flicked off the pads behind square for a single, Deccan has slaughtered Mumbai to record their first win and thanks primarily to Adam Gilchrist
MI vs Chargers, 14th match at Navi Mumbai, IPL, Apr 27 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
14th match (N), DY Patil, April 27, 2008, Indian Premier League
154/7
(12/20 ov, T:155) 155/0
Chargers won by 10 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
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Will Gilchrist try and win it with his 11th six?
end of over 128 runs
DCH: 155/0CRR: 12.91
VVS Laxman37 (26b 4x4 1x6)
Adam Gilchrist109 (47b 9x4 10x6)
Siddharth Chitnis 2-0-20-0
Dwayne Bravo 2-0-31-0
Well there's not much you can do when you come up against Adam Gilchrist in such a mood. England found out during the 2006-07 Ashes when he hit Test cricket's second fastest century at Perth, Sri Lanka found out during the World cup final when Gilchrist blazed the highest score in a World Cup final and now Mumbai have borne the brunt of his amazing stroke play.
"What a knock from Gilly! I don't see any of the senior Indian icons like Ganguly, Dravid or Laxman scoring a quick fire hundred in a T20 match," says Rahul. "Also, has anybody thought of choosing captains based on merit."
Gilchrist's hundred has given Deccan Chargers their first win of the IPL, in their fourth game. They've won by ten wickets and with 44 balls remaining which is a stunning margin. They may have lost the first three games but there are ten more to go and with Gilchrist and Afridi in the ranks they can never be written off.
Mumbai, on the other hand, will await the result of Harbhajan's hearing tomorrow and will be desperate for Tendulkar to regain his fitness. There's no question of who the Man of the Match is: Adam Gilchrist and he also wins the cash award for most sixes. He hit ten today.
Well I was hoping for a close contest but Gilchrist ensured that it was anything but. The innings was spectacular though and the hitting was as clean as you'll see. Do catch the highlights if you haven't been able to watch it. That's it from us at Cricinfo today, thank you for your emails. This is George Binoy signing off. I'll see you all soon. Cheers.
11.6
1
Chitnis to Laxman, 1 run
11.5
4
Chitnis to Laxman, FOUR runs
Laxman leans forward and punches a full toss through mid-off for four more
11.4
1
Chitnis to Gilchrist, 1 run
Gilchrist clears his front foot out of the way and drives the ball towards long on for one more
11.3
1
Chitnis to Laxman, 1 run
Laxman works the ball off his pads through square leg for a single
11.2
1
Chitnis to Gilchrist, 1 run
driven firmly off the front foot through cover point for a single
11.1
•
Chitnis to Gilchrist, no run
bowled slowly through the air outside off, Gilchrist tries to cut but gets beaten
end of over 1117 runs
DCH: 147/0CRR: 13.36 • RRR: 0.88
VVS Laxman31 (23b 3x4 1x6)
Adam Gilchrist107 (44b 9x4 10x6)
Dwayne Bravo 2-0-31-0
Abhishek Nayar 1-0-22-0
10.7
•
Dwayne Bravo to Laxman, no run
10.6
6
Dwayne Bravo to Laxman, SIX runs
Laxman's hit a six! Bravo bowls another short ball and Laxman pulls hard, the ball hits the top edge and flies right over the keeper for a six, not very conventional but Laxman's got one under the sixes column, whoops replays show it fell short of the boundary so he's yet to hit a six
10.5
•
Dwayne Bravo to Laxman, no run
banged in short by Bravo, Laxman ducks under it
10.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Gilchrist, 1 run
fuller length on middle and leg stump, Gilchrist drives hard and straight towards long-on
10.3
6
Dwayne Bravo to Gilchrist, SIX runs
that is his tenth six! his tenth! Gilchrist swivels and pulls a short ball hard over deep midwicket, they are feeding him with short balls and he is loving it
10.3
1w
Dwayne Bravo to Gilchrist, 1 wide
bowled wide down leg side, Gilchirst tries to deposit that over long leg as well but it is too far away from him
10.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Laxman, 1 run
slower ball outside off stump, Laxman guides the ball towards third man for a single
10.1
2
Dwayne Bravo to Laxman, 2 runs
Laxman flicks a full ball off his pads towards long leg where Nehra stops the ball with his boot
Bravo comes back for another over.
end of over 1022 runs
DCH: 130/0CRR: 13.00 • RRR: 2.50
Adam Gilchrist100 (42b 9x4 9x6)
VVS Laxman22 (18b 3x4)
Abhishek Nayar 1-0-22-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-17-0
9.6
6
Nayar to Gilchrist, SIX runs
he's done it! Gilchrist has teed off here, he's picked up a short of a length ball and sent it into orbit with a massive swing of the bat, the ball sails over deep midwicket and he's got his 100 off 42 balls, the fastest of the competition, the home team may be Mumbai but the crowd is going wild, they're cheering for this hitting is simply superb
9.6
1w
Nayar to Gilchrist, 1 wide
bowled full and wide outside off stump, Gilchrist chases it but misses, Asad Rauf calls it wide
Can he get 100 with a six? Gilchrist's on 94.
9.5
1
Nayar to Laxman, 1 run
full ball on middle stump, Laxman nudges the ball towards the leg side for a single
9.4
1
Nayar to Gilchrist, 1 run
now Gilchirst hits the ball straight past the bowler and Kulkarni runs to his left and makes a fantastic save on the boundary with one hand, he keeps his balance to stay inside the rope
9.3
6
Nayar to Gilchrist, SIX runs
the length is full now and Gilchrist launches it off the front foot over extra cover, that was hit flat but the ball screams over the boundary, he moves into the 90s, breath-taking hitting
9.2
6
Nayar to Gilchrist, SIX runs
well no one has learnt, you cannot bowl even a fraction short to Gilchrist, Nayar pitches short and Gilchirst dispatches him with the pull over deep backward square leg
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