Mumbai have a foot in the door of the semis! Tossed up by Harbhajan and he goes skyward down to wide long-on, Dhawan runs forward and takes the catch
MI vs RR, 45th match at Jaipur, , Apr 11 2010 - Match Result
Let me be blunt here. Rajasthan were ordinary for most part. They should have had Tendulkar caught at 45, they should have communicated better while running. They will look back at this match with regret. And it had to happen in front of their home crowd, this is their first ever loss at home.
Zaheer, in an interview, was just asked how criucial that dropped catch off Sachin was. He said, very matter of factly, "That would have been a no-ball anyway, it was the second bouncer of the over." Was it? We should re-run the tapes to find out. Stay with us for the presentation.
Regarding Mumbai, there's a chance that five teams will be locked on 16 points, which will come down to net run rate. Mumbai are as likely to miss the semis as Punjab are likely to make them.
Warne: "I thought we had the game under control for a while but Sachin took over. The run rate could become crucial. We need to finish our innings better. We thought 170 was a par score but credit to them. Bit of panic at the start and too many run-outs."
Tendulkar is the Man of the Match: "I thought 170 was competitive, full marks to our fast bowlers, esp Zaheer. The target was to stay till the end. Fielding was very sharp, when all gels together it's a special performance. I better keep scoring fifties (because Mumbai usually win when he scores)."
That's it from us here. Thanks for your company today. Cheers guys.
he skies it down to deep square leg and the ball just drops short of Zaheer
clips it down to deep backward square leg
full and pushed down to long-off
clipped to deep backward square leg
full toss on his pads and clipped to deep square leg
he's having some fun there, gets under a full delivery and lofts him high over long-on
makes room and tries to loft inside out but the ball is skied towards deep extra cover, Duminy and Dhawan converge but the ball drops short of both
bowls a slower one and he smashes it down to long-off
squeezes out a low full toss down to long-off
slower ball and he lofts it high and clears long-on, seemed like a mishit at first
chipped in the air but the ball drops well in front of long-on
backs away this time and swishes at thin air
late evening workout here for Dole, he backs away to a short delivery and mows it over midwicket, just drops short of the rope
another yorker and he squirts it out to the off side
aims for the yorker but it's a low full toss squeezed out to point
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |
Toss | Rajasthan Royals, elected to field 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 | 11 April 2010 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Rajasthan Royals 0 |
Over 20 • RR 137/8