| Indian Premier League - T20 (40th Match) April 29, 2012 | |||||
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| Finished | Deccan Chargers | 100/10 | ( 18.4 overs ) | ||
| Mumbai Indians | 101/5 | ( 18.1 overs ) | |||
| Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets | |||||
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COMMENTARY
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| Well, that's all the coverage we have for you tonight. Join us tomorrow as Chennai take on Kolkata at Chepauk. Till then its good bye from us. |
| Dale Steyn: Would have been happier with a win tonight, but it's ok. I apologize for the celebrations after taking Levi's wicket, I am never going to do that again. Half of my match fee should be taken away (says jokingly). We were 20-30 runs short. We have been a great side, we haven't crossed the line, but we'll try to win the remainder of the games. |
| Harbhajan: I don't think we played any better than the Deccan Chargers, both teams batted poorly. Definitely not a T20 kind of wicket. When I saw the wicket today I was like, Oh! What is it now? We really don't know what to expect from the wicket. Hopefully, we'll get them to prepare a good T20 wicket. |
| White: We didn't play well enough, Mumbai did. The difference was about 15 to 20 runs. I thought I'd rather bowl Steyn before the match goes away from our hands. He bowled brilliantly. So, that was the plan, to get the most out of him before the match goes out of our hands. |
| Man of the Match: DW Steyn (Deccan Chargers):- Overs:4 - Runs:10 - Wkts:2 - Econ:2.50 |
| Rayudu: It was a tough wicket, we didn't want to play on the rise. We waited for the bad balls, we are glad that we moved to the top half of the table. I am happy with the role the team is offering and I am glad that I am contributing. |
| Stay tuned for the presentation. |
| Yes, the scorecard says Mumbai Indians won the game with 11 balls to spare and 5 wickets in hand, but it was a close game. If there was someone else to complement Steyn, they could have steam-rolled the Mumbai Indians. Nevertheless, two important points for the Mumbai Indians and the Chargers have plenty to worry about. They are practically out of the league but mathematically they do have a chance. |
| Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets |
| 18.1Reddy to Rayudu, 3 |
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| 3 Runs. Slower ball from Ashish Reddy, Rayudu leans and drives it through cover, Dhawan gives it a chase, flicks the ball back, but the batsmen run three, Mumbai win by 5 wickets! |
| 18.1Reddy to Rayudu, wd1 |
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| 1 WIDE. Ashish Reddy tries a bouncer, Rayudu ducks and the umpires reckon that it was over head height, wide called! |
| 17.6Mishra to Rayudu, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Close to the body, Rayudu dabs it to the off side and scampers through for a quick single. |
| 17.5Mishra to Rayudu, 4 |
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| FOUR. Amit Mishra has spoiled it all! All the hard work until now, has gone waste! Poor poor ball, very short, Rayudu rocks back and cuts it through backward point, races away to the boundary in no time. |
| 17.5Mishra to Peterson, wd2 |
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| 2 WIDES. Amit Mishra bowls it down the leg, the keeper can't collect it cleanly, and the batsmen sneak an extra run. |
| 17.4Mishra to Peterson, 0 |
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| No Run. Peterson gets forward and defends it back down the wicket. |
| 17.3Mishra to Rayudu, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Rayudu gets forward and dabs it to the off side, just a single, 11 needed off 15, should not be too difficult. |
| 17.2Mishra to Rayudu, 4 |
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| FOUR. Deserved a thrashing, full toss, Rayudu swings it over mid wicket and finds the gap, the captain is not happy with his bowler. |
| 17.1Mishra to Rayudu, 2 |
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| 2 Runs. Rayudu dances down the track and drives it wide of long off, excellent fielding by Duminy in the deep, dives well after covering a lot of ground, saves two runs. |
| 16.6Reddy to Peterson, 0 |
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| No Run. Slower delivery angled across, he bowled it off the back of the hand, lured Peterson for the cover drive, misses the outside edge, that's good bowling! |
| 16.5Reddy to Rayudu, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Full and outside the off stump, Rayudu caresses it to sweeper cover. |