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Chargers vs Kochi, 32nd match at Kochi, IPL, Apr 27 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
32nd match (N), Kochi, April 27, 2011, Indian Premier League
(16.3/20 ov, T:130) 74

Chargers won by 55 runs

Player Of The Match
5/12
ishant-sharma
Cricinfo's MVP
122.05 ptsImpact List
kumar-sangakkara
New
Kochi
Full commentary

That's it from the team for this match. Join us tomorrow for the match between Delhi and Kolkata. Be well.

Man of the Match Ishant Sharma: It's not about inspiration, when we sitting in the dressing room we thought 130 is a good total. when RP's first ball hit the gloves, we thought we won't mind bowling first on this track. I need to say thanks to Zaheer Khan because he told me to keep working hard on my fitness. Working with him is really tremendous for me.

Sanga: Once we started batting, we though 130-140 is a competitive score. Both Steyn and Ishant were magnificent in the first six overs. Darren Lehman has a lot of common sense when it comes to cricket, nothing flash, just go out there and hit your lengths. We need to keep playing good cricket. Mishra was a genuis on that wicket

Mahela: I thought it was a good effort by the bowlers. We knew they had quality bowlers upfront and we had to get through that spell. Ishant bowled very well upfront. The pitch had a bit more movement than we expected.

Sharma didn't get to finish his overs but it doesn't matter. He still has t

the third best return in IPL history.

Steyn: The coach told us to bowl our lengths and if they miss, we hit. I thought Ishant bowled fantastically well. I'd love to roll this wicket up and take it everywhere I go. We've just got to try and keep winning and go off the bottom and into the top four.

This win moves the Chargers up to sixth. Stay with us for the presentation.

16.3
W
Steyn to Singh, OUT

All over. Steyn finished with two wickets in two balls. Yorker length and RP was backing away and that came off his pad to dislodg the bail. Comprehensive win for the Chargers, who looked dead and buried mid way through their innings and came back with a bowling performanace that was simply phenomenal.

RP Singh b Steyn 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

We've got a broken stump. Some of it remained in the ground and now needs to be pulled out.

16.2
W
Steyn to Vinay, OUT

Goner! That's a full, straighter one, held it's line and there was very little Vinay Kumar could have done about that. Offstump is castled and the end is near. Jayawardene looks increasingly glum in the pod

Vinay Kumar b Steyn 18 (19b 2x4 0x6) SR: 94.73
16.1
Steyn to Vinay, no run

decent length, bit wide of offstump and Vinya swings and misses

Steyn's back

end of over 161 run • 1 wicket
Kochi: 74/8CRR: 4.62 RRR: 14.00
Sreesanth0 (1b)
Vinay Kumar18 (17b 2x4)
Amit Mishra 4-0-12-1
Dan Christian 3-0-12-0
15.6
Mishra to Sreesanth, no run

looking to cut, gets a bottom edge down onto the pitch and it's brealk time again

Sree to face

15.5
1
Mishra to Vinay, 1 run

turned to short fine leg

15.4
W
Mishra to Jadeja, OUT

launches but doesn't launch far enough. Down on one knee, slog sweeps that to Christian at deep mid-wicket who collects on the boundary

Ravindra Jadeja c Christian b Mishra 23 (35b 2x4 0x6) SR: 65.71
15.3
Mishra to Jadeja, no run

pushed back to the bowler

15.2
Mishra to Jadeja, no run

Jadeja chargs down the track, tees off and mishits that to short third man, gets a leading edge that doesn't carry

15.1
Mishra to Jadeja, no run

last over for Mishra, pushed away on the off side

end of over 157 runs
Kochi: 73/7CRR: 4.86 RRR: 11.40
Ravindra Jadeja23 (31b 2x4)
Vinay Kumar17 (16b 2x4)
Dan Christian 3-0-12-0
Amit Mishra 3-0-11-0
14.6
1
Christian to Jadeja, 1 run

full again and steered away to third man, looks for a second but its not there

14.5
1
Christian to Vinay, 1 run

wide and Vinay has to reach for it, can only nudge it past point

14.4
4
Christian to Vinay, FOUR runs

full and inviting the drive, Vinay Kumar wants to but gets an outside edge that runs down to third man

14.3
Christian to Vinay, no run

back of a length again and shapes away a touch, before carrying to Sanga

14.2
1
Christian to Jadeja, 1 run

a little bit more width on offer here, driven to deep cover

14.1
Christian to Jadeja, no run

back of a length, pushed into the covers

end of over 146 runs
Kochi: 66/7CRR: 4.71 RRR: 10.66
Ravindra Jadeja21 (28b 2x4)
Vinay Kumar12 (13b 1x4)
Amit Mishra 3-0-11-0
Manpreet Gony 3-0-19-1
13.6
1
Mishra to Jadeja, 1 run

ends the over with a googly, played to point

13.5
2lb
Mishra to Jadeja, 2 leg byes

nice and fine, that was a topspinner, strayed on leg stump line and hits the pad to trickle to fine leg, just two

13.4
1
Mishra to Vinay, 1 run

swatted onto the on-side, no boundary in this over yet

13.3
1
Mishra to Jadeja, 1 run

driven along the ground to mid-on

13.2
1
Mishra to Vinay, 1 run

and again, this time he gets it away for a single on the leg side

Win Probability
DCH 100%
DCHKochi
100%50%100%DCH InningsKochi Innings

Over 17 • Kochi 74/10

Vinay Kumar b Steyn 18 (19b 2x4 0x6) SR: 94.73
W
RP Singh b Steyn 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
W
Chargers won by 55 runs
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