Cricket Desk: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs to regain the third spot in the IPL points table. Rohit Sharma hit a magnificent hundred.

 

Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Tendulkar early, but Rohit Sharma and Herschelle Gibbs added unbeaten 167 runs for the second wicket.

 

Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 109 off 60 balls with 12 boundaries and 5 sixes. Gibbs remained not out on 66 off 58 balls.

 

Chasing a victory target of 183, KKR lost Bisla and Gambhir for just 3 runs on board. Despite the efforts of Jacques Kallis (79), Manoj Tiwary (27) and Yusuf Pathan (40*), KKR finished at 155/4 in 20 overs and lost by 27 runs. Rohit Sharma was declared 'Man of the Match'.

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