CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Sachin Tendulkar hit 59 not out Saturday to steer the Mumbai Indians to 166-7 against the Chennai Super Kings in the opening match of the Indian Premier League.
Tendulkar hit seven boundaries in 49 balls and put on an opening stand of 39 with Sanath Jayasuriya, who hit five boundaries to score 26 off 20 deliveries at Newlands.
Abhishek Nayar smashed three sixes, all off Andrew Flintoff, to score 35 off just 14 balls.
Manpreet Gony had the best bowling figures, taking 2-32 off four overs.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions.
Chennai's first real opportunity came in the third over when Flintoff drew a leading edge from Tendulkar, but Matthew Hayden at slip fumbled the catch.
Jayasuriya was dismissed in the sixth over, edging to Hayden at slip off opening bowler Thilan Thushara.
Tendulkar was joined by Shikhar Dhawan and executed with aplomb after waiting for the loose ball, hitting consecutive boundaries in the 10th over.
Two overs later, Dhawan was out for 22 to leave Mumbai on 82-2 after skying a slower delivery from Gony to be caught by Dhoni.
J.P. Duminy became Gony's second wicket in the 14th over, returning a catch to the bowler on 9 and the Indians on 95. Dwayne Bravo wasn't allowed to settle and was caught for 5 by Hayden at square leg off Joginder Sharma seven runs later.
Tendulkar and Nayar put on 46 in less than four overs before Naya, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan were late dismissals.-AP
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