and Irfan bowls a super last over! This was a loopy full toss and he swings and misses., Irfan leaps and celebrates with his captain Dhawan
SRH vs MI, 20th match at Dubai, IPL, Apr 30 2014 - Match Result
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Dhawan: "Really tight. Bowlers bowled really well under pressure, especially Irfan and Bhuvi. I thought of Irfan bowling the last over and getting the main bowlers to pick up the wickets. Finding the groove now. The pitches here in the UAE have been very nice."
Bhuvneshwar is the Man of the Match: "I was looking to bowl well with the new ball. Steyn is mentoring us very well. Against Pollard my plan was to bowl him the yorker. Swing is my strength and that was how I got Rohit."
That's it from us here. Thankfully it didn't stretch like yesterday. Thanks for your company. Most of you guys can look forward to seeing your teams in the flesh for the next month with the IPL returning to India. Have fun and keep partying. Good night!
End of match: That's 5 defeats in a row for the defending champions, the opposite of what Kings XI achieved. It was down to Pollard but there was only so much he could do on his own. Sachin Tendulkar smiles as the players shake hands but he must be hurting on the inside.
Rohit Sharma: "We spoke about trying to get wickets and in the last five overs a big score was on the cards. We fielded first because we wanted to see what we needed to chase. We've got to win all the games from here on. Let's see what we can do in home conditions. We just have to stay positive, that's all I can say. Not a great birthday for me (smiles)."
another good inswinging yorker which just missed the leg stump, good take there by Ojha
just a leg bye, not enough, full and the ball rolls to the off side
3 big hits needed
good bowling again, this was full and wide outside off and Gautam can't dig it out
Irfan backs away before delivery
low full toss swinging in on the leg stump and he swings it to deep midwicket
Uzair : "Look at Pathan there, trying to imitate the Cristiano Ronaldo celebration after knocking off Pollard, was he watching the champions league semi-finals last night, a great inspiration"
inside edge! Irfan bowls round the wicket and swings it towards the stumps, Pollard looks to swipe it across the line but gets an inside edge onto the stumps, Pathan's animated and Mumbai have lost their best hope
20 needed and it's Pathan
Gautam shuffles across his stumps and looks to play the ramp shot and ends up placing it to Mishra at short fine leg and they don't take the single
not a bad start at all! This was swinging in wide outside the leg stump and Gautam had made a lot of room and yet managed to drive that inside out wide of cover, take that for placement
Mumbai need Pollard on strike as much as possible. Bhuvi backs away before delivery, Gautam was looking to paddle it
the captain's done the honors, this was fired in full on the stumps, he made room to slam that wide of cover but ended up smacking it to Dhawan at cover
another swing and a miss, although off a straighter ball
returns over the wicket, he bowls the slower ball and it's wide outside off and Harbhajan swings and misses, after a lot of thought Dharmasena gives it a wide
he comes round the wicket and risks bowling a full toss, this was hammered and the umpire Dharmasena did well to duck, long-on was quite straight
good yorker on the stumps and he drills it down to long-off to get Pollard on strike
Steyn has finished. Here's Bhuvi. That could mean Sammy or Irfan for the final over
and now Steyn bowls it shorter and has the big man weaving backwards, Pollard didn't have room, top over
another top notch ball to Pollard, it was too quick and on a yorker length outside off, he can't dig it out
Tare backs away to give himself room for the big hit, he fetches it high on the body and gets a top edge that goes miles up in the air, the keeper Ojha does the honours
good length outside off and timed the punch well to sweeper cover, the throw is flat to the keeper and Tare is home
that's a top notch delivery, swinging away and quick, yorker length and dug out to the off side
Troy: "What's happened to the new adage: bowl your best bowler to the opposition's best batsman? Why holding back Steyn and Bhuvi?"
Steyn comes on and Tare makes room and chops it just wide of cover where Dhawan chases
Mahesh: "This is going pretty much similar to the match happened between these two teams in the last IPL. Pollard taking Mishra to the cleaners..... "
Reddy: "Worst captaincy. Bowlout Steyn and Bhuvi along with Pathan. There is no sense to go with Mishra when Pollard is on top of him."
Pollard gets down for a premeditated paddle and he places it fine, 27 off the over!
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1W | 1W | |||
Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to field 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 | 30 April 2014 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 20 • MI 157/7