Royal win!

Keiron Pollard of the Mumbai Indians is glad to see the back of Virat Kohli.

BANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar once  again carried his bat through in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday as the Mumbai Indians romped to their second win in a  row while Rajasthan Royals also kept up their winning run.

Sachin Tendulkar

Mumbai Indians captain Tendulkar followed up his unbeaten  46 against Delhi Daredevils last week with a 55 not out as  Mumbai chased down the 140-4 posted by Royal Challengers  Bangalore with nine wickets to spare. Ambati Rayudu smashed 63  not out.

Daniel Vettori-led Bangalore, who were asked to bat first,  struggled to get momentum after losing early wickets and needed  a 91-run third wicket stand between Tillakaratne Dishan (59 not  out) and AB de Villiers (38) to bail them out.

But it proved too little in the end as Tendulkar and Rayudu  matched each other in brilliant strokeplay and added 110 for the  unbroken second wicket to reach the target with nine balls to  spare.

Tendulkar was named the player of the match but he decided  to split the award with the 25-year-old Rayudu, who hit nine  boundaries in his 50-ball knock.

Keiron Pollard of the Mumbai Indians is glad to see the back of Virat Kohli.

Rajasthan Royals, led by Australian Shane Warne, beat Delhi  Daredevils by six wickets and with nine balls to spare while  chasing a challenging 152-run target at home in Jaipur.

Daredevils, led by Virender Sehwag, were reduced to 36 for  four after they opted to bat first, with Warne and his fellow  Australian Shaun Tait sharing two wickets apiece.

David Warner (54) and Venugopal Rao (60) added 83 for the  fifth wicket to take the total past 150 but it still did not  help the Delhi side, who slumped to their second defeat in as  many matches.

South African Johan Botha remained not out on 39 to add to  his unbeaten 67 in the first match and knocked off the runs with  an useful contribution from Rahul Dravid (38).