Port Elizabeth: A record third wicket partnership (104*) between Jean Paul duminy and Ajinkya Rahane helped Mumbai Indians to post a respectable total of 157 against Bangalore Royal Challengers on Sunday.
This is the highest third wicket partnership in the IPL's season so far. Duminy and Rahane went past Matthew Hayden and MS Dhoni's 100 stand for the third wicket which they posted against Punjab earlier this season.
Rahane (62*) who scored his maiden fifty in the IPL hit four boundaries and a six in his innings.
Duminy's 59 came off 41 balls that was studded with 3 sixes and two fours.
Mumabi Indians were off to a shaky start as they lost their captain Sachin Tendulkar for a duck.R Vinay Kumar struck in his first over as Tendulkar edged a leg cutter for wicket keeper Mark Boucher to take the catch.
Sanath Jaysuriya hit 4 fours in his 27-ball 29 before he was trapped plumb in front of the wicket by Roelof van der Merwe in his first over.
Teams
Bangalore Royal Challengers : Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher(w), KP Appanna, Abhmanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Anil Kumble(c)
Mumbai Indians : Sachin Tendulkar(c), Sanath Jayasuriya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Abhishek Nayar, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Yogesh Takawale(w), Ajinkya Rahane, Chetanya Nanda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Lasith Malinga
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