1.Mumbai Indians vs. Kings XI Punjab, 2008
KXIP: 189/4
Mumbai Indians: 188/10
The 45th match of the inaugural season of IPL saw KXIP defeat MI by a solitary run. Riding on the 134-run partnership between Aussie pair of Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach KXIP posted a huge total of 189 runs. Marsh scored 81 off 56 balls, clobbering seven fours and four sixes while Pomersbach remained unbeaten on 79 off 50 deliveries hammering 10 fours and three sixes.
Chasing 190, Mumbai got off to a flier courtesy Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya who put up 36 runs in just 2.4 overs. Mumbai were well on course to chase the target but Sachin’s dismissal on the last ball of the 17th over triggered a collapse as Mumbai
lost four wickets in just 11 runs which left them to score 19 in the last over for victory. And despite Siddharth Chitnis’ cameo (15 off six balls), Mumbai Indians was not able to cross the line, finishing at 188.