In a good encounter between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians, it was Mumbai Indians who notched up their sixth win on the trot by defeating Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in their Indian Premier League encounter in Hyderabad on Sunday night.The Mumbai team first scored a competitive 178 for seven, thanks to some sensible batting by Abishek Nayar and Dwayne Bravo, and then restricted hosts to 153 for seven in 20 overs.The win was a sweet revenge for the visitors as they had lost by comprehensive 10-wickets margin against Chargers at the home-tie.Bravo, who was playing his last match in the tournament, ended the tournament on a high note as he first collected 30 crucial runs and then took three wickets, playing a vital role in his team’s victory.Y Venugopal Rao top scored for the Hyderabad team with a sparkling 57-run knock before walking back to the hut.It was the third half-century for Rao in the tournament and it came off just 38 balls with the help of four boundaries and three sixes.
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Deccan Chargers are almost out of the league and are playing now for the prestige where as Mumbai Indias have a chance to make it into semifinals if they win today’s encounter.

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Shahid Afridi, 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Venugopal Rao, 6 Ravi Teja, 7 Scott Styris, 8 PM Sarvesh Kumar, 9 Pragyan Ojha, 10 RP Singh, 11 P Vijaykumar.

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornely, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Rajesh Pawar, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Date – May 18, 2008 42nd Match
Venue – Hyderabad
20:00 India time.

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Today was a match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the DLF – IPL. This was the 38th match of the league and the match is played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. Salman Butt and Aakash Chopra opened the batting for Kolkata Knight Riders and took the score to 16 before Salman Butt was out. In the end the team scored 67 runs in 20 overs.

Today Match 38 – Scorecard – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Match 38 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornely, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Kolkata Knight Riders (probables): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Aakash Chopra, 3 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 4 David Hussey, 5 Mohammad Hafeez, 6 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Shoaib Akhtar, 9 Ishant Sharma 10 Murali Kartik 11 Ashok Dinda.

Date – May 16, 2008 Match-38
Venue – Mumbai
20:00 India time.

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In the 36th match of DLF – IPL, it was Mumbai Indians who scored a 9 wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians were high on confidence due to the return of little master Sachin Tendulkar. Though he scored only 12 runs but it was Jayasurya who took the game from Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a target of 157, Mumbai Indians won the match with 37 balls remaining