Mumbai Indians produced an all-round performance to extend Kings XI Punjab’s misery in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League.

After Parthiv Patel and Ambati Rayudu helped Mumbai set a target of 190, the medium-pacers — Jasprit Bumrah, Tim Southee and Mitchell McClenaghan — struck crucial blows to ensure a much-needed emphatic victory for Mumbai, the margin being 25 runs.

After the visitors broke free from 25 for the loss of Rohit Sharma’s wicket in five overs, the hosts’ middle-order held some hope of meeting the challenge but never seriously threatened Mumbai. It managed 164 for seven and crashed to its fifth defeat of the season.

Beyond reach

Though Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell raised 89 for the third wicket off 61 deliveries, the asking rate kept climbing and eventually proved beyond the reach of Kings XI.

Once the two Australians departed within 18 runs of each other to leave Kings XI gasping at 139 for four after 17.1 overs, it was too much for the restIt was a well-deserved victory for the defending champion. The batting clicked even without Rohit firing and the bowlers did enough to take the team to a convincing win.

Piling it on

For Mumbai, which added 164 between the sixth and 20th overs as Parthiv and Rayudu set the stage with their counter-attack. Though both rode their luck, their batting enthralled the near-capacity crowd at the I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Monday.

Their 137-run stand, which came off 86 balls, was dotted with five sixes and 14 boundaries. Often getting off a good start but failing to make it count, Parthiv made the most of a second ‘life’ he received when on 15. He was ‘caught’ at deep square-leg but bowler Mitchell Johnson was found to have overstepped.

Throughout his innings, he did not hesitate to play lofted strokes. The left-hander survived a close stumping chance on 32 and was dropped again, by Axar Patel, on 66.