Harbhajan Singh was the pick of the bowler as he led Mumbai's fightback with his four-wicket haul. Bhajji dismissed Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny and Kevon Cooper in 17th over to turn the match in Mumbai's way.

Mumbai completed the double as they also won the IPL 2013 earlier this year.

Pragyan Ojha gave Mumbai Indians huge sigh of relief by removing Sanju Samson. Samson led from the front as he notched up 23-ball fifty to keep Royals on track. Samson smashed four fours and as many sixes during his swashbuckling knock.

Ajinkya Rahane continued his red hot form smashing yet another fifty to lead Royals after the dismissal of Samson.

Samson smacked three fours and four sixes during the course of his flamboyant knock. Samson also added 109-run stand with Rahane for the second wicket to put Mumbai on backfoot.

Samson and Ajinkya Rahane hammered Mumbai Indians bowlers all over the park to keep Rajasthan Royals on track.

Rajasthan Royals got off to poor start in their pursuit of 203 against Mumbai. Kushal Perera hit back-to-back boundaries in the first over before he got mixed up with Ajinkya Rahane that sent the former back to the pavilion.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians batsmen fired in unison to post a massive 202 for six against a hapless Rajasthan Royals.

After a solid start by opener Dwayne Smith (44) and a valuable 33 off 14 balls by skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle, Glenn Maxwell's 14-ball 37 cameo in the end took the IPL champions past 200-run mark.

This is the highest total for the Mumbai Indians, who scored 142 runs in their last 10 overs, in the Champions League Twenty20.

It was a team effort with Maxwell adding 41 runs for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Kartik (15 not out) in 2.2 overs towards the fag end.

For the Royals, Pravin Tambe was the only impressive bowler with figures of 4-0-19-2.

Put in to bat by Rajasthan Royals, the in-form opener Smith gave Mumbai Indians a perfect start, hitting a six over deep mid-wicket in the third ball of the very first over to set the tone.

The other opener, Tendulkar, who is playing his final Twenty20 match, took an over to get settled down before he opened up. He started off with a four in James Faulkner's over, a perfectly timed cover drive.

The 40-year-old right handed batsman then followed it up with two successive boundaries in the first two deliveries off Shane Watson's over before the ball crashed into his off-stump to cut short his innings that saw him score a 13-ball 15, including three hits to the fence.

Even as the senior batsman walked back into the pavilion in coloured cloths for one last time, his teammates and the full house crowd at the Ferozeshah Kotla here gave him a standing ovation.

Tendulkar's departure slowed down the rhythm a bit with Ambati Rayudu adopting a cautious approach, relying mostly on singles and twos. Despite that Mumbai Indians managed to bring up their fifty in 6.5 overs, maintaining a decent run rate.

The 41-year-old leg-spinner Tambe, who has emerged as the surprise package of Champion League T20, managed to put breaks in the MI scoring.

The boundaries suddenly dried up and Mumbai crawled to 60 at the half-way stage. After hitting a boundary in the fifth over, they failed to score any more four in the next five overs. They scored just nine runs from three overs.

But once Shane Watson came back for his second spell, Smith chose to launch his attack again, smashing three boundaries all around the park in his first three balls of the over to steal 15 runs.

Tambe, however, bowled Watson out in the very next over for a well-made 44 off 39 balls with the help of five fours and a six.

Rayudu continued in the able company of skipper Rohit Sharma, who continued to display his fine form after joining his partner in the middle. Both the batsmen picked up the momentum yet again.

In Stuart Binny's over, the duo snatched 16 runs, hitting two fours and a six to release the pressure. Mumbai's 100 came in 13.1 overs when Rayudu hit a four off Tambe, lofting it over the bowler's head.

But Tambe, who is having a dream run in this competition, saw him off with the third ball of the same over. Rayudu scored a 24-ball 29, studded with four hits to the fence.

Hard-hitting Kieron Pollard, who joined Rohit, wasted no time and the two batsmen straightaway got down to business.

Firing on all cylinders, the duo scored 15 runs in Rahul Shukla's over before punishing Cooper for 20 runs, as both Pollard and Rohit hit a six each in his over.

It was Faulkner, who got the leg stumps of dangerman Pollard to get him out.

Glenn Maxwell, who replaced Mitchell Johnson in this game, began with a four and a six and then topped it up with 20 runs in Shukla's over.

Despite Rohit departing in the first ball of Shukla's over, Maxwell hit him for two sixes and a four. He, along with Kartik, then kept on punishing the bowlers to take MI past 200-run mark.