Mumbai Win, Game Over! Rohit Sharma does it for Mumbai again, Christian dishes out a full toss again and Rohit does not miss that and clubs it over long-on fence for a dinger
Chargers vs MI, 9th match at Visakhapatnam, IPL, Apr 09 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
MI won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
That's it from me, folks. Hope you enjoyed the match as much as i did bringing it to you. This is Abhishek N signing off and see you for the double header tomorrow. Ta...Ta and Good Bye....
Presentation Ceremony:
Sangakkara: "We were probably 15-20 runs short. Rohit batted brilliantly. Mishra, Steyn and Sharma bowled well. Dan Christian was left with a tough job in the last over"
Harbhajan: "We were right under the target. We knew that the boundaries were short and later on the bowlers would be under pressure. We have got the batsmen who can clear any boundaries. We should have finished it a little earlier"
Rohit Sharma: is the Man of the Match for his gem of a performance
Rohit Sharma: "The idea was to stay calm. That is what I have been doing for India. When Franklin came in, we needed 19 runs in the last over. I knew we could do it in the end. The dive on the second last ball was what saved us. We needed this win very badly. We lost the second game and needed to win this to gain momentum."
What an unbelievable game it turned out to be! 18 runs required off the last over and the last three balls changed the entire complexion of the match. Rohit Sharma played a cracker of an innings with his 50 ball 73. Deccan Chargers would be gutted at that loss especially after the way Steyn bowled.
outside off, slapped hard down to wide of long-off and the batsmen steal a two even as Parthiv removes the bails in a flash at the striker's end
Umpires go upstairs for a run-out chance
full toss outside off, Rohit swings it wildly and comes off the toe end of the bat and it sails over the point boundary for a six
Parthiv misses the stumps as Franklin misses an outside off delivery and the batsmen sneak a single
width on the off, punched down to long-off and sneak a two, poor throw from the fielder in the deep
good start, smashes it straight past the bowler to long-off boundary , that was blasted
swipes across the line, gets an inside edge onto his pads and the ball rolls to the keeper as the batsmen pinch single
Bowled! wide outside off, Karthik drags it onto his left toe and the ball deflects on to his stumps, Karthik does not use his feet at all
banged in short, takes the inside edge and goes through to the keeper on one bounce and the batsmen steal a single from nowhere
slower one, deceives Karthik as he looks to heave it and misses it
on the full again, drills it past point to wide of third man and go through for a single though fielder at third man stumbles
yorker length, stays in the crease and digs it out to mid-off for a single
yorker, Karthik squeezes it to deep square leg for a single
makes room, drives inside out and pinches a single
turning away, gives room and thrashes it deep into the crowd behind deep midwicket
quicker one, pushed back to the bowler
spins away from outside off, sweeps and misses it
straighter one, skips down the track and carts it over long-off for a stupendous six
fuller and straighter, crunched down the ground to long-off for an easy single
outside off, sliced to backward point and go through for a quick single
Over 20 • MI 142/5
MI won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)