MUMBAI INDIANS WIN IPL-2 OPENER

The IPL-2 kicked off today at newlands,capetown..the inaugural match was played between chennaisuper kings and the mumbai indians.and mumbai won by 19 runs...While in last season's opener brendon mccullum smashed an unbeaten 153 to set up a crushing victory for his side,this time around the opener got underway with overcast conditions and sachin tendulkar played a brilliantly compiled 59 not out and batted through the 20 0vers to post a competitive total of 166 for 7..the innings was initially subdued and gained momentum as abishek nayar smacked a few out of capetown in a flintoff over and some lusty blows in the final overs saw them post a decent total..THE chennai innings started disastrously as parthiv was gone in the second ball of the innings..hayden and flintoff batted well and looked threatening during their 50 run stand..harbhajan then bowled an excellent spell choking them for runs and accounting for dangerous flintoff...this opened the gates as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals...dhoni was the only hope the chennai had with more than 30 needed in the last 3 overs..but some great swing bowling from malinga took mumbai home comfortably by 19 runs...