Today once again Sachin Tendulkar scored a 50 to guide Mumbai Indians to a decent total. In the 25th match of DLF IPL, Deccan Chargers won the toss and invited Mumbai Indians to bat first. Sachin Tendulkar scored a brilliant 50 and then little master showed an excellent captaincy move by opening the bowling attack by Harbhajan Singh. This move worked and Singh got the priced wicket of Gilchrist in the very first over.

Sachin’s cricketing brain has helped Mumbai Indians win one more match in IPL and lead the points tally.

Match: 25th T20, IPL3
Venue: Mumbai
Date: March 28, 2010
Toss: Deccan Chargers elected to field.
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs

Batting Scorecard – Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians		Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR
S Dhawan	lbw b Jaskaran	8	12	2	0	66.67
S Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b RP Singh	55	43	9	0	127.91
D Bravo	c Symonds b RP Singh	23	16	3	1	143.75
S Tiwary	c Gilchrist b RP Singh	4	3	1	0	133.33
A Rayudu	st Gilchrist b P Ojha	6	7	0	0	85.71
R Sathish	c Suman b P Ojha	3	5	0	0	60.00
K Pollard	c Suman b Jaskaran	1	5	0	0	20.00
R McLaren	Not Out	13	15	1	0	86.67
Harbhajan Singh	Not Out	49	18	8	2	272.22
Z Khan	DNB
L Malinga	DNB
Extras: 10 b:1 lb:0 nb:4 w:5 FOW:S Dhawan (24-1, 3.3), D Bravo (64-2, 7.3), S Tiwary (68-3, 8), A Rayudu (84-4, 10.4), R Sathish (92-5, 12.1), K Pollard (93-6, 13.1), *S Tendulkar (119-7, 16.4)		Total: 172-7 (20) | Curr. RR: 8.60

Bowling – Deccan Chargers

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
K Roach	4	0	32	0	0	2	8.00
Jaskaran Singh	3	0	30	2	4	1	10.00
P Ojha	4	0	24	2	0	0	6.00
RP Singh	4	0	31	3	0	1	7.75
A Symonds	4	0	41	0	0	1	10.25
Rohit Sharma	1	0	14	0	0	0	14.00

Batting Scoreboard : Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers		Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR
A Gilchrist	c Tendulkar b Harbhajan	0	2	0	0	0
Mohnish Mishra	c McLaren b Malinga	13	12	1	1	108.33
H Gibbs	c Pollard b Z Khan	27	16	3	2	168.75
A Symonds	c Bravo b Malinga	1	6	0	0	16.67
Rohit Sharma	b Z Khan	45	28	3	2	160.71
T Suman	c and b Harbhajan	15	17	0	1	88.24
Venugopal Rao	c McLaren b Pollard	7	9	1	0	77.78
Jaskaran Singh	c sub (Duminy) b Harbhajan	1	2	0	0	50.00
K Roach	b Z Khan	10	9	1	0	111.11
RP Singh	b Malinga	1	5	0	0	20.00
P Ojha	Not Out	0	0	0	0	0
Extras: 11 b:2 lb:5 nb:0 w:4 FOW:*A Gilchrist (0-1, 0.2), H Gibbs (47-2, 4.5), Mohnish Mishra (49-3, 5.2), A Symonds (50-4, 6), T Suman (81-5, 10.4), Venugopal Rao (100-6, 13.1), Jaskaran Singh (116-7, 14.3), Rohit Sharma (130-8, 16.4), K Roach (131-9, 17), RP Singh (131-10, 17.4)		Total: 131-10 (17.4) | Curr. RR: 7.42 | Req. RR: 18.00

Bowling – Mumbai Indians

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	31	3	0	2	7.75
R McLaren	3	0	24	0	0	1	8.00
Z Khan	3	0	21	3	0	0	7.00
L Malinga	3.4	0	12	3	0	1	3.27
D Bravo	2	0	16	0	0	0	8.00
K Pollard	2	0	20	1	0	0	10.00

Source – IPL 2010