The off stump has been pegged back. Full, straight, tilting in from round the stumps, Harbhajan goes for the swing across the line and misses. Timber!
CSK vs MI, 37th match at Chennai, IPL, Apr 06 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
The pitch got slower and slower and even if Tendulkar hadn't retired hurt, it would have been difficult. But once he went back, Mumbai imploded spectacularly.
Tendulkar: I am feeling slightly drained out .. lots of weakness and it was struggling.. so thought rather than throwing my wicket away, I will keep it for later. I didn't have the strength to hit the ball.. so i left. I thought Chennai played better cricket than us and deserved to win. The loss has come at the right time for us. It's a wake-up call for us. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark, the catching can be better. It can happen in cricket. Nothing to worry, no need to panic. We just need to stay calm. Hopefully, I will be ready for the next game."
MS Dhoni : We didn't cash it after the kind of start we got. After the 13th over or so, we didn't cash in but it was a very slow wicket. The wicket was on the slower side. Just the fear was Tendulkar, he loves this wicket. good that that the heat got him! Apart from that we did a good job with the ball. With Bollinger and Thushara coming in, they have bowled well in the final overs. It was above par score. Two points are important. It's good to get points against top-ranked team. We will take one game at a time. Albie i hope he gets fit for the next game.It upsets the team composition. Murali would have been terrific on this wicket but in the end of the day I am happy with Ashwin and Jakati.
Man of the match is Suresh Raina: Dhoni handled the bowlers well. AShwin, Jakati, Thushara,. Bollinger did a good job. Stumper (Steve Rixon) gave us a good fielding session."
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Please hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.
Rahul Oak: "Mumbai Indians should really be named 1990's Indians. So nostalgic watching a batting collapse after Sachin. The only thing that comes close is Kumble diving over the ball to concede a boundary. Oh, the good old days!"
banged in short outside off, Harbhajan goes for the pull but no wood on leather
Delicious thump! He cleared the front foot and smashed the low dipping full toss over long-off
yorker outside off stump, dug out to the off side ..
another full delivery, dragged of the inner edge to backward square-leg ...
moves towards off, tries to swing it to the on side .. almost yorker length, edged to his pad
low full toss wide outside off stump ... Bollinger thinks its a harsh call.. seems a fair call ..
on the off stump line, hi to Thushara at short cover
presses back and drags it to Hayden at short midwicket
stays back to thump it down to long-on
moves down the track and edges it to fine-leg region
stays back to mishit to the on side ...
moves down the track and slices it to deep point region
yorker length from round the stumps, outside off, Harbhajan can't get bat to ball
VB Chandrasekhar is watching on from the sidelines
moves outside leg and drills the full delivery, from over the stumps, to sweeper cover
full in length, from round the stumps, mishit towards long-on
Violence! low full toss from round the stumps, Harbhajan hammers it over long-on
Twhack! A flat-batted thrash over long-on. He cleared the front leg and slapped the short of length delivery over long-on
fullish, around off, mishit back to Bowler
stays back to force it away to long-off
Over 20 • MI 141/9