Delhi Daredevils vs. Mumbai Indians: Video Highlights, Scorecard, Report

Delhi Daredevils picked up their second victory of the season against the struggling Mumbai Indians, winning by six wickets in Sharjah.

Having chosen to bat at the toss, Mumbai's rejigged top order failed once more, and only some late hitting from Kieron Pollard propped their total up to 125-6.

It never looked like being enough, and though the Daredevils did not race after it, they knocked it off in relative comfort.

After four games, the defending champions are still winless this season.

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Mumbai Indians have now lost four matches in a row which equals their worst losing streak recorded in 2008! #DDvMI #IPL

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) April 27, 2014"

They rarely threatened to change that in this game. 

TOTAL	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	125
BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Rohit Sharma	run out (Mohammed Shami)	4	5	80.00	0	0
Aditya Tare	c Quinton de Kock b Wayne Parnell	8	10	80.00	1	0
Corey Anderson	c Quinton de Kock b Jaidev Unadkat	13	14	92.85	2	0
Ambati Rayudu	c Laxmi Ratan Shukla b Shahbaz Nadeem	14	21	66.66	1	0
Michael Hussey	b Jaidev Unadkat	10	18	55.55	0	0
Kieron Pollard	NOT OUT	33	30	110.00	2	2
CM Gautam	run out (Shahbaz Nadeem)	22	18	122.22	3	0
Harbhajan Singh	retired hurt	10	5	200.00	1	1
Zaheer Khan	NOT OUT	0	0	0.00	0	0
EXTRAS	(nb 1, w 4, lb 6)	11
BOWLER	O	R	W	ECON	DOTS
Shahbaz Nadeem	4	19	1	4.75	9
Mohammed Shami	4	36	0	9.00	7
JP Duminy	3	13	0	4.33	9
Wayne Parnell	4	17	1	4.25	17
Jaidev Unadkat	4	29	2	7.25	7
Laxmi Ratan Shukla	1	5	0	5.00	4

Openers Rohit Sharma and Aditya Tare fell for single-figure scores, and while Corey Anderson and Ambati Rayudu lasted longer, they could not up the tempo.

Mike Hussey, dumped into the middle order, laboured to an 18-ball 10 before Jaidev Unadkat put him out of his misery.

At that point the Indians were struggling to make 100, but Pollard's 33 from 30 balls did boost the score.

That said, the batting errors continued, with the West Indian power hitter denied all but one ball of the final over in a confused batting display.

TOTAL	(4 wickets; 18.5 overs)	126
BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Quinton de Kock	c Michael Hussey b Corey Anderson	16	24	66.66	2	0
Murali Vijay	b Rohit Sharma	40	34	117.64	4	1
JP Duminy	c sub (Apporv Wankhade) b Lasith Malinga	19	24	79.16	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	NOT OUT	26	18	144.44	2	1
Dinesh Karthik	c Ambati Rayudu b Lasith Malinga	2	3	66.66	0	0
Kedar Jadhav	NOT OUT	14	10	140.00	2	0
EXTRAS	(w 2, lb 2, pen 5)	9
BOWLER	O	R	W	ECON	DOTS
Lasith Malinga	4	17	2	4.25	14
Pragyan Ojha	4	26	0	6.50	8
Zaheer Khan	2.5	17	0	6.00	7
Harbhajan Singh	4	23	0	5.75	10
Corey Anderson	2	16	1	8.00	2
Rohit Sharma	2	20	1	10.00	4

Delhi showed signs that their batting has picked up in their last game, and although Quinton de Kock struggled for rhythm as he posted 16 from just 24 balls, Murali Vijay was far better, scoring 40 from 34 balls before falling victim to India team-mate Sharma.

At 74-2, though, the Daredevils had Kevin Pietersen to call upon, and the captain looked in fine touch after a slow start.

His unbeaten 26 gave the team a timely boost as they prepare to continue their tournament in India.