In a match dominated by South African stars, the batting efforts of Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis edged the all-round contribution of Shaun Pollock, as the Bangalore Royal Challengers recovered from Friday's mauling to register their first win of the tournament.Mumbai Indians, winning the toss and batting first, made 165 for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by five wickets against DECCAN CHARGERS. They won both of its two matches and ended the match in the 19th over. Hussey played an impregnable innings of 38 runs. Sourav Ganguly and Mohammed Hafeez scored 14 and 13 runs as usual. From DECCAN CHARGERS, Vaas and Ojha achieved two wickets each, whereas, RP Singh bagged only one wicket. Earlier, DECCAN CHARGERS gave 111-run target to Kolkata Knight Riders. Symonds played the lone battle with a fine 32, but the rest were clueless against the seamers and spinners alike.

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