Bangalore Royal Challengers beat the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to register their third successive victory in Match 14 of the IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Bangalore Royal Challengers chased down the moderate target of 152 in 19.1 overs. 
Mumbai Indians were made to work hard for runs from the start as only 37 runs came from the first five overs. Sanath Jayasuriya was back in the pavilion in the second over itself. Aditya Tare of the Mumbai Indians was the second wicket to fall at 36, when he attempted to play a feeble pull shot off the wily Kallis to be caught at short mid-wicket. Saurabh Tiwary (25 off 21 balls), who came into the match with two successive half-centuries, could not get his third when veteran Anil Kumble out thought the left-hander with a well-disguised googly. Ambati Rayudu was then caught behind to the hard-working Vinay Kumar. His next wicket was the big scalp of Sachin Tendulkar (25 off 22 balls), who exposed his stumps for a pull shot, missed it completely to be bowled. Three balls later West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was plumb in front to give Vinay three wickets in his third over. The Bangalore Royal Challengers were on top stifling the Mumbai Indians batting for runs with the score on 76/6 in 11 overs. Vinay Kumar completed his dream spell of 4-0-25-3. Rajagopal Satish and Kieron Pollard revived their teams hopes with a 47-run stand for the seventh wicket. But Steyn dealt a double blow by dismissing both the batsmen in one over. The Mumbai Indians eventually reached 151/9 in 20 overs thanks to nine-ball 23 by number ten batsman Zaheer Khan.
Royal Challengers’ opening pair of Manish Pandey (40 off 27 balls) and Jacques Kallis put on 85, which pretty much ensured the end for the Mumbai Indians who got their first break through in the 10th over. It was too late as Royal Challengers Bangalore then romped home in style with the loss of Pandey, Robin Uthappa and Virat Kohli’s wickets. Orange Cap holder Jacques Kallis (66 not out off 55 balls, 10×4), the tournament’s highest scorer with 264 runs, guided Bangalore Royal Challengers home for a comfortable win and to the top of the leader board with six points.
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