Pollard performance edged Mumbai over Rajasthan

All Rounder Pollard performance edged Mumbai over Rajasthan Royals

Pollard's all-round performance, 64 off 33 deliveries and 4 for 44, left in the shade a dazzling innings of 76 off 42 from Owais Shah.

Although the scoreboard might not tell you that but Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals gave IPL 2012 its first close high-scoring game as Wankhede Stadium cheered. The 27-run margin did not do justice to Rajasthan Royals for the way they went after an asking-rate of nearly ten an over against a quality bowling attack.

Till the end of the 14th over, as Shah kept clearing the on-side rope with boundaries, Royals had an almost even chance. But in a game where no bowler apart from him went for less than seven an over, Lasith Malinga uprooted Shah's off stump with a yorker off the first ball of the 15th.

Malinga and Pollard jolted the fightback from Royals

While Munaf Patel and Pollard ended with four wickets each, it was Malinga's over that turned the game in Mumbai Indians' favour. While Malinga stood out with figures of 4-0-13-2 in a match where 367 runs were scored, it was Pollard who towered above everyone with his all-round performance.

Pollard came in after Hogg, on IPL debut, had dismissed Rohit Sharma and Richard Levi with fizzing left-arm legbreaks. By the time he was dismissed, Pollard had carted Royals' attack with 64, and Mumbai Indians had rocketed from 68 to 164 in the space of 52 balls.

Score card 12th Match - Mumbai Indians v/s Rajasthans Royals

Mumbai Indians (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Levi	b Hogg	29	22	4	1	131.81
T Suman	c Trivedi b Singh	10	10	0	1	100
R Sharma	b Hogg	21	13	2	1	161.53
A Rayudu	not out	47	32	1	3	146.87
K Pollard	c Rahane b Chavan	64	33	6	4	193.93
K Karthik	c Trivedi b Cooper	0	1	0	0	0
J Franklin	c Rahane b Singh	2	3	0	0	66.66
H Singh	not out	18	6	1	2	300
Extras	(b 1, lb 5)	6
Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	197	(9.85 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Chavan	4	0	41	1	10.25
	A Singh	4	0	29	2	7.25
	K Cooper	4	0	43	1	10.75
	B Hogg	4	0	31	2	7.75
	S Trivedi	3	0	25	0	8.33
	J Botha	1	0	22	0	22
Rajasthan Royals (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Dravid	c Suman b Patel	3	5	0	0	60
A Rahane	c Levi b Pollard	40	31	4	2	129.03
S Goswami	c Karthik b Patel	0	1	0	0	0
O Shah	b Malinga	76	42	5	5	180.95
A Menaria	c Sharma b Pollard	20	15	2	1	133.33
J Botha	c Pollard b Malinga	2	3	0	0	66.66
K Cooper	b Patel	14	6	0	2	233.33
A Chavan	c Karthik b Pollard	4	2	1	0	200
B Hogg	c Franklin b Patel	2	5	0	0	40
A Singh	b Pollard	0	3	0	0	0
S Trivedi	not out	5	6	0	0	83.33
Extras	(lb 1, w 2, nb 1)	4
Total	(all out; 19.4 overs)	170	(8.64 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	L Malinga	4	0	13	2	3.25
	M Patel	3.4	0	28	4	7.63
	J Franklin	2	0	22	0	11
	P Ojha	2	0	19	0	9.5
	H Singh	4	0	43	0	10.75
	K Pollard	4	0	44	4	11

With his all round of 4/44 and blistering 64 while batting, K Pollard earned Match of the Match for this match.

Delhi Chastised Chennai brutally defeated by 8 wickets

Delhi Chastised Chennai brutally defeated by 8 wickets

Chennai Super Kings were disappointing with the bat for the second time in three games and their confused running allowed Delhi Daredevils to restrict them to their second-lowest total in the IPL for a comprehensive win. Three of the first four Super Kings batsmen ran themselves out as neither Daredevils' bowlers nor their fielders let up on the pressure.

With Super Kings struggling on 66 for 5, Daredevils were able to exert even more pressure through their left-arm spinners Roelof van der Merwe and Shahbaz Nadeem. The duo conceded just 24 runs off seven overs between them. Super Kings' final hope was the pair of Dwayne Bravo and MS Dhoni but they failed to push on after adding 23 in 41 balls. Super Kings' crawl was summed up by Bravo playing out seven consecutive dot balls against the spinners.

But for Delhi first wicket, Naman Ojha, was also to fall courtesy a run-out but he had already launched the chase in style with three fours in three balls off Albie Morkel. Virender Sehwag sealed the issue with 33 off 21, including a back-foot punch off Albie Morkel that went for six over deep extra cover.

Kevin Pietersen and Mahela Jayawardene had too much class to allow Super Kings a whiff of a comeback as the visitors slumped to their biggest defeat in terms of balls remaining.

Score Card 11th Match - Delhi Daredevils v/s Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
F du Plessis	c van der Merwe b Morkel	15	12	3	0	125
M Vijay	run out (Pathan/Jayawardene)	0	0	0	0	-
S Raina	run out (Nagar/Ojha)	17	16	0	2	106.25
S Badrinath	run out (Pietersen/Ojha)	15	16	1	1	93.75
R Jadeja	c Ojha b Pathan	13	17	1	0	76.47
D Bravo	b Yadav	22	31	1	0	70.96
MS Dhoni	c Jayawardene b Morkel	11	18	0	0	61.11
A Morkel	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
R Ashwin	run out (Sehwag/Ojha)	8	5	1	0	160
S Jakati	not out	1	2	0	0	50
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 4)	6
Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	110	(5.50 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	I Pathan	4	0	25	1	6.25
	U Yadav	3	0	24	1	8
	M Morkel	4	0	19	2	4.75
	K Pietersen	2	0	16	0	8
	Van der Merwe	4	0	15	0	3.75
	S Nadeem	3	0	9	0	3
Delhi Daredevils (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Ojha	run out (du Plessis/Ashwin)	14	12	3	0	116.66
V Sehwag	c Vijay b Ashwin	33	21	4	1	157.14
K Pietersen	not out	43	26	3	2	165.38
M Jayawardene	not out	20	21	1	0	95.23
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	(2 wickets; 13.2 overs)	111	(8.32 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Morkel	2	0	24	0	12
	D Bollinger	2	0	18	0	9
	R Ashwin	3.2	0	21	1	6.3
	S Jakati	3	0	23	0	7.66
	R Jadeja	2	0	19	0	9.5
	D Bravo	1	0	5	0	5

For his Tight bowling, Mornie Morkel won the Man of the Match award.

Finally a win for Kolkata Knight Riders in Style

Finally a win for Kolkata Knight Riders in Style

After winning the toss and chosing to bat, nothing went in favour of RCB. With the start that Gambhir and Kallis gave after scoring 60 runs in first 6 overs was a solid foundation for the KKR to capitalize. But RCB found a way back into the KKR innings at one instance when then restricted the target to 166 which was looking way over 200 earlier.

Balaji , Brett Lee and kallis formed the deadly trio to hold back and restore Challengers with Kallis routing both the openers Gayle and Pujara and Balaji completing the rest for the Knight Riders.

Score Card 10th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v/s Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
J Kallis	c de Villiers b Vettori	22	23	3	1	95.65
G Gambhir	c Patel b Khan	64	39	9	1	164.1
M Bisla	st de Villiers b Muralitharan	46	29	2	3	158.62
Y Pathan	c Gayle b Vinay Kumar	1	3	0	0	33.33
M Tiwary	c Agarwal b Khan	2	5	0	0	40
R Doeschate	c Vettori b Muralitharan	3	4	0	0	75
S Al Hasan	c Pujara b Vinay Kumar	4	4	0	0	100
L Shukla	c Khan b Patel	5	8	0	0	62.5
B Lee	not out	8	4	0	1	200
R Bhatia	not out	4	1	1	0	400
Extras	(lb 4, w 2)	6
Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	165	(8.25 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	4	0	31	2	7.75
	V Kumar	4	0	18	2	4.5
	H Patel	4	0	46	1	11.5
	M Muralitharan	4	0	31	2	7.75
	D Vettori	3	0	22	1	7.33
	V Kohli	1	0	13	0	13
Royal Challengers ( Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
C Pujara	c Pathan b Kallis	6	9	0	1	66.66
C Gayle	c Shukla b Kallis	2	8	0	0	25
V Kohli	c Tiwary b Balaji	6	14	1	0	42.85
AB de Villiers	b Balaji	10	10	1	0	100
S Tiwary	c Shukla b ten Doeschate	18	19	1	0	94.73
M Agarwal	c Gambhir b Balaji	5	6	0	0	83.33
D Vettori	b Balaji	20	12	3	1	166.66
V Kumar	c Shukla b Shakib Al Hasan	25	26	0	1	96.15
H Patel	b Shakib Al Hasan	10	9	1	0	111.11
Z Khan	not out	11	7	1	0	157.14
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 8)	10
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	123	(6.15 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	4	0	21	0	5.25
	J Kallis	2	0	7	2	3.5
	L Balaji	4	1	18	4	4.5
	R Bhatia	4	0	30	0	7.5
	R Doeschate	3	0	24	1	8
	S Al Hasan	3	0	21	2	7

Balaji won the Man of the match for his staggering figure of 4/18.

Rohit Sharma thrashed Deccan's to give MI thrilling win

Mumbai Indians pulled out a thriller over Deccan Chargers

In the previous match at the venue, the Chargers were chasing 194. Today, they had first use of the pitch, but in their quest to match that score, lost early wickets. The Chargers held back their overseas batsmen to the middle order, which seemed like a contingency measure in case the top order failed. Munaf nipped out two early wickets, putting pressure on Daniel Christian and the captain Kumar Sangakkara who is himself short of runs.

Row over Sangakara dismissal against Mumbai Indians

Sangakkara's dismissal, however, came about following ugly scenes of the Mumbai players getting confrontational with the umpires. Munaf bowled a low full toss which Sangakkara shaped to drive, but got an inside edge which shaved the off stump and knocked off the bails. The wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik was standing up close and the ball deflected back to the stumps off his pads, causing confusion as to whether he was legitimately bowled in the first place.

A furious Harbhajan marched to the square leg umpire Johan Cloete, who was soon enveloped by Munaf and Karthik, leading to ugly scenes which put the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge at the opening ceremony to distant memory. A clueless Sangakkara went across to have a word with the umpires but by then, it was as if the umpires were coerced into referring it. In theory, Sangakkara was legitimately out and the umpires should have had the presence of mind to consult.

Finally, a 5th wicket partnership of Cameron white and Daniel Christian of 41 runs in 33 balls made a fine support for Deccans to reach a defending total of 138 in 20 overs.

But, for Mumbai Indians, started in the same manner of last match against Pune with some great bowling display from World best Test bowler , Dale Steyn claiming both the openers with his great line and length.

Rohit Sharma, came into rescue for the Mumbai Indians and held his nerves till the end to make MI pull out a stunner against Deccan Charger.

The Chargers were still favourites with 18 to defend off the last over. Kumar Sangakkara had bowled out his best bowler, Dale Steyn, leaving the final task with Christian. The first ball was smashed by James Franklin past long-off for four; the second down the same region; the batsmen sneaked a bye off the third; the fourth was a high full toss slammed by Rohit Sharma over deep backward point. With five needed off two, the penultimate ball was forced to long-off and Rohit Sharma timed his dive just in time to survive a run-out appeal. Christian couldn't come up with anything special, gifting Rohit Sharma the most hittable delivery of the over, breaking the hearts of the home fans who saw their side slip to a second straight defeat.

Score Card 9th Match - Deccan Chargers v/s Mumbai Indians

Deccan Chargers (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Patel	c Sharma b Patel	1	5	0	0	20
S Dhawan	c Pollard b Malinga	41	24	2	4	170.83
B Chipli	c Malinga b Patel	1	6	0	0	16.66
D Christian	c Pollard b Patel	39	36	1	2	108.33
K Sangakkara	b Patel	14	19	1	0	73.68
C White	not out	30	22	1	2	136.36
R Teja	b Malinga	4	2	1	0	200
A Mishra	c Patel b Malinga	0	2	0	0	0
D Steyn	b Pollard	2	2	0	0	100
A Sharma	c Rayudu b Pollard	1	2	0	0	50
Extras	(b 1, w 4)	5
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	138	(6.90 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	H Singh	4	0	18	0	4.5
	M Patel	4	0	20	4	5
	S Malinga	4	0	27	3	6.75
	P Ojha	4	0	39	0	9.75
	K Pollard	4	0	33	2	8.25
Mumbai Indians (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T Suman	c & b Steyn	5	9	1	0	55.55
R Levi	b Steyn	3	9	0	0	33.33
R Sharma	not out	73	50	4	5	146
A Rayudu	c Dhawan b Mishra	19	24	1	0	79.16
K Pollard	c Dhawan b Christian	24	18	0	3	133.33
K Karthik	b Steyn	7	6	1	0	116.66
J Franklin	not out	7	4	1	0	175
Extras	(b 2, lb 2)	4
Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs)	142	(7.10 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Sharma	4	0	18	0	4.5
	D Steyn	4	1	12	3	3
	D Christian	4	0	49	1	12.25
	Anand Rajan	2	0	9	0	4.5
	A Mishra	4	0	31	1	7.75
	C White	2	0	19	0	9.5

One of the sixes in the final over from Rohit Sharma

Highlights of the last over of Mumbai Indians Innings 

TO win 18 runs in 06 balls - Lets see the action


19.1 Over
Christian to Franklin, FOUR, good start, smashes it straight past the bowler to long-off boundary , that was blasted.

19.2 Over
Christian to Franklin, 2 runs, width on the off, punched down to long-off and sneak a two, poor throw from the fielder in the deep

19.3 Over
Christian to Franklin, 1 bye, Parthiv misses the stumps as Franklin misses an outside off delivery and the batsmen sneak a single

19.4 Over
Christian to Sharma, SIX, full toss outside off, Rohit swings it wildly and comes off the toe end of the bat and it sails over the point boundary for a six
19.5 Over
Christian to Sharma, 2 runs, outside off, slapped hard down to wide of long-off and the batsmen steal a two even as Parthiv removes the bails in a flash at the striker's end
Umpires go upstairs for a run-out chance





19.6 Over
Christian to Sharma, SIX, Mumbai Win, Game Over! Rohit Sharma does it for Mumbai again, Christian dishes out a full toss again and Rohit does not miss that and clubs it over long-on fence for a dinger

Man of the Match - Rohit Sharma for his display of blastering innings of 73 runs with 5 sixes to his name.

Pune Warriors routed Kings XI at their new home ground

Pune Warriors India defeated Kings XI Punjab with ease

The thousands who made their maiden trip to the brand new Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in the outskirts of Pune, proudly and loyally filling the stands with blue, got their money's worth as Pune Warriors India pulled off a comprehensive win against a struggling Kings XI Punjab. It was an all-round performance, led by an 81-run partnership for the third wicket between Robin Uthappa and Marlon Samuels which set them to a competitive 166 before a combined bowling effort sealed the game.

Dummy of sahara stadium - a proposed idea for Pune Stadium

New Pune Cricket Stadium

In chase for 167 to win, Punjab started with trembles in the way to chase.

Paul Valthaty sacrificed his wicket for the experienced Adam Gilchrist. Following an lbw appeal, the ball deflected to the off side but Gilchrist's anxiety to get back on strike caused a communication mishap and Valthaty helplessly ambled out of his crease before the bails were broken at the non-striker's end. The sacrifice didn't help as Gilchrist himself was run-out the following over, failing to beat an agile pick-up and throw from Smith at short midwicket.

Kings XI were poking around at 13 for 2 after five overs, with just one boundary. The drought had extended to 26 balls before Mandeep Singh cut Rahul Sharma to the deep point rope. However, even Mandeep failed to set a base and fell for 24, nicking Ryder to the keeper in an attempt to force the pace.

Kings XI also lost the game tactically by not promoting Hussey, a batsman capable of turning a game. Hussey, Abhishek Nayar and Piyush Chawla all made starts, but the fact that none of the recognised batsmen scored more than 24 summed up what was a sorry batting performance. Late hitting by Bipul only reduced the margin of defeat.

Score Card 8th Match - Pune Warriors India v/s Kings XI Punjab

Pune Warriors (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
J Ryder	run out (Kumar)	8	8	0	0	100
S Ganguly	c Valthaty b Mascarenhas	20	18	3	0	111.11
M Samuels	b Harmeet Singh	46	39	4	2	117.94
R Uthappa	b Harmeet Singh	40	33	2	2	121.21
C Ferguson	c & b Harmeet Singh	3	6	0	0	50
S Smith	b Faulkner	25	12	0	3	208.33
M Pandey	not out	12	4	1	1	300
R Sharma	not out	0	2	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 7, w 3, nb 2)	12
Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	166	(8.30 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	4	0	27	0	6.75
	J Faulkner	4	0	31	1	7.75
	D Mascarenhas	4	0	23	1	5.75
	B Sharma	2.4	0	40	0	15
	P Chawla	2	0	14	0	7
	H Singh	3.2	0	24	3	7.2
Kings XI Punjab (Batting)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Gilchrist	run out (Smith/Uthappa)	6	11	1	0	54.54
P Valthaty	run out (Smith/Kartik)	1	5	0	0	20
M Singh	c Uthappa b Ryder	24	23	3	0	104.34
A Nayar	c Ganguly b Nehra	24	28	2	0	85.71
D Hussey	b Sharma	18	17	0	1	105.88
P Chawla	c Pandey b Sharma	16	8	2	1	200
D Mascarenhas	c Ryder b Samuels	5	5	0	0	100
B Sharma	not out	35	18	3	2	194.44
J Faulkner	c Ganguly b Dinda	3	4	0	0	75
P Kumar	not out	1	2	0	0	50
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1)	11
Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	144	(7.20 runs per over)
	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Dinda	3	0	13	1	4.33
	M Samuels	4	0	23	1	5.75
	A Nehra	3	0	20	1	6.66
	R Sharma	4	0	34	2	8.5
	M Kartik	3	0	23	0	7.66
	J Ryder	3	0	25	1	8.33

Captain ganguly Congratulates Samuels for his MoM

Man of the Match for this game was Marlon Samuels for his 1 wicket and 46 runs.