Mumbai:  Riding on Sanath Jayasuriya's swashbuckling, unbeaten knock of 114 that contained an amazing eleven sixes and ten fours, Mumbai Indians outclassed Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets for their fourth straight win after four losses in the Indian Premier League here today.

The Sri Lankan veteran flicked, slashed and pulled the short-pitched balls served to him on a platter by the visiting team's bowlers as the home team, chasing Chennai's total of 156 for six, surged to a comprehensive win in only the 14th over.

Jayasuriya finished the match with a flourish by slamming Lankan compatriot Chamara Kapugedara for 26 runs in five balls, with three sixes to boot.

It was the Marauder from Matara who stole the honours of the day with clean hitting as he took the match away in the first six overs when 78 runs were made, mainly through his efforts.

He ran away to his fifty in 25 balls and his hundred came from just 45 balls, studded with seven fours and 10 sixes.

Jayasuriya and fit-again Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar, who made 12 in 16 balls with a six and a four, put on 82 for the first wicket in only 44 balls to condemn the visitors to a comprehensive defeat, their fourth in 10 games.

The Lankan lost Tendulkar in the eighth over, bowled through the gate by Joginder Sharma when the champion batsman tried to play an on-drive, but carried on relentlessly to ensure that the home team came out victorious.

Chennai new ball bowlers Manpreet Singh Gony and South African Albie Morkel erred in trying to bounce out the great left-hander on a helpful pitch but just did not possess the much-needed accuracy and went for plenty.  

Powered by a brilliant 53 from Subramaniam Badrinath, Chennai Super Kings scored 156 for ths loss of six wickets against Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday. Shaun Pollock ended up with the best figures of one for nine from four overs while Dhaval Kulkarni picked up three for 33.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians Captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to field first in their Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings here today. The home team made one change from the eleven that defeated Rajasthan Royals on May 7 with Sachin Tendulkar available to play his first IPL tie replacing Saurabh Tiwary.

The teams:

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar (Capt.), Shaun Pollock, Sanath Jayasuriya, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Dominic Thornely, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rohan Raje. 12th man: Manish Pandey.

Chennai Super Kings: M S Dhoni (Capt), Stephen Fleming, S Vidyut, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, L Balaji, A Morkel, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Joginder Sharma, Chamara Kapugedara. 12th man: Arun Karthik.

Field Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Amish Saheba.

Third Umpire: Rudi Koertzen.

Match Referee: L J Srinath.

Source : Agencies