Spirited Kings XI fall just short

Captain Rohit Sharma's batting heroics made all the difference in the end as Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by a narrow four runs in a nail-biting Pepsi IPL clash in Mumbai yesterday.
Sharma hit a whirlwind 79 to take Mumbai to a total of 174 that proved just enough.
Mumbai Indians were the relieved team at the end, having, only just, prevented Kings XI Punjab from pulling off a heist that should have left the hosts embarrassed.
Mumbai Indians had no business allowing the game to be decided in the final over, after having dismissed a threatening David Miller which left Kings XI to chase 26 off the final two overs with just one wicket in hand. Kings XI still needed 17 in the last bowled by Dhawal Kulkarni. Seven out of eight deliveries bowled in that over were full tosses, one of them was given a no-ball and one should have been - it was clearly above the waist - but wasn't, neither by Asad Rauf at square leg or AK Chaudhary at the bowling crease.
Praveen Kumar dispatched a juicy full toss on the pads for six off the penultimate ball to bring the equation down to five off the last ball, but spooned a catch to a relieved Sachin Tendulkar.
SCORES IN BRIEF
MUMBAI INDIANS: 174/3 in 20 overs (Smith 33, Sharma 79 not out; Kumar 1/24, Chawla 1/24)
KINGS XI PUNJAB: 170/10 in 20 overs (Miller 56, Hussey 34; Harbhajan 3/14, Ojha 2/22, Johnson 2/29)
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 4 runs
Player-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma