Mumbai completed yet another fantastic performance both with the ball and with the bat by defeating Punjab by 23 runs to ensure that the Wankhede fortress remained intact in the IPL-4 match here on Monday.
Earlier, Punjab got off tho the worst possible start losing the early wicket of Adam Gilchrist in the first over itself and could only manage a measly 20 runs in five overs.
Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu struck half centuries as Mumbai Indians overcame a slow start to post 159 for 5 for against Kings XI Punjab in an IPL tie at the Wankhede Stadium.
Tendulkar and Rayudu scored 51 each and added 95 runs for the second wicket in 72 balls after the home team was asked to take first strike by visiting team skipper Adam Gilchrist.
While Rayudu was the more aggressive of the duo and got his runs in 37 balls with eight fours and one six. Tendulkar
struck a six and three fours in his 45-ball essay. Both were caught in the deep giving charge. Later Kieron Pollard, who has hardly got a chance to bat in earlier matches, made a quick-fire 20 with two sixes and a four. Rohit Sharma made a quick 18 in 11 balls before falling off the penultimate ball.
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