Kings XI Punjab seal their first win of the season! Banged in short as Suchith nips down the track, beaten on the pull as the ball got big on him
Kings XI vs MI, 7th match at Mumbai, IPL, Apr 12 2015 - Match Result
Many thanks for your company and comments. It was physically impossible to post them all, but do keep sending them. Andrew Fernando has fired in his report. And thanks, Thilak. This is Deivarayan Muthu off to sip a cool drink of my own.
George Bailey, Kings XI Punjab captain and Man of the Match: It got a little hairy there at the end. T20, that is what happens. I was happy with the bowling and we deserved to win as our bowling was outstanding, not to take anything away from Bhajji, though . We made an error in judgement - me and Davey - last game [on the demotion]. It is a beautiful wicket. It is a long race and we have to be consistent. Oh, no no [responding to the question whether Bhajji could have pulled that off]. He is a beautiful striker. It is a tight schedule and I will have a cool drink.
Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians captain: They [Suchith and Harbhajan] played really well. I thought we lost it in the first six overs. We lost too many wickets. We can learn a lot from Bhajji and Suchith. They bowled steady, they stuck to their plan. Nothing extraordinary. We played some stupid shots in the chase. We have some work to be done. Credit to Kings XI Punjab for winning this game. I think the bowlers did a pretty good job in the end, Suyal bowled well at the death. Malinga, as always, did the job for us. We need to see what we can do as a bowling unit. We feel we can use Malinga in the middle. Their middle order is strong with Maxwell, Miller and Bailey coming in. You always want your best bowler to bowl to the best batsmen.
Gaurav: "And Harbhajan Singh is J. Suchith's maiden wicket in his only List A Match so far."
Bhajji sports a smile and shakes hands with the Punjab players. Nice camaraderie. Two losses in two games for Mumbai Indians. Their top order was dismantled early in the chase as they subsided to 46 for 5 inside 12 overs. Pollard followed soon, after which Bhajji and Suchith swung their bats around to lend some respectability to the chase and reduce the margin of defeat. The game,though, was virtually sewn up after Mumbai's top order was blown away.
Mithun Chakrava: "Bhaji bowled 24 balls and taken 2 wickets for 20 runs. And faced 24 balls and hit 6 sixer and 5 fours "
But not enough.. They were left to do too much on their own.
chaithanya: "did harbhajan and suchith scored a 36 ball century together. Amazing!!"
Idrees: "Thanks to Bhajji Mumbia's Net run rate will not be severely dented"
Kings XI fan: "This Suchith got pedegree. Was amazed to see his skills as a bowler. Bowler with a perfect action. And a more than a handy lower-order batsman. May be the find of this IPL"
End of a serial-bombing of an innings from Bhajji. Anureet congratulates him. He elicits tremendous applause from the crowd as he walks back. Maxi pats him as well. On a length and outside off, carved into the hands of deep point
Two legal balls will do for Kings XI
full and outside off, crashed straight into the covers. Bhajji throws his head back in disappointment
Back over the wicket
length on the leg stump, slower ball, Bhajji goes deep in the crease and mauls it over the deep midwicket boundary
angled outside off from round the stumps, Bhajji squeezes it away past the covers
Rohit chewing his nails in the dug-out.. 29 off 5.
he charges down the track, takes it on the full and drills it down to long-off
30 needed off the final over.. Over the wicket
He comes down the track, takes it on the full and drags it towards cow corner off the inside section of the bat
lowish full toss on off, pushed down to long-off
near yorker, squeezed out to mid-off. Overthrow, but just a single
33 needed off 9. Chants of 'We want six' rumbles around the Wankhede
tossed up, Suchith races down the track and goes inside-out over the covers
on a length and pushed through on middle, he sinks to one knee and slog sweeps it over long-on. Good connection from Suchith
Suchith backs away, takes it on the full and powers it away to the long-off fence
Axar Patel..
MUKUL CHILWAL: "more precisely as an allrounder"
fastest fifty by a Mumbai Indians player. Full and outside off, sliced in front of point. If only the top order had contributed
full toss outside off, Suchith carves it away to sweeper cover
Avishek: "Next time Fantasy league should have the option of selecting Harbhajan as a batsman "
low full toss on off, pushed into the covers
Bailey walks up to Dhawan and has a chat with him
fifth six for Bhajji. Length outside off, Bhajji wades into it and clobbers the attempted slower ball over long-on. Into the stands. Biggest of the lot
off-side wide, just past the tram-line
he shortens his length outside off, Bhajji throws his bat at it and gets an outside edge that runs away towards deep third man. Anureet runs across and hauls the ball in. Sharp work
swing and a miss to a length ball outside off
yorker on off, pushed down to long-off
1W | 1W | |||
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2015 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20 |
Match days | 12 April 2015 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Kings XI Punjab 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 20 • MI 159/7