IPL-4 (24th April): Mumbai Indians win by 37 runs

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Hyderabad, 24 April 2011: Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds scripted a fantastic recovery with a record fifth wicket partnership to lay the foundation for Mumbai Indians` comfortably 37-run victory over Deccan Chargers in an IPL match on Sunday. There couldn`t have been a better birthday gift than a MI win for Sachin Tendulkar who turned 38 on Sunday. After posting a challenging total of 172 for four, MI restricted Chargers to 135 for eight as they now lead the points tally with 10 points from six outings.

 

Rohit (56 not out, 34 balls, 5x4, 3x6) and Symonds (44 not out, 33 balls, 4x4, 1x6) added 102 runs off only 65 balls for the unbroken fifth wicket after MI were tottering at 70 for four at the start of the 10th over. Incidentally, the duo played together for Chargers during the first three editions. The duo thrashed Dale Steyn and Dan Christian for 16 and 24 runs respectively to score 40 off the last two overs. Christian went for 48 runs from his four wicketless overs.

 

While chasing, the Chargers lost wickets at regular intervals. The MI bowlers led by Lankan slinger Lasith Malinga (4-0-9-3) kept the batsmen under wraps. The bowlers were also backed by some nice fielding that saw a couple home team batsmen being run-out. Save skipper Kumar Sangakkara (34) who was cleaned up by a low fulltoss from Malinga, the other batsmen lacked application. Malinga also got his trademark yorker going that castled Shikhar Dhawan (25).

 

 

Davy Jacobs (32, 20 balls, 5x4, 1x6) who was back in the squad opened with Tendulkar. It was Jacobs who started the initial onslaught as MI scored 47 runs in the first five overs before he was caught by Pragyan Ojha off Ishant Sharma`s bowling. All eyes were on birthday boy Tendulkar who turned 38 today. Tendulkar today got the `Orange Cap` back from Paul Valthaty and is now the highest run-getter in the ongoing IPL.

 

Cheered by daugher Sarah and son Arjun who were seen waving MI flags from stands, the legend hit a few crisp boundaries and again looked like making a substancial contribution.  But to their utter disappointment, the maestro scored only 28(24 balls, 4x4) before he was holed out in the deep by Steyn off Amit Mishra`s bowling. Tendulkar charged out but failed to get to the pitch of a flighted delivery from Mishra as Steyn took a well judged catch at long-on.

 

Tendulkar`s dismissal triggered a collapse as MI from 70 for one slumped to 70 for four within a space of six deliveries. Ambati Rayudu (7) who has had a good tournament so far played an ugly sweep shot off Mishra two balls later. Shikhar Dhawan stationed at deep square leg timed his jump to perfection send Rayudu back in the hut. Kieron Pollard who has hardly batted in the tournament was promoted up the order but he tried a delicate paddle shot off Pragyan Ojha`s bowling and the ball lobbed up for skipper Sangakkara to take a simple catch.

 

Rohit and Symonds then started a repair job. They were cautious for a couple of overs before they started playing their strokes. Symonds` first boundary was swatted shot off Christian over mid-off. Rohit also played some classy shots as they added 50 runs off only 45 deliveries. Symonds showed his class in the penultimate over bowled by Steyn. He started with a crashing shot over extra cover for four. He followed it up with a six effortlessly hit over long on. Then he took a couple and followed it with another drive through the cover region.

 

 

If Symonds got 16 runs off the 19th over Rohit got 24 off the last. Not the one to be left behind, Rohit smashed six off Christian over long-on brought the team`s 150. Two balls later he hit him over deep mid-wicket for another six and the next ball soared in to the deep square leg stands as Rohit completed his back-to-back fifty. He signed off with a straight drive which also brought the 100 run partnership for the duo.

 

Match Summary

 

Indian Premier League 2011 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th match Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, April 24, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) & Tony Hill (NZ) Third Umpire: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Match Referee: Raju Mukherjee (Ind) Toss: Deccan Chargers (Elected to field) Match Status: Mumbai Indians won by 37 runs

Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings

Batsmen Deccan Chargers (135/8 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Sunny Sohal run out (K Pollard/D Jacobs) 5 3 0 0 166.67 Shikhar Dhawan b L Malinga 25 22 5 0 113.64 Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk) b L Malinga 34 28 3 0 121.43 Cameron White run out (L Malinga) 1 7 0 0 14.29 Bharat Chipli c R Sathish b K Pollard 6 8 1 0 75.00 Daniel Christian st D Jacobs b M Patel 21 18 1 1 116.67 Dwaraka Ravi Teja c & b L Malinga 1 4 0 0 25.00 Amit Mishra not out 25 19 4 0 131.58 Dale Steyn run out (A Symonds/A Nechim) 4 9 0 0 44.44 Ishant Sharma not out 1 2 0 0 50.00 Pragyan Ojha             Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 5 12   Total:(135 for 8 in 20 overs) 135 Run Rate: 6.75

Fall Of Wickets

1/14 (Sunny Sohal, 1.5 ov.), 2/41 (Shikhar Dhawan, 5.4 ov.), 3/54 (Cameron White, 7.3 ov.), 4/70 (Bharat Chipli, 9.4 ov.), 5/93 (Kumar Sangakkara, 13.3 ov.), 6/99 (Daniel Christian, 14.4 ov.), 7/101 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 15.3 ov.), 8/128 (Dale Steyn, 18.5 ov.)

Bowling: Mumbai Indians

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Munaf Patel 4 0 35 1 0 0 8.8 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 27 0 0 0 6.8 Abu Nechim 4 0 27 0 0 1 6.8 Lasith Malinga 4 0 9 3 0 0 2.2 Kieron Pollard 2 0 20 1 0 2 10.0 Rajagopal Sathish 2 0 12 0 0 0 6.0

Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings

Batsmen Mumbai Indians (172/4 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Davy Jacobs (wk) c P Ojha b I Sharma 32 20 5 1 160.00 Sachin Tendulkar (c) c D Steyn b A Mishra 28 24 4 0 116.67 Ambati Rayudu c S Dhawan b A Mishra 7 8 0 0 87.50 Kieron Pollard c K Sangakkara b P Ojha 0 1 0 0 0.00 Rohit Sharma not out 56 34 5 3 164.71 Andrew Symonds not out 44 33 4 1 133.33 Rajagopal Sathish             Harbhajan Singh             Abu Nechim             Lasith Malinga             Munaf Patel             Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 3 5   Total:(172 for 4 in 20 overs) 172 Run Rate: 8.60

Fall Of Wickets

1/47 (Davy Jacobs, 5.1 ov.), 2/70 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.2 ov.), 3/70 (Ambati Rayudu, 8.4 ov.), 4/70 (Kieron Pollard, 9.1 ov.)

Bowling: Deccan Chargers

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Amit Mishra 4 0 14 2 0 0 3.5 Dale Steyn 4 0 39 0 0 0 9.8 Pragyan Ojha 4 0 29 1 0 1 7.2 Ishant Sharma 4 0 39 1 0 1 9.8 Daniel Christian 4 0 48 0 0 0 12.0