhi reached the target easily. Warner and Gambhir added 36 in 3.3 overs before Warner fell for 15 caught by Ashraful off Kulkarni. Sehwag and Gambhir played aggressive innings did not bother about the lost wicket. Gambhir fell in the 12th over for 47.
Dilshan and Sehwag took Delhi closer to the target as they added 40 in just 19 balls. Dilshan and Sehwag fell next to each other in the 15th over from Bhajji.
DeVilliers was caught by Nayar of Harbhajan for 6 going for a big shot. Bhatia was bowled of the delivery. Though 4 wickets were lost in the span of 12 balls.
Mishra was lucky as the edge went for a four, otherwise it would been another wicket for Bhajji. Dinesh Karthik and Mishra took Delhi without adding anymore pressure!
Scoreboard:
Match # 55
Date: Thursday May 21, 2009
Teams: Delhi Daredevils v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Sehwag and Sachin
Toss: DD, decided to field
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Result: DD won by 4 wickets with 15 balls remaining
Points: DD 2; MI 0
Man of the Match: Sehwag off DD
Mumbai Indians Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Jayasuriya | lbw b Nannes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tendulkar | b Bhatia | 46 | 41 | 8 | 0 |
| Duminy | c D Karthik b Nannes | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashraful | c D Karthik b Sangwan | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahane | c DeVilliers b Sangwan | 56 | 41 | 5 | 2 |
| AM Nayar | lbw b Salvi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| PR Shah | c & b Nannes | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Harbhajan | Not Out | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Malinga | Run Out (Dilshan/Sangwan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kulkarni | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 6, w 11, nb 1) | 24 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 8 wkts in 20 overs | 165 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Jayasuriya, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Duminy, 2.3 ov), 3-28 (Mohammad Ashraful, 4.3 ov), 4-101 (Tendulkar, 13.3 ov), 5-106 (Nayar, 14.2 ov), 6-149 (Shah, 18.3 ov), 7-155 (Rahane, 19.1 ov), 8-159 (Malinga, 19.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Nannes | 4 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Salvi | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Sangwan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Mishra | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Bhatia | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Delhi Daredevils Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gambhir | c Ashraful b Malinga | 47 | 38 | 7 | 0 |
| DA Warner | c Ashraful b Kulkarni | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Sehwag | b Harbhajan | 50 | 27 | 5 | 2 |
| Dilshan | st Shah b Harbhajan | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Bhatia | b Harbhajan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| DeVilliers | c Nayar b Harbhajan | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| D Karthik | Not Out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mishra | Not Out | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Extras | (w 8, nb 1) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 17.3 overs | 166 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-36 (Warner, 3.3 ov), 2-104 (Gambhir, 11.1 ov), 3-144 (Dilshan, 14.2 ov), 4-144 (Sehwag, 14.3 ov), 5-153 (de Villiers, 16.3 ov), 6-153 (Bhatia, 16.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Malinga | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Kulkarni | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Shaikh | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harbhajan | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| AM Nayar | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Duminy | 1.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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