It was a good toss to win for MI, the wicket had bounce and movement and Shaun Pollock exploited the conditions to perfection, he was ably supported by Nehra, and Bravo.
Salman Butt got out trying to work a ball on the on side which was moving away from him, Poor batting technique the next one to go was Akash Chopra he tried to take a suicidal run and got run out, David hussey got out to a perfect away swinger from Pollock, Pollock pitched one up and Hussey went forward for a drive and only got an outside edge, the next man in was Hafeez who was included in place of Taibu, played one good cover drive and then became Pollocks third victim on a perfect away swinger.
The KKR batsman had no answer to Pollocks clinical spell, he made the batsman play his line was so perfect and the late movement did the job, the batsmen were guilty of playing the seam bowling with a closed faced bat.
In the end KKR bundled out for 67.
The lowest total in IPL was improbable to defend, Shoaib bowled a good first over, Jayasuriya was dropped on his first ball, and he took the wicket of Sachin in the same over but that was all he was going to get, Jayasuriya decimated the KKR attack with his pulls and flicks and in 5.3 overs it was all over.
A crushing defeat for KKR, they will need a lot of psychological help to regain their confidence, Pollock bowled a perfect line and length and made the batsman to play on a seaming wicket, he was clinical. Mumbai team is on the rise and now they have captured the fourth position on the points table they have played one match less than Delhi and KKR and have the same points.
The pace duo of Nehra and Pollock and the opening duo of Sachin and Jayasuriya have transformed Mumbai into a dangerous team both left and right combinations are difficult to bat and bowl against.
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