Story Mumbai Indians - Duniya Hila Denge Hum!!! - Bangalore in Deep Trouble

[MaD]

Laxman? 74 off 42? Bull

 

[Varun]

Well Gilchrist is going to do that^ in real IPL too.:laugh

 

[AkshayS]

awesome batting by both the teams nothing to say now.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Robin and Vinay sparkle in Bangalore win

Robin Uthappa's unbeaten 60 guided Bangalore home​

The Karnataka domestic players show their class as Robin Uthappa and Vinay Kumar starred with bat and ball respectively to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to their third victory in the tournament. Vinay Kumar's 3 for 20 restricted Kings XI Punjab to what appeared to be a par score of 142 but the target was overhauled fairly comfortably, thanks to a 55-ball 60 by Robin Uthappa, supported by a 34-ball 50 by New Zealand's Ross Taylor.

 

[Gaurav_7]

No one could get going for Punjab as always is the case. Uthappa and Taylor were enough for that modest total. Nice writing and presentation mate. Keep it up.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Smith and Munaf Patel star in Rajasthan's victory

Graeme Smith played a brilliant innings of 88 from just 47 balls​

The MA Chidambaram crowd was witness to a hard-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams and, after several twists and turns, Rajasthan Royals, winners of the first season, clinched a tense battle against the hosts Chennai Super Kings. Rajasthan overcame several setbacks - a middle-order collapse, an assault from Partiv Patel(52) and Mike Hussey(50), and a spirited push towards the target from Chennai's tail - to secure their third straight victory of the tournament.

 

[BKB1991]

Superb innings from Smith, no one in Chennai could match that and hence they lost

 

[AkshayS]

Well played Smith, Chennai were nowhere in the match.
What about Hayden and his Mongoose bat.

Hey Shantanu can you add some stories from MI squad.
some twists and something more & more.
That would be more successful I bet.

 

[Varun]

Brilliant performance by Smith and sachingr8 is right you must add some spice to make your story more powerful.

 

[riz7khan12]

great individual performances from rajasthan eg. smith, but the chennai super kings tried, but in the end the target was just too big, someone had to play a big innings in quick time, which none of their batsmen could do. hope rajasthan win this ipl:happy

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Edwards out with food-poisoning

Fidel Edwards will miss the key match against Mumbai Indians​

Fidel Edwards has been ruled out of Deccan Chargers' match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday after coming down with a bout of food poisoning. Its a must win game for last season's champions Deccan Chargers - who are currently at the bottom - to keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals alive.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are comfortably sitting on the top of the Indian Premier League table with 10 points from 7 games and need just 2 wins to guarantee a spot in the semi-finals. But the Mumbai Indians will be missing the services of Jean-Paul Duminy, the South African middle order batsman who injured his toe during the training session yesterday and Ajinkya Rahane who is suffering from high fever.

 

[AkshayS]

^haha Food poisoning.:laugh
Good for other Teams.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Pollard and Jayausriya blasts Mumbai to victory

Kieron Pollard smashed 67 of just 36 balls ​

Mumbai Indians, buoyed by Kieron Pollard's and Sanath Jayasuriya's return to form, overcame a formidable target set by Deccan Chargers to all but guarantee a spot in the top four, winning by six wickets in a tense encounter at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Adam Gilchrist's determined innings was in vain, as Pollard marked a timely comeback, feasting on some shoddy bowling by the bowlers at the death, to inflict yet another disappointment on the Deccan Chargers, who squandered the edge they had held for most of the game.

Pollard and Sanath Jayasuriya were Mumbai's key overseas batsmen ahead of the season, and their failure, along with Jean-Paul Duminy's poor performance, had proved embarrassing. Pollard and Jayasuriya, though, redeemed themselves, remaining unfazed by the loss of four wickets to time Mumbai's chase to perfection, carting a total of eight sixes and eleven fours in a brutal assault that overshadowed Deccan Chargers' admirable batting display.

Mumbai lost an early wicket in Sachin Tendulkar with just 18 runs on the board, but later were on course in pursuit of 170, led by a solid second wicket stand of 35 between Aditya Tare and Jayasuriya. Neither of the two was excessively dominating, but combined their ability to punish bad balls with intermittent displays of improvisation when the situation demanded it. Tare survived an early chance, but one half-volley from Chaminda Vaas was lofted for a six in the very next over. Jayasuriya looked fluent, in contrast to his poor form in the early phase of the tournament, pulling RP Singh before dispatching two full tosses over mid-off.

The difference in strategy adopted by both teams was evident, with Deccan Chargers sticking to the tested method of shuffling the attack, using as many as four bowlers in the first eight overs - Mumbai had used three. The spin of Pragyan Ojha and Andrew Symonds was countered well, but a stupendous piece of fielding from Laxman who flung himself to his left to snap Tare put an end to the threatening stand. When Dwayne Brvo was bowled by RP Singh after smashing him over mid wicket for a boundary and then Ambati Rayudu was bowled of the first ball, Mumbai had lost three in three overs to concede the advantage.

Barring Laxman's acrobatic effort, the Deccan Chargers were poor in the field, missing attempts to run out both Jayasuriya and Kieron Pollard, giving both a chance to regain some much-needed form. The game began to slip from Hydrebad's grasp when Pollard spoilt Pragyan Ojha's figures with one sixes and two fours in his final over. The talking point for Deccan Chargers has been the puzzling absence of Kemar Roach and the experienced Fidel Edwards. The travails of Rohit Sharma - who was struck for two fours in an over by Pollard - provided more fodder for criticism.

With 52 needed off 48, and six wickets in hand, Mumbai held the cards but two economical overs by RP Singh and Chaminda Vaas added another twist in this see-saw game. Pollard, though, was unflustered, smacking two fours off Rohit Sharma to reach his first half-century in the Indian Premier League, and combined with Sanath Jayausirya - who later played a supporting role -, swept a no-ball for six, to take 11 off Rohit Sharma's second over.

RP Singh was given his last over by the skipper and failed his team, gifting two full-tosses to Pollard in the 17th over, one smashed over midwicket and the other over long-on. The Mumbai batsmen were fed with full-length balls, which they promptly dealt with, proving decisive in the outcome. Symonds provided the fitting end, delivering another full toss, symbolically dismissed by Pollard for six over square leg to end the game and all but guarantee a spot in the semi-finals for his team.

Pollard's blitz and Jayasuriya's fireworks at the top spoilt an excellent innings from Deccan Chargers' inform captain, who hammered the Mumbai Indians' bowlers to all parts of the ground along with his opening partner VVS Laxman to hand his team a good batting performance. Gilchrist and Laxman gave Deccan the perfect start, adding 130 runs in the 15 overs before Gilchrist was bowled by Harbhajan Singh. Gibbs and Laxman were next to go and suddenly in space of three overs Deccan Chargers had lost three wickets with 158 on the board. Some good death bowling by Dhawal Kulkarni and Kieron Pollard restriced the last season's champions to just 169.

Deccan Chargers, despite being on the verge of going out of the tournament, still have a significant role to play as their remaining games could well determine who finishes in the final four. However, there is still an outside chance for them to qualify for the semi-finals, but for that they will have to win all of their remaining 6 games.

 

[just_cricket]

Not looking good for the Chargers, in stark contrast it's looking great for your Mumbai Indians! By the way, the way you're going that vcash is looking pretty good for you!
Mumbai now need to overcome what I call the Daredevils syndrome - being far and away the best side in the round robin stage, and then lose in the semi (or final).
Good luck!

 

[AkshayS]

Pollard and Sanath.:hpraise
Really nice to see the old horse getting such an innings.