Kochi Tuskers Kerala beat Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Firday.
Brief Score:
Mumbai Indians: 182 for two in 20 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 100, Ambati Rayudu 53; R V Gomez 1/29).
Kochi Tuskers Kerela: 184 for two in 19 overs (Brendon McCullum 81, Mehela Jayawardene 56; Lasith Malinga 2/42).
Earlier, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar blasted unbeaten 100 runs to power Mumbai Indians towards mammoth 182/2 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
This is Sachin Tendulkar’s maiden IPL hundred. Tendulkar scored 100 runs off 66 balls. His innings was studded with 12 boundaries and three sixes.
Sachin is now leading run getter in the IPL 2011. Apart from Tendulkar, Ambati Rayaudu also cracked 53 runs.
Earlier, Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) medium pacer Gomez dismissed Davy Jacobs for 12 runs.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians on Friday.
Kochi has made three changes for today’s game. VVS Laxman was ruled out just before the toss and was replaced by K Jadhav.
Thisara Perera and Romesh Powar are in for Muttaiah Murlitharan and S Sreesanth.
Mumbai Indians have also made one change in the final XI. Andrew Symonds replaced James Franklin in the side.
Teams:
MI: Sachin Tendulkar, Davy Jacobs Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, KA Pollard, Andrew Symonds, R Sathish, Harbhajan Singh, Ali Murtaza, Munaf Patel, Lasith Malinga
KTK: Brandon McCullum, Kedar Jadhav, Mahela Jayawardene, Parthiv Patel, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Thisara Perera, R Gomez, R Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, Ramesh Powar
source : samaylive
