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RCB vs MI, 62nd match at Bengaluru, IPL, May 14 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
62nd match (D/N), Bengaluru, May 14, 2012, Indian Premier League
(19.4/20 ov, T:172) 173/5

MI won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
81* (54)
ambati-rayudu
Cricinfo's MVP
114.05 ptsImpact List
kieron-pollard
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MI
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8.50 pm Mumbai have moved up to second and are level with table toppers Delhi on 18 points. Bangalore stay fifth. We've got to switch to covering the Kolkata-Chennai game at Eden Gardens now, so hopping over there. Thank you for all your emails. Cheers.

19.4
4
Gayle to Pollard, FOUR runs

that's it, it's all over! Pollard has pulled the ball with all his might towards deep midwicket and the fielder is powerless, the ball bursts through his dive. Rayudu and Pollard have rescued a floundering chase

19.3
4
Gayle to Pollard, FOUR runs

that's a lucky boundary! Pollard was looking to heave on the leg side, the outside edge flew towards Zaheer at short third man and beat him

19.2
6
Gayle to Pollard, SIX runs

Pollard's hoisted the full ball off his pads and over the midwicket boundary! That was just a flick and it carried a long way

19.1
1lb
Gayle to Rayudu, 1 leg bye

Rayudu charges again and the full toss clips the back foot outside leg stump, Gayle bowled that quickly

It's going to be Chris Gayle. He has 14 runs to defend. Anurag: "Someone said this won't go to the wire?" Gayle sells Rayudu the dummy, doesn't deliver after seeing the batsman charge.

end of over 199 runs
MI: 158/5CRR: 8.31 RRR: 14.00
Ambati Rayudu81 (53b 6x4 4x6)
Kieron Pollard38 (28b 3x4 2x6)
Zaheer Khan 4-0-34-1
Vinay Kumar 4-0-36-1

Who will bowl the final over? Appanna? Kohli? Dilshan?

18.6
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run

Rayudu steps out, towards the of side, and swings the ball hard towards short fine leg, Murali doesn't make a clean stop

18.5
1
Khan to Pollard, 1 run

a full toss on the pads and Pollard lifts it towards deep midwicket, Zaheer's lucky not to go for more

This is from the Karnataka State Cricket Association: ""The inadvertent failure of the AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator) of the generator caused a short interruption from one of the light towers. The standby generator was switched on to ensure full illumination was restored.""

18.4
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run

in the blockhole from round the wicket, played from the crease through midwicket

18.3
1
Khan to Pollard, 1 run

driven towards mid off for a single

18.2
4
Khan to Pollard, FOUR runs

another full toss around off stump, what's going on with the lengths? Pollard slogs and gets an outside edge that goes wide of AB to the third man boundary

18.1
1
Khan to Rayudu, 1 run

a high full toss outside off stump and Rayudu loses grip of his bat after he charges and swings across the line, he ends up slicing the ball over cover

Well this game is wide open now. That crucial penultimate over coming up.

end of over 1818 runs
MI: 149/5CRR: 8.27 RRR: 11.50
Kieron Pollard32 (25b 2x4 2x6)
Ambati Rayudu78 (50b 6x4 4x6)
Vinay Kumar 4-0-36-1
Zaheer Khan 3-0-25-1
17.6
Vinay to Pollard, no run

an accurate yorker to end the over, Pollard keeps it out

17.5
1
Vinay to Rayudu, 1 run

another slower ball, full and wide outside off, driven hard towards deep cover for just the single, Pollard wanted new gloves after the single and was looking at the dug out, Rayudu wanted an overthrow and got sent back in the nick of time

17.4
6
Vinay to Rayudu, SIX runs

that's length and that's gone far over the straight boundary, Rayudu clears his front foot and swings hard, smashing the ball into the sightscreen

17.3
4
Vinay to Rayudu, FOUR runs

the slower ball with oodles of width outside off stump, a short ball as well, Rayudu helps himself, blasting to the extra cover boundary

17.2
6
Vinay to Rayudu, SIX runs

a full toss, slanting across Rayudu, who simply slams it over long-off, where Appanna runs to his left and dives full length, but the ball falls over the boundary

17.1
1
Vinay to Pollard, 1 run

in the blockhole, Pollard backs away to heave down the ground but gets an inside edge towards square leg

Vinay Kumar, from round the wicket. Pollard to face.

end of over 1716 runs
MI: 131/5CRR: 7.70 RRR: 13.66
Ambati Rayudu61 (46b 5x4 2x6)
Kieron Pollard31 (23b 2x4 2x6)
Zaheer Khan 3-0-25-1
Harshal Patel 4-0-25-1
16.6
2
Khan to Rayudu, 2 runs

Rayudu tries to flick a low full toss through square leg but gets a leading edge that goes safely over point

16.6
1w
Khan to Rayudu, 1 wide

that's a harsh call in my opinion, Rayudu had moved a long way across his stumps to swing behind square and so Zaheer's ball went past leg stump

16.5
1
Khan to Pollard, 1 run

Pollard moves towards the off side and pulls the ball towards fine leg

16.4
4
Khan to Pollard, FOUR runs

a full ball outside off stump, Pollard stays back in his crease, clears his front foot and hammers the ball along the ground past the bowler, long-off has no chance

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Over 20 • MI 173/5

MI won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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