and he has ended the match with his second vertical-bat pull, fine of fine leg this time
KKR vs MI, 17th match at Mumbai, IPL, Mar 22 2010 - Match Result
MI won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
How so typical of SRT to give credit to others after a good performance from himself. Good note to end the night on. Okay bye
Sachin Tendulkar is winning captain, and is also the Man of The Match Says he: "Shikhar batted really well, the first over set the tone. From the other end I started getting a few boundaries. We managed to put pressure on them early on, and later on it was a matter of staying there till the end. Bravo, McLaren, Zaheer, Malinga, Harbhajan, all bowled really well, and also the fielders."
Sourav Ganguly "About 10 runs short, but I though it was fighting total. We don't bowl well upfront. [About his catches] Putting a bit of an effort on the field. This game requires it. [About the team] Hopefully we can turn it around from here."
Handshakes all around, and SRT has seen Mumbai through. KKR yet to beat Mumbai in IPL.Solid bowling from Mumbai, and lovely batting from SRT. Thanks for writing in many mails to us. Hang on for the presentation
full on the pads, hit straight to short fine
yorker, hit to sweeper-cover for one
Mathews comes back
slapped to mid-on, comes though for one and makes it despite a direct-hit from Karthik
dabbed to third man for one
slower ball, and steered to wide of third man for two
clears the front leg and pulls this one for one
and Sathish gets another boundary, not where he intended this one, though. Looks to whip it over leg, gets a leading edge over point and into the gap
starts off with a slower ball, Sathish stays back and almost as if he is expecting it, he waits for it to arrive and lofts it over cover
Bond comes back
opens the face again, and gets just a single this time, but quick running from SRT
nice chip shot over extra cover, only looking to clear infield and does that
oh it's a tough shot made to look easy, makes room early, gives Karthik three stumps to aim at, and he bowls flat and Sathish meets it with an open face and places it between short third and backward point
flat into the pads, easily worked away for one
and he gets another leading edge out of Tendulkar who is bent at playing him to on, but again the edge is safe and he gets a single to point
Karthik's last over
Time-out
and Ishant bowls a bouncer right away, Sathish slam-ducks it, almost Sampras like, but two-handed - awkward shot, but he is safe as he has hit it into the ground
Sathish is the new man in
and Pollard has followed up a nice shot with a daft one, plays all across the line of a length delivery, Ishant is full and straight at the right time, and collects a plumb lbw verdict
who says Pollard can't be delicate, he has guided this length delivery expertly between short third man and backward point
nicely bowled, slower ball, not easy to pick, Pollard adjusts well, keeps the pull down, and finds a gap to be able to come back for two
gets the yorker right again, and Pollard hits it back to him
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009/10 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00 |
Match days | 22 March 2010 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
Over 19 • MI 156/3
MI won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)