McCullum brings CSK home as he swipes this wide of deep midwicket
MI vs CSK, 13th match at Dubai, IPL, Apr 25 2014 - Match Result
CSK won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
That is all for tonight. Good bye
Mohit Sharma is the Man of the Match. Mohit: "Captain said 'wicket was on the slower side, don't bowl the same pace, mix it up, it is hard to hit the slower one on this surface'. When you bowled quicker, the ball came on and was easier to hit. It was not easy to hit when you mix up your pace. We bowled well at the death and they were not able to get as many as they would have wanted to. But 140 was still a good score. McCullum and Smith batted well. The wickets here are similar to India."
Dhoni: "The death bowling was superb. In the middle overs they had a partnership going which meant we were under a bit of pressure which meant the bowlers had to step up. We were not sure how the wicket would play in the second half. Last game we played here we realised the slower one works really well, you had to hit the right areas which Mohit did. If Dwayne Smith gets going, McCullum takes a backseat, and if there is a change in momentum, McCullum takes charge. They have complemented each other very well. Following them we have got Raina, du Plessis, we have good firepower to capitalise."
Rohit: "That was the target, unfortunately we could not get to 160, I was a little disappointed. Did not start well, batted well in the middle but did not finish off well. Was a good batting track. 140 was not a big target. In the last three games we have not scored more than 140 which shows there is some work to do there. Bowlers have done well in all the three games."
MI just cannot get their batting going, and are the only team without a win after three matches
SD: "The critical difference between the two teams today was that McCullum stayed there till the end, while Rohit, Mumbai's batting mainstay, didn't. Of course, Mohit's exceptional bowling has to be accounted for, but Mumbai might have competed better with a few more balls of Rohit, especially towards the end. It's terrible to see the defending champion fare so poorly."
over the stumps
pulls a short ball to fine leg
round the wicket
drives an overpitched ball to long on
forced down to long on for one more
Anderson sends this length ball down the pads, and Dhoni does not miss out
cuts a widish one to sweeper cover
low full toss eased to long on
around the blockhole, he digs it out to midwicket
needed a dive at sweeper cover, but not only is Zaheer slow in running across, he also does not dive to concede a boundary, McCullum flayed it with an open face over extra cover
full again, hit down the ground to long on
Dhoni goes deep in the crease to a full delivery and helicopters it over deep midwicket
knocks a full delivery to the bowler, who parries it to the leg side, they don't get the single, but Malinga has overstepped, tight call by umpire Bowden
McCullum had given up, Dhoni whipped a full one to midwicket, Hussey picked it up and released it quickly, McCullum was way out of his ground, but Hussey missed
Malinga has only one over left, Pollard is holding the ball, and after a discussion that includes Rohit and Harbhajan, he hands it to Malinga
Dhoni gets bat to ball this time to turn this length ball to midwicket
worked off the pad to deep square leg
over the stumps
he's hit on the pad again as he comes out to this length ball
appeal for leg before as Dhoni misses the nudge to leg, but there is too much angle, there is a direct hit too, but McCullum is home, they take another for the ricochet
shuffles to outside off, pushes a length ball to Zaheer
Round the stumps
drives a full one to long off
Faf is gone this time, he lunges out and misses a flighted ball, keeper does not, Harbhajan is pumped up
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2014 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.45, Interval 19.45-20.05, Second Session 20.05-21.30 |
Match days | 25 April 2014 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Chennai Super Kings 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 19 • CSK 142/3
CSK won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)