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Mumbai Indians defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers on Wednesday in an IPL match held at Bangalore. Mumbai, which is already out of semi-finals of the tournament ,did well in this match. Set to chase a paltry 123 to win, Sanath Jayasuriya (54 off 37) and Sachin Tendulkar (40 not out) made it a lopsided contest and reached the target with 12 balls to spare. Jayasuriya smashed four sixes and four boundaries while Tendulkar batted around him without taking any risks.
The match was reduced to 18-overs a side after rain delayed the start by an hour and a half. Earlier, Bangalore lost early wickets and could not do well in batting. After this defeat Bangalore Royal Challengers finished their campaign at the seventh place in IPL points tally. Dilhara Fernando took four wickets that cost just 18 runs in his quota of four overs. For Mumbai Shaun Pollock and Ashish Nehra made scoring difficult for openers Shreevats Goswami (20) and Mark Boucher (18).
Scoreboard
Bangalore Royal Challengers – 122/9
Mumbai Indians – 126/1
Man of the Match – Dilhara Fernando
