Mumbai top table with win

Mumbai Indians once again proved their invincibility at home as they successfully defended their impeccable home record with a comfortable 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals in a Pepsi Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. Defending a total of 166 for eight, Mumbai Indians made early inroads which proved decisive in the end as Royals were restricted to 152 for seven. It was the last game for MI at the 'Fort Wankhede' which hasn't been breached by any team this season. The win took Mumbai to 22 points from 15 games but they pipped CSK to the top of the table by virtue of better run-rate.A As far as Royals are concerned, they are in the Play-offs but might have just lost a golden opportunity to get two shots in the knock-outs by finishing among top-two.

Stuart Binny (37 no) and Brad Hodge (39, 7x4) added 56 runs for the seventh wicket after they were reduced to 58 for five within the first 10 overs.A 23 runs off a final over from Lasith Malinga was a Herculean task and the script unfolded as the home team would have expected. Chasing a target of 167, Royals got to the worst possible start as they lost four wickets in the first five overs with only 28 on the board. While Rahul Dravid (4) was very unhappy when he was adjudged caught behind off a short pitched delivery from Mitchell Johnson which he tried to pull. The TV replays were inconclusive. James Faulkner (11) and Ajinkya Rahane (4) played poor shots to back of the length deliveries from Kulkarni while Sanju Samson was done in by pace and bounce from Johnson.

SCORECARD Mumbai Indians: Glenn Maxwell lbw b Watson 23, Aditya Tare c Watson b Cooper 59, Dinesh Karthik c Samson b Tambe 21, Rohit Sharma c Watson b Faulkner 14, Kieron Pollard run out 17, Ambati Rayudu c Samson b Watson 7, Harbhajan Singh not out 15, Mitchell Johnson c Hodge b Faulkner 2, Lasith Malinga run out 1; Extras: (LB-3 W-4) 7; Total: (For 8 wkts in 20 overs) 166; Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-101, 3-108, 4-138, 5-144, 6-151, 7-164, 8-166; Bowling: Ankeet Chavan 3-0-25-0, James Faulkner 4-0-32-2, Shane Watson 4-0-30-2, Stuart Binny 1-0-11-0, Pravin Tambe 4-0-38-1, Kevon Cooper 4-0-27-1. Rajasthan Royals: R Dravid c Karthik b Johnson 4, AM Rahane c Malinga b Kulkarni 4, JP Faulkner c Maxwell b Kulkarni 12, S V Samson c Ojha b Johnson 4, S Watson c Pollard b Ojha 19, S Binny not out 37, D Yagnik b Harbhajan Singh 10, BJ Hodge lbw b Malinga 39,K Cooper not out 7; Extras: (b-4, lb-4, w-8) 16; Total: (7 wickets; 20 overs) 152; Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-22, 3-26, 4-28, 5-58, 6-88, 7-144. Bowling: MG Johnson 4-0-23-2, DS Kulkarni 4-0-21-2, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-29-1, L Malinga 4-0-35-1, P Ojha 4-0-36-1.