Tendulkar gets Mumbai win as birthday gift

Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar gestures during a IPL Twenty20 cricket compare in between Deccan Chargers as good as Mumbai Indians during The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad upon Apr 24. Mumbai Indians means birthday child Tendulkar a 37-run victory.
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HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – Mumbai Indians means birthday child as good as skipper Sachin Tendulkar a 37-run feat in an Indian Premier League compare opposite Deccan Chargers upon Sunday.

Middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma as good as quick bowler Lasith Malinga were a stars of Mumbai’s fifth win in 6 matches of a Twenty20 tournament.

Sharma crushed 3 sixes as good as 5 fours in his 34-ball 56 not out as good as Malinga took 3-9 off 4 parsimonious overs as Mumbai limited Deccan to 135-8 after scoring 172-4 in Hyderabad.

Skipper Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 34 for Deccan, who suffered their fourth better in 6 matches. The Sri Lankan had been batting good prior to being bowled by fellow citizen Malinga.

Amit Mishra (25 not out) as good as opener Shikhar Dhawan (25) were a alternative categorical scorers for Deccan.

Mumbai were progressing rickety during 70-4 prior to Sharma led a liberation with a 102-run mount off only 65 balls for a unprepared fifth wicket with Australian Andrew Symonds, who scored an dominant 44 off 33 balls.

Sharma’s 3 sixes came in a final over, bowled by Australian seamer Daniel Christian, as Mumbai plundered 40 runs in a final dual overs. Symonds strike a single 6 as good as 4 bounds in his 33-ball innings.

Mumbai were absolutely placed during 70-1 following sprightly knocks from openers Davy Jacobs (32) as good as Tendulkar (28) prior to losing 3 wickets during a same score, with leg-spinner Amit Mishra receiving dual wickets in a single over.

Tendulkar, who incited 38 upon Sunday, burst 4 bounds in his 24-ball hit prior to being held during long-on by South African Dale Steyn whilst attempting a large shot off Mishra.

But a master batsman, a world’s heading scorer in both Test as good as one-day cricket, skipped his birthday celebrations following a genocide of his devout guru Sathya Sai Baba in a morning.

Brief scores:

Mumbai Indians 172-4 in twenty overs (R. Sharma 56 not out, A. Symonds 44 not out, D. Jacobs 32, S. Tendulkar 28; A. Mishra 2-14) kick Deccan Chargers 135-8 in twenty overs (Kumar Sangakkara 34, A. Mishra twenty-five not out, S. Dhawan 25, D. Christian 21; L. Malinga 3-9) by 37 runs.