The cellar dwelling Mumbai Indians knocked off powerhouse Delhi in a seesaw affair.   Mumbai looked to have posted a subpar 162, but on a pitch with a little life (and some very dead patches) they prevailed, and can look forward to skipper Sachin Tendulkar’s return in the next game to bolster a fragile batting line up.  

Tournament favourites Delhi Daredevils will simply put it down to a bad day at the office, and will no doubt rebound strongly, and should in fact be watched for any outward price movement due to this result – they’re still a class outfit...

IPL Match Report
Date                                     : 4/5/2008
Teams (Home first)                 : Mumbai Indians vs. Delhi  Daredevils
Result                                   : Mumbai by 29 runs
Toss Won                              : Delhi, chose to field
Top Bat Home                        : Jayasuriya, 34
Top Bat Away                        : Sehwag 40
Highest first 6 over score         :  Mum 50, Del 37
Highest Opening Partnership     : Mum, 46, Del 3
Total sixes hit                         : Mum 8
Total wides                            : Del bowled 3
Total run outs                         : 1

Lineups / Scorecard

Mumbai
Y. Takawale      c Sangwan     b Mahesh    14 (20b)
S. Jayasuriya      b Mahesh                        34 (16b)
D. Thornely       b Bhatia                          31 (24b)
R. Uthappa       c Malik            b Sangwan  22 (21b)
D. Bravo           c Mahesh        b Malik          2 (4b)
A. Nayar           b Sehwag                          2 (6b)
S. Pollock         c De Villiers      b Mahesh    33 (15b)
S. Tiwary         c Malik             b Asif           9 (10b)
R. Raje            not out                              6 (5b)
A. Nehra          not out                             0 (0b)
D. Kulkarni
Total              (8 wickets, 20 overs)       162

Delhi
G. Gambhir     c Uthappa  b Nehra         1 (9b)
V. Sehwag     c Pollock    b Thornely    40 (20b)
S. Dhawan     c Uthappa  b Pollock         1 (3b)
A. De Villiers   run out                         21 (17b)
S. Malik          c Nayar      b Pollock       24 (22b)
D. Karthik       lbw           b Bravo         28 (23b)
R. Bhatia        c Uthappa  b Nehra          9 (8b)
P. Sangwan    c Tiwary    b Nehra           2 (4b)
Y. Mahesh
M. Asif           c Nehra   b Kulkarni           0 (1b)
G. McGrath
Total             (all out, 18.5 overs)

The Mumbai innings never really got out of third gear, partly due to a slowish start.   Mumbai tried a new tack at the top of the order, opening with wicketkeeper Takawale, although it couldn’t really be classed as any kind of success....