Mumbai beat Chennai by eight runs

Harbhajan Singh registered his maiden five-wicket haul in IPL and Rohit Sharma struck a brilliant 87 as Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 runs at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

Chasing a victory target of 165 runs, Super Kings were restricted to 156 for nine in their 20 overs and Subramaniam Badrinath remained
unbeaten on a superb 48-ball 71, which was studded with two sixes and seven fours.

Super Kings paid the price of their failure to get a good partnership and barring Badrinath, Mike Hussey (41) and Murali Vijay (12) none of the batsmen could get to double figures.

The only highlight of Super Kings’ innings was the 60-run third-wicket stand between Badrinath and Hussey. But once Malinga struck to remove Hussey, it triggered a collapse and the visitors lost seven wickets for 42 runs

Earlier, Sharma's 48-ball 87 and Andrew Symonds' 26-ball 31 took Mumbai Indians to 164 for four.

Sharma's knock was studded with 5 sixes and 8 fours and he added 87 runs with Symonds for the fourth wicket.

Symonds hit 2 sixes and a four in his knock.

Sharma reached his fifty off 31 balls and his partnership with Symonds came after Mumbai lost their third wicket when Suraj Randiv had Ambati Rayudu stumped by MS Dhoni.