Rajasthan beat Mumbai by 10 wickets, give perfect send off to Warne

Kolkata too are at 16 points, while Kings XI Punjab have 14 points in their kitty with one match to go.

Royals have finished their engagements with 13 points.

Chennai Super Kings, with 18 points, and Royal Challengers Bangalore (17) have already qualified for the four-team play-offs and are in the top two positions on the table.

It was Watson's day all the way as after grabbing three wickets for 19 runs, the burly Australian simply tore the home team's attack and struck six sixes and nine fours.

Wily Warne waves goodbye to cricket

Rahul Dravid, who started slowly before opening out, played the ideal foil to his 29-year-old team-mate, named the man of the match, while making an unbeaten 43 in 32 balls with the help of six fours.

The burly Aussie pulled the ball ferociously and also drove it with power when the opportunity arose and treated all the bowlers with equal disdain. Watson's pyrotechnics saw Malinga - MI's pride and the highest wicket taker in IPL4 - bled 42 runs in his four overs.

Earlier, electing to bat Rohit Sharma cracked his third half century in the season to lift Mumbai from a dawdling start.

Sharma, who came to the crease when the home team had slumped to 17 for two after four overs, slammed five fours and a six in his 47-ball 58.

He was involved in two fruitful stands - 48 runs with captain Sachin Tendulkar who made an unimpressive 31 in 35 balls and 53 runs in 39 balls for the fourth wicket with Kieron Pollard (20 in 18 balls) - that upped the scoring rate.

Watson emerged as the pick of the bowlers for Royals with a haul of three for 19, including the first two, while left arm spinner Ankit Chavan bowled very well and was not fortunate to gain the wicket of Tendulkar in his four overs.