Mumbai overcome Delhi

Mumbai beat Delhi by 32 runs and zoomed to the first position on the leaderboard, with 16 points from 10 games. They have booked a berth in the last four stage of IPL 2011.

On the contrary, Delhi is out of the May 24-25 play off race and are down in the Points Table at the seventh position.

Inserted in to bat, Mumbai was off to a speedy start, with their opener Aiden Blizzard smashing 37 in 23 balls. And then a great partnership between Rayudu and R Sharma took them to a mammoth 178/4 ! Rayudu top scored with 59 and Sharma 49.

When Delhi chased, they were shattered initially and were 4/3 ! They lost Sehwag cheap, but then V Rao ( 37) and Hopes ( 56) took them to respectability, but to no avail, as Mumbai won by 32 runs.

The visitors were bowled out for 146 in 19.5 and went to their seventh defeat in eleven games.

A clinical and professional bowling display by the No 1 favourites ( Mumbai ) saw the Delhites tottering. They choked and sent Warner, Sehwag and Ingram within the first three overs. Bajji dismissed Warner with the fifth ball of the innings and soon Delhi slumped to seven for four !

Malinga's terrific yorker shattered the stumps of Ingram and then the unsung hero, Munaf Patel, sent back Sehwag and Ojha to find Delhi reeling at 4/3.

Hopes did the repari work with a brilliant 50. He was let off by M Patel off the formidable Slinga Malinga, when he was on 23. At last he was run out in the 17th over, after a mix up with Irfan.

Earlier Irfan clean bowled Tendulkar cheap.

Kulkarni bowled V Rao for 37 Rao had hit a six and four fours in his 27 ball knock. Irfan threatened with a 23 but then he was yorked by Slinga Malinga. That was more or less curtains for Delhi.

Pollard, Bajji, Munaf and Malinga got two wickets each

Blizzard slammed 8 fours and was severe on Morne Morkel. He hit him for five fours in one over, four of them off successive deliveris. Mumbai scored 102 in the last ten overs. Tendulkar drove Pathan and Agarkar for fours, but was bowled by Irfan when he tried a wild heave. Blizzard was sent to the paviliion by left arm spinner Nadeem, as he mistimed a pull shot. Then Rayudu and Sharma took over and Mumbai coasted to 178/4.