Again Sachin and Rayudu proved they are in great form by blasting fifites and Mumbai scored a good 159/5 and then restricted Punjab to 136/8, with the help of Slinga Malinga and Musa Patel ! Both two wickets.
Valthaty scored a useful 33 and Shaun Marsh was the best of the Punjab batsmen. He scored 61 with eight fours.
Mumbai opened with Bajji and Bajji trapped Gilchrist lbw. Punjab 1/1 ! Then came the partnership that mattered for Punjab, as Marsh and Valthaty took the score to 73, when Valthaty was caught Pollard off Symonds. He hit two mighty sixes and one four. Then the procession of batsmen began, with Punjab collapsing to 136/8! Shaun Marsh, with his brilliant 61, was out when the score was 131 and it was more or less curtains for Punjab !
For Mumbai, Davy Jacobs was out ten when the score was 14 and then the in form Rayudu joined Sachin. Both took the score to 109, when Rayudu was caught by Karthik off Chawla. Sachin was eventually out when he was on 51, caught Nayar off Harris.
Keiron Pollard was out for 20 and Rohit for 18 and Mumbai ended up with 159/5 ! Sachin is now the wearer of the Orange Cap ( they better change the color as Tuskers are orange ), with 327 runs, ahead of Sehwag ( 303 ) and Valthaty ( 301) !
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