pulls it away to midwicket and that's game set and match Mumbai
CSK vs MI, 21st match at Mumbai, IPL, Mar 25 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
MI won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Subhash: "Is there any prize for most number of Full toss??? just wanted to confirm...i have never seen this much full tosses in a single match.."
Chennai hit 180 but put in a very poor bowling performance and Mumbai, led by Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan, chased it down with an over to spare. Hang on for quotes from post-match ceremony.
Dhoni: "Our bowlers are lacking confidence. The pressure seems to be getting to them. They have to believe in themselves and lift the performance. There was plenty to learn from tendulkar. he knew which fielder had weak shoulder, whom to run, which bowler to take .. it was amazing to learn for all the youngsters. "
Tendulkar is the man of the match: "It's a wonderful moment for us becasue it was a big game for us .. It was a big total and we didn't get off to a flier but Shikhar accelerated brilliantly to play some big shots. It was a well calculated chase in the end. I think I was trying to force the pace too much in the initial overs before i decided let me just stay 20 overs. I have said Thank you to international T20 in 2007 but IPL I have been playing and it's been fun. I wanted to finish the game but got out playing the pull shot. But Bravo finished it off and I am glade we won. I thought our bowlers tried well but they couldn't hit the right areas. Credit to Raina and Badrinath played a good supporting role. It's still too early to say anything about the tournament. You can never take anything for granted. I have never done in cricket. It's a funny old game, just when you think you are on top, things start going wrong."
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Bravo levels the score with yet another flamboyant flick over long-on. Not square-leg mind you but over long-on. Very stylish
slower one, full outside off, drives to cover
squeezes the fuller one for a single
The slow bouncer just outside the off stump line, Tendulkar goes for the pull and top edges it right up in the air and Dhoni moves forward to take it. He has nearly taken his team through but has fallen short just near the line .. Will there be a twist?
How many is too many? Yet another full toss. Tendulkar square-drives it to the point boundary. It's highest Twenty20 score, screams Danny Morrison
full and straight, mistimes the drive to long-on.
slower one well outside off, rolls under the bat and Dhoni collects
The full tosses keep coming. What a night. It was well outside off, Tendulkar opened the bat-face to caress it to the backward point boundary
Jason: "Poor Perera was so nervous! I hope Chennai don't judge his ability on this performance! He is a young man with a lot of talent!"
low dipping full toss, on driven to long-on
that typically flamboyant flick from Bravo .. couple of runs to wide long-on region
really full delivery outside off, squeezed out to backward point
Subhash: "i gave up supporting CSK, what a waste of time and energy...iam sure there will be many like me..."
on the middle and leg, tapped to backward square-leg
leans forward to defend to the on side
Moooraaleeee! It was the top spinner this time that moved outside off, Pollard chops the intended cut on to his stumps
Chipped away for a six! Oh what a shot. He leaned forward, suddenly seemed to decide to go for it and scoop-flicked it over long-on
moves down the track to drive to right of long-off
leans forward to play a very compact looking defensive stroke!
Muthu: "Now, I got it why Perera wasn't given the ball [earlier].
Crowd have gone mad. Would you believe it, it was yet another full toss. Pollard picks the wide long-on boundary this time.
Oh well. Another full toss. Blink. The ball has been picked from midwicket boundary. KP had whipped it away.
Over 19 • MI 181/5