Sachin is playing his first match in IPL after sitting out the first half of the tournament due to injury, in his absence Shaun Pollock did a good job and managed to keep his team in the hunt by winning two close matches.
Today Mumbai is playing against Chennai Super Kings a fiesty team with a good leader, they have managed to win two more matches after their top players departed.
Mumbai won the toss and elected to field on a pitch which had some lift and bounce, Chennai had a disasterous start, Pollock who is not leading the side bowled extermely well his figures were 4-1-9-1 the second most economical spell after Hafeez in IPL.
After 9 overs it was 4-46, the fifth wicket partnership of 95 between Dhoni and Badrinath restored the innings for Chennai, Dhoni and Badrinath did it again for Chennai it was the second consecutive 50 for Badrinath who impressed me a lot, Chennai scored 67 off the last 5 overs and were able to post a score of 156 in 20 overs.
Sachin utilized all of his frontline bowlers upfront in an effort to finish off Chennai quickly but the move backfired as Dhoni punished the other bowlers in the last five.
The Second innings has started and the dream opening duo of Sachin and Jayasuriya is firing all cylinders perhaps Jayasuriya was waiting for Sachin’s arrival, he is on fire today, 3 sixes off Goni from the bat of Jayasuriya he has hit so far 5 of them in this innings scoring 39 off 22 balls.
Morkel coming in , bowls to Jayasuriya, its a 6, comes again its a 4, its a 4 again three balls three boundaries fourth one is a wide. Jayasuriya is on fire. Anotherbig one just a flick on the legside for a huge six, the tally of sixes is 7 now. Sanath’s 50 came from just 25 balls.
Interesting statistics Mumbai has the best score from the first 6 overs its 78 but they also have the worst from the first 6 which is 28.
Joginder Sharma bowled Sachin! Gone for 12. Chennai desperately needed this wicket, they need a few more to come back in the match. Uthappa comes in to bat at # 3, the dangerman Jayasuriya is still there.
Chennai’s bowlers are guilty of bowling too short and wide outside the off stump, they probably got carried away with the bounce in the wicket, Morkel and Goni failed to hit the ball in the right areas.
Jayasuriya just hit the eighth six, it seems McCullums record is in danger.
Murali comes in to bowl, a bit too late I reckon.
Its two sixes in a row and its 100 for Jayasuriya the 2nd fastest in IPL off 45 balls only, its the six # 11, dropped on long on.
Two consecutive fours and Mubai India wins the match in 13.5 overs. Jayasuriya scores 114 with 9 fours and 11 sixes, The monster has been awakened. Beware Bowlers.
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