Kallis and co conquer Mumbai

Jacques Kallis scored an unbeaten 66 as Bangalore beat Mumbai by seven wickets

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Jacques Kallis smashed an unbeaten half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore eased to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in Mumbai to move to the top of the Indian Premier League.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn and medium-pacer Vinay Kumar claimed three wickets apiece as the Royal Challengers turned in another ruthless performance in the field to restrict the Indians to 151 for nine.

Kallis then smashed an unbeaten 66 and opening partner Manish Pandey made 40 as Bangalore secured victory with five deliveries to spare.

Despite the early loss of Sanath Jayasuriya, Mumbai - led by Sachin Tendulkar - rallied well.

But they went from 71 for two to 76 for six as Vinay had the dangerous Ambati Rayudu caught behind for three, bowled Tendulkar for 25 and trapped Dwayne Bravo in front in his third over.

Kieron Pollard and Rajagopal Sathish were left to repair the damage and the Indians only went past the 150 mark due to a nine-ball 23 from Zaheer Khan, 16 of which came off the final over sent down by Praveen Kumar.

Mumbai needed early wickets and they should have had Kallis in the second over, but Rayudu fluffed the chance and the Royal Challengers raced away to another strong start.

By the time Harbhajan Singh produced the first breakthrough by removing Pandey for 40, the Royal Challengers needed only 67 from the remaining 10.1 overs.

Robin Uthappa narrowed the equation with a breezy 23 and Virat Kohli was run out for 17, but Kallis played out a steady hand to see the Royal Challengers over the line. England batsman Eoin Morgan was unbeaten on seven off six balls.