Mumbai Indians were off to a slow start after opting to bat, but Lendl Simmons cut loose with two sixes of R Ashwin and set the tone for further attack BCCI
Before long, Parthiv Patel, too, joined in the act, and together they added 90 runs for the opening wicket, their fourth 50-plus stand this season BCCI
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It took a fine athletic catch from Pawan Negi to end Simmons' innings in the 14th over, for a 51-ball 65, and Mumbai had already reached 113 by then BCCI
Kieron Pollard then blazed away despite wickets falling around him. His 17-ball 41 helped Mumbai score 52 runs in their last five overs and finish on 187 for 6 BCCI
Dwayne Bravo was expensive towards the end and finished with 3 for 40 despite starting strongly BCCI
Lasith Malinga struck in the first over to remove Dwayne Smith, who was unlucky to be judged lbw after the impact was well outside leg stump BCCI
Harbhajan Singh decisively altered the course of the match by removing Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni in successive deliveries to leave Super Kings struggling on 86 for 4 BCCI
Faf du Plessis, who was reprieved on 14, continued to resist for a while, before he was dismissed for a 34-ball 45 BCCI
Thereafter, Super Kings kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and despite some late hitting from R Ashwin, fell 25 runs short of the target. Mumbai finished with their eighth win in nine games BCCI
