Mumbai Indians have claimed a 20-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League after Lasith Malinga tore through the middle order.
Mumbai batted first, and made a strong start to their innings, with Lendl Simmons hitting a half century at the top of the order, but Parthiv Patel added just 17 before being dismissed.
Rohit Sharma (24) and Kieron Pollard (33) steadied the ship in the middle of the order, but Bhuvneshwar Kumarmade sure that the Indians were limited in the final overs, with Harbhajan Singh and Vinay Kumar out for ducks.
Kumar was the pick of the bowler for Hyderabad, finishing with 3-26 as well as taking two catches to limit their opponents to 157 off their 20 overs.
Sunrisers were dealt a blow early in their reply though as Malinga restricted David Warner to nine runs, sending him back to the pavilion in the fifth over.
Shikhar Dhawan could not quite reach his 50, while Ravi Bopara fell for 23, leaving the visitors needing 31 over the final two overs.
Malinga struck again in the penultimate over, having Gade Vihari caught before skittling Praveenkumar Singhjust two deliveries later.
Malinga ended any hopes Hyderabad had of a late charge when he claimed his third wicket of the over off the next ball, sending Dale Steyn packing for a first-ball duck, leaving them needing 27 off the final over, but they fell short.
CSK V KXIP
Chennai Super Kings produced a dominant performance to reach the top of the Indian Premier League table with a 97-run victory over Kings XI Punjab.
A 50-run opening stand ensured Chennai made a solid start before Dwayne Smith departed for 26, but Suresh Rainacontinued his side's good work alongside Brendon McCullum.
It was McCullum who stole the show with 66 from 44 balls, while MS Dhoni (41*) and Ravindra Jadeja (18*) enjoyed a fine partnership to take their side to 192-3 from 20 overs.
Kings XI made a poor start to their reply when Virender Sehwag (1) was caught by Francois du Plessis off the bowling of Ishwar Pandey in the opening over.
Losing wickets at regular intervals proved to be key as Shaun Marsh (10), George Bailey (1) and David Miller (3) all failed with the bat.
Indian spinners Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared five wickets to prevent Kings XI from gaining momentum, and they could only creep to a disappointing 95-9 from 20 overs as they slipped to the bottom of the table.
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