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Luke Pomersbach did the starring role intended for Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday, scoring a punishing half-century.MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar left his mark on T20 cricket with a well-crafted 46-ball 65 (12 fours), his first half-century of the DLF Indian Premier League.His run-out at the non-striker end after life form sent back by Robin Uthappa, Mumbai Indians 41 runs away from victory at 159-4, triggered off a wave of panic down the ranks.Instead of picking up the cue from the skipper’s composed batting, four more run-outs follow as the residence squad was bowled out for 188, two tantalising runs away from a probable victory.Kings XI Punjab won by one run, with captain Yuvraj Singh bringing down the curtain on a grand game with a dive to scuttle out the last male. He had earlier tart the knife into Mumbai with two vital wickets (Uthappa and Shaun Pollock) just when Mumbai Indians was inching towards 190 needed for victory.

Run outs

Five run-outs (Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Siddharth Chitnis, Ashish Nehra and Vikrant Yeligetti) turned the match in favour of the visitors.Pollock’s attempt scoop to fine leg off the first ball from Yuvraj landed in Chawla’s hands, operation in from short third man.Uthappa drag his team further down with a reckless heave to long-on, Pinal Shah followed next the same way and then the run-out madness set in.Hopes earlier got a taste of the Pollock management, drawn advance but beaten by movement and managing to rim into an alert Shah’s gloves. Marsh almost become his after that victim, a diving Uthappa arriving late.Luke Pomersbach got fast against Nehra as Punjab’s 50 came in 40 balls. The two hard-hitters settled into a rhythm against the slower bowlers, when Pollock created a scare with a one-handed throw from the border line.Pomersbach kept attacking, smacking the ball with such power that fielders within array, even umpires in the line of fire, risk wound.

reduce of wkts: 1-36, 2-81, 3-127, 4-159, 5-159, 6-163, 7-170, 8-183, 9-186

Kings XI bowling: Sreesanth 4-0-35-2, Pathan 4-0-37-0, V R V Singh 4-0-56-0, Chawla 4-0-22-1, Hopes 2-0-13-0, Yuvraj 2-0-12-2.