Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers) won the toss & forced Mumbai Indians to bat first. Mumbai Indians has shown great start of innings with the openers Shikhar Dhawan & Sachin Tendulkar and Bravo in one down. Mumbai Indians also lost their wickets at regular intervals, but the Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar had put great fight till 16th over. Even when he was got out, scoring 55 runs out of 43 deliveries, in the 16.4th over. Later came Bhajji who batted very aggressively & hit 49 runs from just 18 deliveries & led the Mumbai Indians to reach a Total of 172 runs after 20 overs.
Deccan Chargers started their innings chasing the target of 173 runs set by the Mumbai Indians . In the 2nd delivery of the 1st over Deccan Chargers lost their important wicket, Skipper Gilchrist was out giving a slip catch to Sachin Tendulkar bowled by Harbajan Singh. Thus pressure started to build on Deccan Chargers, they maintained their run rate but they lost their wickets very often. In 17.4 overs Deccan Chargers lost all their 10 wickets, so as lost the match.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 41 runs still in the top of the table.
They have won 5 matches out of 6 matches played in this IPL edition 3 and proven to be a great side that can take down IPL Trophy this year.
