DURBAN, (Reuters) – The Rajasthan Royals and the  Bangalore Royal Challengers secured thrilling last over  victories in their Indian Premier League (IPL) matches yesterday.

Bangalore edged out the Chennai Super Kings by two wickets  with two balls to spare, while in the day’s second match in  Durban the Royals claimed three Mumbai Indians wickets in the  final over to snatch a two-run victory with just one ball left.

Opener Matthew Hayden belted 60 off 38 balls to notch up his  fourth half-century of the tournament but despite his effort  Chennai collapsed and lost their last eight wickets for 36 runs.

After Chennai were bowled out for 129, Bangalore started the  final over of the match needing five runs with three wickets in  hand.

Ross Taylor, who top scored for Bangalore with 46 off 50  balls, was dismissed by fellow New Zealander Jacob Oram with the  first ball of the over but Vinay Kumar ended Chennai’s hopes off  pulling off the win when he smashed a boundary to guide his team  to 132 for eight.

Seamer Albie Morkel was the pick of Chennai’s bowlers as he  returned figures of two for 13 off four overs.

Rajasthan appeared to be coasting towards victory after a  left-handed Australian Rob Quiney scored a quickfire 51 to help  them post 145 for seven.

In reply, Mumbai had struggled to 23 for three but Sachin  Tendulkar rescued his side by stroking 40 off 30 balls. Abhishek  Nayar chipped in with 35 off 18 balls before being run out in  the 19th over.

Mumbai began the last over of their innings needing what  looked like a relatively simple four runs to win with three  wickets in hand.

Seamer Munaf Patel had other ideas and he trapped Dhawal  Kulkarni leg-before with the second ball of the over before  Chetanya Nanda was run out off the third ball.

A single off the fourth ball left Mumbai needing three runs  to win off two balls but last man Lasith Malinga was run out to  allow Rajasthan to snatch victory.

Captain Shane Warne was Rajasthan’s most impressive bowler  with figures of three for 24.