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Indian Premier League, 27th match: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Deccan), Apr 24, 2011
Deccan Chargers had the chance to retain Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds, but let both of them go, and paid the price on Sunday. The pair came together with Mumbai wobbling at 70 for 4 in the 10th over, having lost three wickets for the addition of no run in six balls, and proceeded to pulverise their former side in a 102-run stand that came off just 65 balls.
In reality, Deccan never recovered from the Rohit-Symonds show, especially the last two overs that bled 40 runs. Symonds began the closing brutality by smashing Dale Steyn's length bowling for two fours and a six in the penultimate over. Rohit then took over, flaying Christian for three sixes and a four in the 20th. Christian invited trouble by serving up two full tosses and two length balls at a hittable pace. Rohit, who finds a new plane when he is batting in the IPL, tucked in with huge blows down the ground, the last of which left Christian floored in his follow through.
Tendulkar survived a close shout for lbw in the first over before trotting inside the line to Steyn's first ball to whip him through midwicket. Thereafter, Tendulkar seemed almost over-eager to impose himself by charging out to Ishant and Steyn, who both hit speeds around 145 kph and gave him nothing to drive. Still, Mumbai managed to reach 47 in the first five overs, before Deccan hit back.
Symonds and Rohit checked in cautiously as Mumbai went boundary-less for 40 balls, but switched gears rapidly thereafter. Rohit began the assault by sweeping Ojha for four before Symonds forehanded a short ball from Christian through long-off. With Rohit timing his drives particularly well, Ishant kept trying to tuck him up, but Rohit responded with a couple of strong pulls. Around that time, the owners of the Deccan Chargers franchise must have begun wondering if they had got it horribly wrong at the auction. By the end of the game, they must have been kicking themselves.
Result :
Mumbai Indians won by 37 runs
Man Of the Match :
SL Malinga (Mumbai Indians)
Scorecard :
- MUMBAI INDIANS: 172/4 (20) RR: 8.601st Innings
- BattingRB4s6sS/R
- 322051160.00
- 282440116.67
- 780087.50
- 01000.00
- 563453164.71
- 443341133.33
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- -----
- -----
- -----
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- Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 0)5
- Total Score:172/4(20 Over)RR:8.6
Fall of Wickets: 1-47 (Davy Jacobs, 5.1 Over) 2-70 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.2 Over) 3-70 (Ambati Rayudu, 8.4 Over) 4-70 (Kieron Pollard, 9.1 Over) BowlingOMRWNBWDEcoAmit Mishra40142003.5Dale Steyn40390009.75Pragyan Ojha40291017.25Ishant Sharma40391019.75Daniel Christian404800012
- DECCAN CHARGERS: 135/8 (20) RR: 6.752nd Innings
- BattingRB4s6sS/R
- 5300166.67
- 252250113.64
- 342830121.43
- 170014.29
- 681075.00
- 211811116.67
- 140025.00
- 251940131.58
- 490044.44
- 120050.00
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- Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 7, nb 0)12
- Total Score:135/8(20 Over)RR:6.75
Fall of Wickets: 1-14 (Sunny Sohal, 1.5 Over) 2-41 (Shikhar Dhawan, 5.4 Over) 3-54 (Cameron White, 7.3 Over)4-70 (Bharat Chipli, 9.4 Over) 5-93 (Kumar Sangakkara, 13.3 Over) 6-99 (Daniel Christian, 14.4 Over) 7-101 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 15.3 Over) 8-128 (Dale Steyn, 18.5 Over) BowlingOMRWNBWDEcoMunaf Patel40351008.75Harbhajan Singh40270006.75Abu Nechim40270016.75Lasith Malinga4093002.25Kieron Pollard202010210Rajagopal Sathish20120006
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