IPL-4 (10th April): Malinga stars in 8-wkt mauling over Delhi

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

New Delhi, 10 April 2011: Lasith Malinga made Mumbai Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar’s life much easier as he blew away Delhi Daredevils for a measly 95 runs. The chase got off to a shaky start bu Rohit Sharma and Tendulkar ensured that the runs were easily knocked off. Earlier, Davy Jacobs off-stump was cartwheeled out of the ground by fellow South African Morkel as Mumbai began the chase of Delhi’s small total with a stuttering start.

 

Earlier, Lasith Malinga bowled yorkers at will as Mumbai Indians shot out a below par Delhi Daredevils for a meager 95 in only 17.4 overs after electing to bat in the fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. Malinga’s figures read a stunning 3.4-1-13-5 with four of them being cleaned up unplayable yorkers. It is the third best figure in the IPL after Sohail Tanveer (6/14 for Rajasthan Royals) and Anil Kumble’s (5/5) efforts.

 

For the capacity crowd at the Kotla, it turned out to be utterly disappointing as five of the Delhi Daredevils batsmen went without troubling the scorers. Malinga’s effort was all the more laudable as Kotla track is considered to be not so conducive for pacers. After Kemar Roach’s hostile spell against the Netherlands in the World Cup, Malinga again showed that raw pace can be intimidating for the lesser known players.

 

Barring Sehwag, this Delhi Daredevils team doesn’t have good enough players to survive the rigours of top flight Twenty20 and it was proved in the manner they faced the Mumbai Indians bowling. The Kotla track may be on the slower side but it was inept batting by the Delhi Daredevils top-order that led to their downfall. Sehwag had the crowd roaring when he danced down the track to effortlessly lift Harbhajan Singh over long-off for a six.

 

 

However, it was Malinga who pegged the home team back with a twin blow in the very second over. The normally dangerous David Warner (1) failed to dig out a toe-crushing yorker from Malinga. The 17-year-old Unmukt Chand’s IPL debut was a forgettable one as he was out after a couple of deliveries. The youngster, who has never faced anything above medium fast at the domestic level, tried to smash a Malinga delivery that was fast and full. Unmukt’s feet were rooted in his crease and the ball cannoned into the middle stump.

 

The sell-out crowd at the Kotla who were expecting some fireworks from Sehwag were left high and dry as skipper was run-out for 19 (16 balls, 2x4, 1x6). It was totally Sehwag’s call after striker Aaron Finch played it to short-fine leg. The Daredevils captain who was at the non-striker end called for the single knowing fully well that ball went straight to Sachin Tendulkar stationed at that position.

 

Tendulkar’s direct throw caught Sehwag couple of feet short of his ground. Finch (8) was the fourth Delhi batsmen to be dismissed when he tried to sweep a flighted delivery from Harbhajan but the top edge was well caught by Ambati Rayudu at deep backward square leg.

 

With the team precariously placed at 40 for four, India discards Naman Ojha (29, 30 balls, 2x4, 1x6) and Venugopal Rao (26, 25 balls, 3x4) added 42 runs for the fifth wicket but were never able to shift gears apart from hitting an odd boundary. Finally, Ojha ran out of patience and was caught by Malinga at long-on trying to hoist left-arm spinner Ali Murtaza.

 

Irfan Pathan’s (0) was a brief stay at the wicket as he went for non-existent single and failed to return back. Malinga then came back for his second spell to clean up Venugopal and Morne Morkel (0) with couple of unplayable yorkers. He finished his five wicket haul with a slower, which Dinda lobbed to James Franklin at mid-off.

 

 Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, April 10, 2011

Match Information Toss: Delhi Daredevils (Elected to bat) Match Status: Mumbai Indians won by 8 wkts

Batting: Delhi Daredevils Innings

Batsmen Delhi Daredevils (95/10 in 17.4 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR David Warner b L Malinga 1 3 0 0 33.33 Virender Sehwag (c) run out (S Tendulkar) 19 16 2 1 118.75 Unmukt Chand b L Malinga 0 2 0 0 0.00 Aaron Finch c A Rayudu b H Singh 8 12 1 0 66.67 Naman Ojha (wk) c L Malinga b A Murtaza 29 30 2 1 96.67 Venugopal Rao b L Malinga 26 25 3 0 104.00 Irfan Pathan run out (R Sathish/D Jacobs) 0 1 0 0 0.00 Roelof van der Merwe not out 8 6 1 0 133.33 Morne Morkel b L Malinga 0 2 0 0 0.00 Umesh Yadav st D Jacobs b H Singh 0 4 0 0 0.00 Ashok Dinda c J Franklin b L Malinga 0 5 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 0 4   Total:(95 for 10 in 17.4 overs) 95 Run Rate: 5.38

Fall Of Wickets

1/11 (David Warner, 1.2 ov.), 2/11 (Unmukt Chand, 1.4 ov.), 3/27 (Virender Sehwag, 4.4 ov.), 4/40 (Aaron Finch, 6.6 ov.), 5/82 (Naman Ojha, 14.2 ov.), 6/82 (Irfan Pathan, 14.3 ov.), 7/88 (Venugopal Rao, 15.2 ov.), 8/88 (Morne Morkel, 15.4 ov.), 9/90 (Umesh Yadav, 16.3 ov.), 10/95 (Ashok Dinda, 17.4 ov.)

Bowling: Mumbai Indians

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Harbhajan Singh 3 0 14 2 0 1 4.7 Lasith Malinga 3.4 1 13 5 0 1 3.5 Ali Murtaza 4 0 21 1 0 1 5.2 Munaf Patel 3 0 20 0 0 0 6.7 Kieron Pollard 3 0 18 0 0 1 6.0 James Franklin 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.0

Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings

Batsmen Mumbai Indians (99/2 in 16.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Davy Jacobs (wk) b M Morkel 1 6 0 0 16.67 Sachin Tendulkar (c) not out 46 50 3 1 92.00 Ambati Rayudu run out (R Merwe) 14 15 2 0 93.33 Rohit Sharma not out 27 30 3 0 90.00 Kieron Pollard             Rajagopal Sathish             James Franklin             Harbhajan Singh             Ali Murtaza             Lasith Malinga             Munaf Patel             Extras: b - 1, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 3 11   Total:(99 for 2 in 16.5 overs) 99 Run Rate: 5.88

Fall Of Wickets

1/1 (Davy Jacobs, 1.2 ov.), 2/31 (Ambati Rayudu, 6.1 ov.)

Bowling: Delhi Daredevils

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ashok Dinda 2 0 7 0 0 0 3.5 Morne Morkel 4 0 29 1 0 3 7.2 Irfan Pathan 2.5 0 14 0 0 3 4.9 Umesh Yadav 2 0 16 0 0 0 8.0 Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 16 0 0 0 4.0 Aaron Finch 2 0 13 0 0 1 6.5