Malinga seals Mumbai win over Chennai....

Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in the Champions Twenty20 League thanks to a match-winning innings by Lasith Malinga.

The Sri Lankan fast bowler proved more than useful with the bat as he scored 37 from 18 balls at the death to see off the defending champions by three wickets. Chennai batted first and raced to an impressive 157-4 from their 20 overs, aided by 81 from opening batsman Michael Hussey. But it was not enough, as Malinga and Harbhajan Singh fought back with an unbeaten last-wicket stand of 53 to squeeze past the target with one ball remaining. Hussey put Chennai in control after they won the toss and decided to bat, hitting three sixes and eight fours in his confident innings before his wicket fell with the score on 144. Suresh Raina went for 18 from 17 balls, stumped off the bowling of Kieron Pollard, before new batsman Subramaniam Badrinath survived a run-out attempt when he had scored three, after replays showed he grounded his bat just in time. Chennai kept the scoreboard racing at more than seven runs an over, and even when Badrinath fell to the bowling of Abu Nechim, MS Dhoni came to the crease and scored a quickfire 22 not out from 13 balls. Stalled Mumbai started the chase with Davy Jacobs and Aiden Blizzard but lost quick wickets which stopped them from building early momentum. Jacobs was stumped by Dhoni off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin for 19 before Blizzard fell two overs later, clean bowled by Raina for 28. Mumbai lost Ambati Rayudu and Tirumalasetti Suman for just nine runs, bringing all-rounder Pollard to the crease to join Andrew Symonds with the score at 59-4. The partnership did not last long, as Symonds fell to the bowling of Dwayne Bravo for three to leave Mumbai's tail tantalisingly close for the Chennai attack. Big-hitting Pollard looked to rescue the innings but he fell for 22 from 19 balls. However, two consecutive sixes by Malinga left Mumbai wanting 25 from the final two overs, and along with Harbhajan, who reached 19 from 20 balls, he guided Mumbai to the win with one ball to spare