Adam Gilchrist smashed 10 sixes on his way to the fastest century in the Indian Premier League as the Deccan Chargers claimed their first win of the competition by 10 wickets against the Mumbai Indians.
Gilchrist was at his imperious best reaching his century from just 41 balls, fittingly bringing up three figures with a towering blow over the midwicket boundary off Abhishek Nayar - his third six of the over.
The left-hander also added nine fours in his innings of 109 from 48 balls.
Chargers captain VVS Laxman was happy to watch Gilchrist's onslaught from the other end contributing 36 as the Chargers passed their victory target of 155 with 7.2 overs to spare.
The game was shorn one of its talking points before a ball was bowled with Mumbai stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh unable to take the field to renew his rivalry with Andrew Symonds.
Gilly wonderful innings :
The Indian spinner was suspended pending a hearing with the Board of Control for Cricket in
In Harbhajan's absence Shaun Pollock took the captaincy, however his first act was to lose the toss.
Laxman sent the home side in to bat and they were soon struggling at 27 for three. Sanath Jayasuriya remained but he was a restrained presence managing just four after six overs.
When he was finally dismissed for 18 off 21 balls, caught by Laxman from the bowling of RP Singh, Mumbai were 55 for four after 10.3 overs.
That required some inventive hitting from the home team and Shaun Pollock (31 off 31), Nayar (34 off 19) and Dwayne Bravo (34 off 18) obliged to help them to a 154 for seven.
However, that target proved insignificant in the face of Gilchrist's onslaught to leave the home side winless and at the foot of the IPL table.
Mumbai Indians
L Ronchi 13 (11) c Laxman b Singh
S Jayasuriya 18 (21) c Sharma b Afridi
A Rahane 0 (7) c Ojha b Bangar
R Uthappa 6 (5) c Gilchrist b Afridi
S Pollock 31 (31) b Bangar
A Nayar 34 (19) c Gilchrist b Zoysa
D Bravo 34 (18) c Ojha b Singh
M Khote 7 (10) not out
Extras 11 (b 2, lb 4, w 3, nb 2)
Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 154
FOW: 1-15 (Ronchi, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Rahane, 3.5 ov), 3-27 (Uthappa, 5.2 ov), 4-55 (Jayasuriya, 10.3 ov), 5-79 (Pollock, 13.3 ov), 6-122 (Nayar, 16.3 ov), 7-154 (Bravo, 19.6 ov)
Bowling
R Singh 4 - 1 - 15 - 2
D Zoysa 4 - 0 - 30 - 1
S Bangar 4 - 0 34 - 2
S Afridi 4 - 0 - 32 - 2
P Ojha 2 - 0 - 14 - 0
D Kalyankrishna 2 - 0 - 23 - 0
Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist 109 (48) not out
VVS Laxman 36 (29) not out
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4) 10
Total (0 wickets; 12.4 overs) 155
Bowling
A Nehra 2 - 0 - 19 - 0
S Pollock 2 - 0 - 33 - 0
D Kulkarni 1 - 0 - 8 - 0
S Jayasuriya 2 - 0 - 17 - 0
S Chitnis 2 - 0 - 20 - 0
D Bravo 2.4 - 0 - 30 - 00
A Nayar 1 - 0 - 22 - 0
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