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KKR vs MI, 38th match at Mumbai, IPL, May 16 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
38th match (N), Wankhede, May 16, 2008, Indian Premier League
(5.3/20 ov, T:68) 68/2

MI won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/12
shaun-pollock
Cricinfo's MVP
67.27 ptsImpact List
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MI
Full commentary

10.14 pm local time: Kolkata have been steam-rolled today. It's the most emphatic victory of the tournament so far. The whole match lasted 20.5 overs. Kolkata were routed for 67 in 15.2 overs and Mumbai gunned down the target off only 5.3 overs thanks to a blitz from Jayasuriya.

Pollock starred with the ball, taking 3 for 11, and Jayasuriya creamed 48 off 17 balls to finish the game. Kolkata were simply annihilated. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are now level on ten points in the league table. What's more, Mumbai now have the best net run rate of the tournament.

Ganguly gets booed as he comes up for the presentation ceremony. They bowed well, he says, but adds that Kolkata should have batted better. He says they've got three home games to go and is looking forward to playing at Eden Gardens again.

Massive cheers for Tendulkar, whose duck today would have quickly been forgotten. He took four catches in the field though. Ian Bishop is towering over Tendulkar as he asks him questions. "Instead of edging them, I need to middle them," says Tendulkar when asked about his form.

"It's not the age but the talent," he says. "People always say Twenty20 is a young man's game but I don't agree and this tournament is proving that." Well the performances of Pollock and Jayasuriya, who goes up to collect the award for most sixes, certainly underscore that sentiment.

Pollock is the Man of the Match for his outstanding spell of 3 for 11 off four overs. Thank you for all your emails, Mumbai has ensured that my commentary stint has been brief. I'll be back tomorrow but it's goodbye for now.

5.3
4lb
Sharma to Jayasuriya, 4 leg byes

short of a length ball down leg side, Jayasuriya swivels and pulls the ball towards the fine leg boundary, what a stunning batsman, he's scored 52 out of 68 runs, whoops sorry the umpire has signaled leg byes, so Jayasuriya won't have his fifty, he remains not out on 48

5.3
7nb
Sharma to Jayasuriya, (no ball) SIX runs

it's a no ball and Jayasuriya has picked the full length off his pads and lifted it over deep midwicket for his 17th six of the IPL, he has now hit the most sixes in the IPL, free hit coming up

5.2
Sharma to Jayasuriya, no run

Jayasuriya slashes at one that bounces a bit more outside off and gets beaten

5.1
4
Sharma to Jayasuriya, FOUR runs

Jayasuriya stands in his crease and drives a fuller ball straight past the bowler, once he beats mid-on he stops running the single and watches the ball reach the boundary

end of over 55 runs
MI: 53/2CRR: 10.60 RRR: 1.00
Dominic Thornely1 (6b)
Sanath Jayasuriya38 (13b 5x4 2x6)
Ajit Agarkar 1-0-5-0
Ishant Sharma 2-0-18-1
4.6
Agarkar to Thornely, no run

defended off the back foot towards point

4.5
Agarkar to Thornely, no run

Agarkar angles the ball into Thornely, cramping him for room with the ball that nips back into the right-hander, Thornely backs away towards leg to make room and gets hit on the thigh

4.4
Agarkar to Thornely, no run

fuller length outside off stump, Thornely moves forward and drives towards point

4.3
1
Agarkar to Jayasuriya, 1 run

good length delivery on leg and middle, Jayasuriya moves across and pushes the ball towards square leg

4.3
1w
Agarkar to Jayasuriya, 1 wide

Agarkar sprays the ball down leg side, that's the second wide of the over

Shah Rukh Khan looks a bit disconsolate.

4.2
1
Agarkar to Thornely, 1 run

short of a length delivery angles into Thornely who fends it on the leg side to bring up Mumbai's 50

4.1
1
Agarkar to Jayasuriya, 1 run

pushed towards midwicket on the front foot for a single

4.1
1w
Agarkar to Jayasuriya, 1 wide

he starts off with a wide ball outside off stump, Jayasuriya tries to smash it into orbit over cover but can't reach it

Agarkar replaces Shoaib, bowling from over the wicket.

end of over 44 runs • 1 wicket
MI: 48/2CRR: 12.00 RRR: 1.25
Dominic Thornely0 (2b)
Sanath Jayasuriya36 (11b 5x4 2x6)
Ishant Sharma 2-0-18-1
Shoaib Akhtar 2-0-29-1
3.6
Sharma to Thornely, no run

short of a length ball outside off stump pushes Thornely on to the back foot, he fends at it and gets beaten again

3.5
Sharma to Thornely, no run

full ball outside off stump, Thornely pushes at it but gets beaten by Ishant's pace

Thornely is the new batsman.

It's a bit too late for Kolkata. Pollock took the game away from them in the first innings and now Jayasuriya has blazed away to 36 off 11 balls.

3.4
W
Sharma to Uthappa, OUT

caught! Poor shot from Uthappa, he moves forward and tries to pull a short ball from outside off stump, he ends up hitting it tamely towards Ganguly at mid-off

Robin Uthappa c Ganguly b Sharma 9 (8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 112.5
3.3
4
Sharma to Uthappa, FOUR runs

a bit too full and a bit too straight, Uthappa gets into the boundary act and leans across his stumps to flick the ball firmly through midwicket for four

3.2
Sharma to Uthappa, no run

short of a length outside off stump, Uthappa flashes and gets beaten

3.1
Sharma to Uthappa, no run

good length delivery on off stump, defended on the front foot towards the bowler

end of over 323 runs
MI: 44/1CRR: 14.66 RRR: 1.41
Sanath Jayasuriya36 (11b 5x4 2x6)
Robin Uthappa5 (4b 1x4)
Shoaib Akhtar 2-0-29-1
Ishant Sharma 1-0-14-0
2.6
6
Shoaib Akhtar to Jayasuriya, SIX runs

incredible incredible shot! Shoaib goes back over the wicket and bowls a short of a length delivery on leg and middle, Jayasuriya moves across his stumps and plays a short arm pull that sends the ball soaring over deep midwicket

2.5
4
Shoaib Akhtar to Jayasuriya, FOUR runs

too full and too wide outside off stump, Jayasuriya leans into it and powers the ball over extra cover with a full and free swing of his bat, the ball bounces once before going over the boundary

Shoaib goes round the wicket.

Win Probability
MI 100%
KKRMI
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Over 6 • MI 68/2

MI won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining)
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