Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Daredevils by 98 runs to record their second consecutive win in the tournament. They are now at the top of the table, with two wins from two games. 
Mumbai Indians continued with their batting from where they had left off in the game against the Rajasthan Royals to amass a behemoth 218/7 in their 20 overs. This was mainly possible due to a couple of half centuries in double quick time and some matured batting display in the middle overs, something that was so missing in the previous editions of the tournament. 
Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya provided their customary start, and even after the dismissal of Jayasuriya to a super catch by Yogesh Nagar at mid-on, the Indians smashed their way around. Tendulkar’s 32-ball 62 and Saurabh Tiwary’s 61 that came off only 37 balls saw the Mumbai side get close to 200.
Ambati Rayadu also chipped in with a 34 and the pair of Rayadu and Tiwari, who had added a century in the previous game, chipped in with another 71 runs for the fourth wicket. They vindicated their captain’s decision to send them ahead of the West Indian pair of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo. Mumbai set the target of 219 for the Delhi Daredevils to win.
In reply, Gautam Gambhir could not bat as he had been indisposed at the start of the match, pulling his hamstring, and that meant that Virender Sehwag had to open the innings with T Dilshan.
The start was reasonable, with 25 coming off the first couple of overs, but then, Lasith Malinga managed to sneak one through Dilshan’s bat to bowl him out. This was the opening that the Mumbai Indians needed, as this, not only slowed the run-rate down, but also, with the climbing asking rate, made Sehwag play a rash stroke.
With both their big-hitters gone, the rest of the Delhi batting knew that they were up against a quagmire. The more they tried to get out of it, the deeper they kept going as the middle overs were totally dominated by Pollard, Bravo and Jayasuriya. Farveez Maharoof played a few lusty shots for his 28, but the rest of them capitulated under the pressure of the insurmountable asking rate.
The Daredevils were bowled out for 120 in the 17th over to give the game away by 98 runs – one of the biggest wins in IPL.