Jaya Ho! MI Sehwaged

New Delhi (PTI): Virender Sehwag returned to form with a blistering unbeaten 95 to help Delhi Daredevils break the jinx of six straight defeats and open their account in the ongoing Pepsi Indian Premier League with a thumping nine wicket win over Mumbai Indians here on Sunday.

The win, also aided by skipper Mahela Jayawardene's classy 59, breaks Delhi's eight straight defeats, including the two in last year's qualifier and eliminator. Chasing a challenging 162, Sehwag and Jayawardene made short work of MI's ordinary bowling attack to help Delhi overwhelm the target with three overs to spare.

While Sehwag hit a whopping 13 fours and two sixes during his 57-ball knock, Jayawardene decorated his 43-ball innings with eight boundaries and one hit over the fence.May be it was the presence of Sir Vivian Richards in Delhi's dressing room that brought out a signature Sehwag innings.

If Sehwag's innings was all about brute power, Jayawardene was elegant in his shot-making as he more often caressed the ball to the boundary. While Sehwag blazed to his 50 in just 31 balls, Jayawardene never looked like brutalizing the bowling but yet completed his half-century in 34 deliveries.

For the first time in the tournament, Delhi's opening combo fired as Sehwag and Jayawardene shared 151 runs off 94 balls to lay the foundation for the comfortable win.A While Delhi registered their first win in the tournament out of seven games, for Mumbai it's their fourth defeat out of six matches in IPL 6.

Earlier, Rohit (73 off 43) and Tendulkar (54 off 47) slammed quickfire half centuries to propel Mumbai Indians to a challenging 161 for four.A Sharma and Tendulkar shared 96 runs for the third wicket off just 67 balls to set the platform for Mumbai's total. Kieron Pollard (19 off 10) played an useful cameo towards the end.

Opting to bat, Mumbai made a change up the order and sent Dwayne Smith along with Tendulkar to open the innings in place of skipper Ricky Ponting. But there was no difference in the result as they lost a wicket early yet again. Karthik should consider himself little unlucky as he was run out after a terrific Tendulkar straight drive deflected off bowler Yadav's hand on to the stumps as Mumbai slumped to 22 for two in 5.1 overs.

Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 161 for four (Rohit Sharma 73, Sachin Tendulkar 54, Umesh Yadav 2/31) lost to Delhi Daredevils 165 for one (Virender Sehwag 95 no, Mahela Jayawardene 59).