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.
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.
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| Malinga and Pollard jolted the fightback from Royals |
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
|
|
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