IPL 8: Mumbai Indians ride on R&R to beat Delhi Daredevils

Mumbai Indians rose to the fourth spot in the Indian Premier League points table beating delh iDaredevils by five wickets to register their fourth successive victory at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday nightTwo rain breaks seemed to have affected Mumbai Indiansrsquo momentum for a brief period but an unbeaten 53run partnership between Ambati Rayudu 49 and Kieron Pollard 26 helped Mumbai Indians chase down Delhi Daredevilsrsquo 1526 with three balls to spareDelhi Daredevilsrsquo Yuvraj Singh slamsone en route his 44ball 57 againstMumbai Indians at the WankhedeStadium PICPTILike DD MI lost a wicket off the first legitimate ball of their innings with Zaheer Khan getting opener Lendl Simmonsrsquo scalp DD pacer Nathan CoulterNile never allowed the MI toporder to settle down as the hosts were reduced to 404 inside the Powerplay with Hardik Pandya 5 Parthiv Patel 13 and Harbhajan Singh 5 all back in the dugoutDD bowlers especially Angelo Mathews and leggie Amit Mishra didnrsquot give too many chances to the MI duo to free their armsWith the asking rate soaring Rohitrsquos 46 resistance was finally broken by Mishrarsquos googly leaving his fianceacutee Ritika Sajdeh disappointed in the standsPollard was greeted with a huge roar and the bighitting West Indian did not disappoint plundering a six over longon off Mishra off the second ball he faced Pollard and Rayudu hit some decisive blows to bring the equation down to 22 off 12 balls With Pollard and Rayudu taking 14 off the penultimate over the game was as good as over for DelhiEarlier Yuvraj Singh indicated there was something special in store on Tuesday when the southpaw stood firmly and pulled one fiercely off Mumbai Indians pacer Lasith Malinga for his first boundaryThe next ball too was banged in short by MI and received the same treatment The timing however wasnrsquot perfectAlthough Yuvrajrsquos 44ball 57 included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes he played with utmost maturity and took calculated risks to help Delhi Daredevils post 1526 in 20 oversYuvraj walked in with the scoreboard reading 503 in 64 overs after the Daredevils lost skipper JP Duminy caught and bowled leftarm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith for 28Yuvraj cautiously saw off Harbhajan Singh who was the pick of the MI bowlers and finished with 41112 Yuvraj scored just five runs off Harbhajanrsquos 12 deliveriesBut the senior batsman did not hold back against Malingarsquos loose deliveries The three consecutive fours off Malingarsquos third over helped Delhi pick the momentum that was thwarted each time they lost a wicketThe consecutive sixes coming of flicks off Mitchell McClenaghanrsquos last over which also brought Yuvrajrsquos halfcentury his second of the IPL8 then rekindled the memories of the 2011 World Cup final at the same venue where the lefthander was adjudged Player of the Tournament However Yuvraj who was given not out by the third umpire after the ball bumped before carrying to wicketkeeper Patel fell to the very next delivery courtesy a stunning onehanded catch by Lendl Simmons