Super Sanath stuns Kings

Tendulkar returns to see Jayasuriya smash second fastest IPL century

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Super Sanath stuns Kings

Jayasruiya: Smashed 11 sixes in his unbeaten 114

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Chennai Super Kings 156-6 (S Badrinath 53) v Mumbai Indians 158-1 (S T Jayasuriya 114 no)
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Sanath Jayasuirya rolled back the years with a devastating century to help Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings.

The Sri Lankan opener belted nine fours and 11 sixes in his 114 not out that overshadowed the first appearance of Sachin Tendulkar.

The Indians' fit-again captain was the only wicket to fall as his side coasted to a target of 157 in just 13.5 overs.

Subramaniam Badrinath had rescued the Super Kings with 56 after they had suffered a slow start to their innings at the Wankhede Stadium.

Perfect Pollock

Put into bat, Chennai quickly slipped to 46-4 in the face of some controlled seam bowling in taxing conditons.

Shaun Pollock, another veteran in the Mumbai team, led the way with figures of 1-9 in his four overs, the former South African international finishing his miserly spell with a maiden.

Dhawal Kulkarni chipped in with three wickets including two in one over, Stephen Fleming playing on to depart for 26 and then Chamara Kapugedera falling for a second-ball duck.

It was left to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to come in and lift the Super Kings' run-rate with a partnership of 95 from 55 balls with Badrinath.

The wicketkeeper-batsman hit six fours and one six to finish up unbeaten on 43, though his team's final total of 156-6 never looked like enough.

Onslaught

Jayasuriya wasted little time in going after Chennai's attack, taking two sixes and two fours off one over from Albie Morkel that cost 21.

The left-hander almost single-handedly saw his team to victory, dominating an 82-run partnership for the first wicket that saw Tendulkar contribute just 12.

He reached his hundred, the second fastest in the Indian Premier League so far, with back-to-back blows over the fence and then finished the game with three successive sixes and two fours off Kapugedera.

Robin Uthappa was unbeaten on 16 as the Indians raced home to a fourth successive victory that leaves them on course for a semi-final spot.