Durban: The spectators at Kingsmead were treated to yet another humdinger as the Rajasthan Royals prevailed by two runs in a see-saw encounter with the Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan were in control of the game for 14 overs before Sachin Tendulkar and Abhishek Nayar opened out and gave Mumbai hope.

Mumbai Indians needed only four off the last over with three wickets in hand, but Munaf Patel bowled a dream over and Tendulkar’s boys lost their heads to get all out.

Sachin had got it all wrong in the initial stages of their batting with the ‘serious’ batsmen starting to come as late as No. 4. The pressure was on Tendulkar as Jayasuriya (coming at No. 4) and JP Duminy (No. 6) fell early. But the Little Master had decided that he would have the final say.

He tackled the three-pronged spin attack of Jaipur beautifully, coming down the the track and playing as straight as possible. 66 off 36 came down to 48 off 30 with a few brilliant straight drives off Ravindra Jadeja.

It was all looking well set for Mumbai but the master missed the line of a Warne top-spinner and found himself plumb in front.

Harbhajan and Abhishek Nayar brought Mumbai Indians close, but once the left-hander got out with six to spare, Tendulkar’s men lost the plot.

Brief Score: Rajasthan Royals 145 for 7 (Quiney 51, Jadeja 42, Jayasuriya 2-3) beat Mumbai Indians 143 (Tendulkar 40, Nayar 35, Warne 3-24) by two runs.