Unheralded medium pacer R Vinay Kumar grabbed three wickets in one over, including the prized wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, to help Royal Challengers Bangalore restrict Mumbai Indians to 151 for 9 in the Indian Premier League here today.
Vinay Kumar sent back Ambati Rayudu, Tendulkar who made a fluent 25 with an array of flicked and glanced fours in 22 balls - and Dwayne Bravo in his third over and Mumbai's 11th as the home team, seemingly on course to a formidable score, slid from 71 for two to 76 for six in a jiffy.
MI had lost veteran Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya in the second over, made a brief recovery to 36 before one-down Aditya Tare fell and then rallied through an enterprising stand between in-form batsmen Tendulkar and Saurabh Tiwary only to lose four wickets in a heap.
RCB captain Anil Kumble started the slide soon after the strategic time-out called for by the fielding side at 69 for two in nine overs. He sent back the left-handed, long-haired Tiwary for 25 in 21 balls with three fours. Vinay followed suit with his brilliant three-wicket haul.
The innings was restored by the seventh wicket pair of R Satish (24 in 22 balls with 3 fours) and big-hitting West Indian Kieron Pollard (21 in 19 balls with a four and a six).
The duo put on 47 runs, stepping up the run-rate after the mandatory batting side time-out at the end of the 16th over
when MI were 108 for 6.
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