MUMBAI, May 5: In a contest between dazzling strokemakers, Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu outshone Yuvraj Singh leading Mumbai Indians to a five-wicket victory against Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Mumbai got off to an awful start when opener Lendl Simmons was trapped plumb in front of the wicket by Zaheer Khan on the second ball of their run chase and then Hardik Pandya was soon after dismissed by Nathan Coulter-Nile.
The Mumbai run chase was twice interrupted by rain during short passages of play in which they lost the wickets of Parthiv Patel and Harbhajan Singh.
Sharma and Rayudu added 60 runs for the fifth wicket to keep Mumbai in the hunt. Sharma smashed three sixes and two fours in his 37-ball 46 before he was clean bowled by Amit Mishra.
Sharma’s dismissal brought Pollard to join Rayudu at the crease and the duo took the hosts to victory.
In a game marred by stoppages due to rain, Mumbai seemed to have lost their way early in the innings.
However, after the second rain break, Sharma and Rayudu played with a calm head on their shoulders to resurrect the innings.
Even after Sharma was dismissed, Rayudu and Pollard held their nerve to take them home.
Pollard landed the decisive blow by thwacking Mishra for a six in the final over as Mumbai climbed to the fourth spot in the points table with their fourth consecutive win.(PTI)
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