Two weeks ago, the crowd at the Wankhede was delirious though a fervently anticipated Sachin

Tendulkar century didn't materialise. On Friday, the same crowd went home dejected despite Tendulkar
crafting a century, as Kochi Tuskers Kerala busted their party with one of the most memorable chases in
IPL history.

Two of the world's finest Twenty20 batsmen, Brendon McCullum and Mahela Jayawardene, constructed
chalk-and-cheese half-centuries to power Kochi's pursuit of 183. Both perished to Lasith Malinga's deadly
deliveries but Kochi, who had stumbled in the final stretch of their first two games, didn't slip up this time
as Ravindra Jadeja and Brad Hodge muscled boundaries to finish the game with an over to spare.

Tendulkar's effort checked off another item on his ever-shrinking to-do list, and Mumbai ran up a tall total
without needing contributions from Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds and Kieron Pollard. It was then
assumed that the bowlers would make the rest of the game a formality, but McCullum firmly put that
assumption to rest by muscling three boundaries between mid-off and cover in Malinga's second over.
The next big jump came in the sixth over from Pollard as McCullum swatted a four past midwicket and
Jayawardene eased boundaries behind square on either side of the wicket.