Mumbai: Mumbai Indians built on a blazing start provided by Aiden Blizzard to post an imposing 178 for four against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday.
Blizzard blasted 37 off 23 balls with eight fours, after singling out Morne Morkel for a harsh treatment by hitting the South African pacer for five fours in an over.
Blizzard and captain Sachin Tendulkar (14) put on 50 runs in 29 balls for the opening stand and the fine beginning was later sustained by Ambati Rayudu (59), his second half century in three innings, and Rohit Sharma (49) who added 87 runs in only 56 balls for the third wicket.
Rayudu cracked two sixes and three four in his 39-ball essay while Sharma struck three huge sixes and two fours in his 32-ball blitz after Delhi captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and opted to field in their must-win clash.
Mumbai scored 49 runs in the last five overs and 102 in the last 10.
Blizzard simply tore apart Morkel after playing three dot balls off the first three balls he faced from the lanky South African fast bowler.
The 26-year-old Aussie, with limited first class experience, showed why captain Tendulkar preferred him as his opening partner by cover driving and pulling Morkel for successive fours in the opening over.
And in the next over of the lanky pacer, Blizzard simply took him apart by crashing five fours into the pickets, four of them off successive balls.
He started the carnage with a straight loft for four and after a dot ball, hit the bowler square behind the wicket on either side for three boundaries besides slamming him into the covers for the other four.
Tendulkar then picked up the cudgels by driving Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar for a boundary each to raise the team's 50 in only 29 balls before the former struck the first major blow by dismissing the champion batsman.
Tendulkar was bowled by Pathan as he went for a wild heave on the leg side.
Four runs later Blizzard was packed off by left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, one of the three changes effected by Delhi in their playing eleven. The batsman mistimed a pull shot and gave an easy catch to Sehwag at short mid-wicket.
It was then left to Rayudu and Sharma, the two leading scorers for Mumbai after Tendulkar, to push the score along and they did not disappoint.
In pics: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils
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