CENTURION: Dwayne Bravo and Sachin Tendulkar guided Mumbai Indians to an eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab Tuesday to rise three places up the Indian Premier League log to fourth.

After winning the toss, Punjab were restricted to 119-9 and opening batsman Bravo led Mumbai to 122-2 as they secured an easy win with 22 balls remaining.

Bravo was dropped by Irfan Pathan off his own bowling before he got off the mark and Punjab paid dearly for the error as the makeshift opener went on to club seven fours and three sixes in an unbeaten career-best 70 from 59 deliveries.

Punjab captain Tendulkar contributed 41 not out off 29 balls in an unbroken 82-run stand with the West Indian for the third wicket.

Tendulkar said they had hoped to surprise Punjab by shifting Bravo up the order - a plan that worked out perfectly.

"We just needed to change our top end and catch the opposition off guard," Tendulkar said. "Bravo did a fantastic job."

Sunny Sohal had earlier held up the Punjab innings while the rest of the order fell apart.

Sohal smashed 43 off 23 balls, including five fours and three sixes, with Karan Goel adding 20 down the order to push his team over the ton.

Mumbai spin bowler Harbhajan Singh, who said he was "very pleased" with his performance, was named man of the match for returning superb figures of 1-9 off four overs.

Part-time spinner JP Duminy picked up the wickets of Wilkin Mota and Punjab skipper Yuvraj Singh in the 12th over for a return of 2-15.