Sachin Tendulkar, who turned 38 today, started off with his unique blend of caution with aggression. He was also looking to take back the orange cap from Paul Valthaty. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Sachin and Davy Jacobs were looking good to establish a firm opening stand but Ishant Sharma removed Jacobs with the score on 47. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Spinner Amit Mishra then put the breaks on the scoring with two quick wickets. Mumbai slipped to 4/70 from 9.1 overs. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Four down Andrew Symonds then joined hands with Rohit Sharma to start a repair job. Photo: K.R. Deepak
And they did complete the repair work quite beatifully. Rohit brought up back-to-back fifties while Symonds remained unconquered on 44. Photo: K.R. Deepak
With Deccan having lost the early wicket of Sunny Sohal, it was down to Shikhar Dhawan and Kumar Sangakkara to build a platform. But Lasith Malinga removed Dhawan in the sixth over to leave Deccan on 2/41. Photo: K.R. Deepak
It was left to Deccan skipper Sangakkara to stem the tide and guide the run chase. Photo: K.R. Deepak
But wreaker-in-chief Malinga came back to uproot Malinga's stumps. Deccan never really recovered from this blow and limped to 135, well short of the target of 173. Photo: K.R. Deepak