Photographs: BCCI
Delhi Daredevils beat Mumbai Indians by nine wickets, with three overs to spare, to register their first win in IPL 6 after six defeats.
Virender Sehwag scored a blistering 95 off 57 balls, which was inclusive of 13 boundaries and two sixes.
He was unlucky to missed out on a century.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat at the Ferozshah Kotla.
Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith opened the batting for Mumbai.
Karthik departs cheaply
Image: Umesh Yadav of Delhi DaredevilsPhotographs: BCCI
Umesh Yadav ran out Dinesh Karthik (2) to give Delhi the early advantage.
Tendulkar, Sharma combine well
Image: Sachin TendulkarPhotographs: BCCI
Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma steadied the Mumbai Indians innings. The 50-run partnership for the third wicket was attained courtesy a single by Sharma.
Umesh Yadav finally got Tendulkar (54) out, having him caught by David Warner at extra cover.
The Master Blaster's 47-ball knock was inclusive of three boundaries and two sixes; he put on 96 runs for the third wicket with Sharma.
Yadav has last laugh
Image: Rohit SharmaPhotographs: BCCI
Umesh Yadav's last over was expensive; it cost Delhi 14 runs.
However, he had the last laugh, having Rohit (73) caught by Andre Russell. He ended with figures of two for 31.
Rohit's 43-ball innings was inclusive of five boundaries and an equal number of sixes.
Mumbai put up 161 for four in their stipulated 20 overs.Sehwag's fifty puts Delhi in control
Image: Virender SehwagPhotographs: BCCI
Mahela Jayawardene opened the batting with Virender Sehwag for Delhi.
Sehwag batted with aggression. He smashed his first fifty in 10 innings.
Sehwag on fire
Image: Virender Sehwag (left) with Mahela JayawardenePhotographs: BCCI
Sehwag completed 2,000 IPL runs, the seventh batsman to achieve the feat.
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