Mumbai, May 9: Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli put on quick fifty-run partnership to lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore run chase against Mumbai at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday.
Chris Gayle raced to his fifty off 36 balls, which included four maximums and three boundaries, soon after Dilshan's wicket fall.
Bangalore lost Tillakaratne Dilshan (19) after they started their run chase cautiously against Mumbai.
Dilshan hit three boundaries in his slow 25 balls innings as he added 48 runs for the opening wicket with Gayle. Off-spinner Pragyan Ojha trapped Dilshan leg before in the ninth over to give Mumbai a crucial breakthrough.
Earlier, Dinesh Karthik top-scored with a breezy 44 as Mumbai Indians struggled against a disciplined Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling attack to post 141 for six.
MI lost two wickets in the second over, R Vinay Kumar accounting for both in a superb first spell with Zaheer Khan at the other end, before Tendulkar, who hit four fours, and Karthik stabilised the innings a bit with a stand of 39.
Tendulkar's dismissal at 41 in the ninth over saw Karthik and Ambati Rayudu joining hands to resurrect the stuttering innings with a stand of 44 in 33 balls.
But the dismissal of both these batsmen as well as Dwayne Smith in the space of 11 balls jolted the innings and left MI struggling at 100 for six.
Finally it was left to Harbhajan Singh (20 not out off 12 balls with two sixes) and the fit-again Kieron Pollard (21 not out off 13 balls with three fours) to hit some lusty blows to boost the score with an unbroken stand of 41 in 25 balls.
