24/09Result
Group A (N), Nokia Champions League T20 at Chennai, Sep 24 2011
MI won by 3 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaMumbai Indians
24/09Result
Group A (N), Nokia Champions League T20 at Chennai, Sep 24 2011
MI won by 3 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaMumbai Indians

Lasith Malinga is expected to win matches with the ball, he does the job with the bat this time. Those two straight sixes off Jakati gave Mumbai hope, there was some senseless swinging after that, but Mumbai will be willing to forgive that as he ends with 37* off 18. The partnership with Harbhajan was 53 off 4.3 overs, it needed something special to beat Chennai at home - Malinga and Harbhajan provided that. Hang on for the presentation.

Rohit Verma writes in: "Finally, the CEO of CSK team can sit easily during the matches as he thought that whenever he was sitting in a chennai match in chennai his team was loosing the match, so, he kept standing in all the matches in chennai till today's match."

Tyler: "Oh dear, what has that Eng tour done to our MS Dhoni ? He is now lossing these close matches even at his fortress chepauk !!!"

Pranav: "Dhoni must be really wondering where his MIDAS touch has disappeared"

Presentation ceremony: Harbhajan: "In my mind I was just thinking, give the strike to Malinga. Chennai got runs on the board, it was a difficult task for is, Malinga played the innings of his life."

Dhoni blames himself for the missed stumping, saying that cost Chennai the catch, says he is to blame several times. He says Chennai should have taken the pace off the ball when Malinga got going. "Hopefully in the coming games, we won't repeat the mistakes we did today."

Lasith Malinga is the Man of the Match.

Rahul writes in: "A team dominated 95% of the match, only to lose it in the last 2 overs. Only in a T20 can something so ridiculous happen. Malingaaaaaaaa, you beauty!"

Mull over whether that is a good thing or bad. I'm signing off, see you tomorrow at 4pm for Warriors v Redbacks.

19.5
1
Bollinger to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, Mumbai have won, their dressing room has gone bonkers, Harbhajan Singh barely shows any emotion after bottom-edging a swipe towards midwicket that brings the match-winning single, Chepauk is dumbstruck, Chennai's prefect home record for 2011 is gone
19.4
4
Bollinger to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, oh dear oh dear, the scores are tied as Harbhajan Singh swings the ball behind square leg, it was short of length ball, Harbhajan whacks that for four, two balls, one run, keep your head Mumbai
19.3
1
Bollinger to Malinga, 1 run, length ball angling into the pads, Malinga whips it towards deep midwicket, too well to have time for the second
19.2
4
Bollinger to Malinga, FOUR, oh, it's a boundary, it's down to six off four balls, who'd thought this? Malinga makes a bit of room and absolutely carves the ball over backward point for four
19.1
1
Bollinger to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, short of length ball is swiped towards deep midwicket, just a single though

11 needed off the final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | MI: 148/7 (12 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.78, RRR: 12.00)

  • Lasith Malinga32 (16b)
  • Harbhajan Singh13 (17b)
  • Albie Morkel3-0-32-1
  • Doug Bollinger3-0-26-0
18.6
2b
Morkel to Malinga, 2 byes, someone tell Malinga to try the straight hits, another attempted thrash to the leg side, another miss, fortunately for him the ball bounces a second time before Dhoni, making it an awkward take, Dhoni can't stop that and there are two byes to be had
18.5
2
Morkel to Malinga, 2 runs, finally he connects with that swing of his, not too well, a bottom-edge wide of Bollinger at short fine leg, don't think Bollinger spotted it early, that left him with more ground to cover, allowing time for the second
18.4
0
Morkel to Malinga, no run, goes back to trying to send the ball into orbit over midwicket, once more he misses
18.3
6
Morkel to Malinga, SIX, Malinga ditches the swing-to-midwicket and decides to go back to driving straight and it pays dividends, a six over long-off, and this Chennai crowd is pretty anxious now
18.2
0
Morkel to Malinga, no run, ooh, could have been one more wide, just within the limit the umpire deems it, it was one more familiar Malinga swing, no connection once more
18.2
2w
Morkel to Harbhajan Singh, 2 wides, another wide outside off from Albie Morkel, again Harbhajan tries to muscle it to midwicket, again he misses, what's more the batsmen scramble a run as it goes through to the keeper
18.2
1w
Morkel to Harbhajan Singh, 1 wide, full, slower ball well outside off, another swipe from Harbhajan, no contact, that's been called a wide
18.1
1
Morkel to Malinga, 1 run, full and well outside off, off the bottom of the bat to the off side, Harbhajan comes on strike now

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs | MI: 134/7 (26 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.44, RRR: 13.00)

  • Harbhajan Singh13 (17b)
  • Lasith Malinga23 (10b)
  • Doug Bollinger3-0-26-0
  • Shadab Jakati4-0-36-0
17.6
0
Bollinger to Harbhajan Singh, no run, another slower one, another flail, another ball through to the keeper, this is a top over from Bollinger
17.5
1
Bollinger to Malinga, 1 run, short of length ball is absolutely lashed towards extra cover by Malinga, Raina is struck in the unmentionables as he tries to field that scorcher
17.4
0
Bollinger to Malinga, no run, that was a bit slower from Bollinger, 128kph, Malinga swipes at it and misses
17.3
0
Bollinger to Malinga, no run, a big swing from Malinga, gets an edge and it reaches Dhoni on the bounce
17.2
4
Bollinger to Malinga, FOUR, another example of why this is a batsman's game, Bollinger fires in a superb full ball, Malinga didn't know much about that, there's a thick outside edge though and the ball races past Dhoni for four
17.1
1
Bollinger to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, angling into leg stump, Harbhajan is cramped up, but he somehow turns the ball towards short fine for a single

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs | MI: 128/7 (32 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.52, RRR: 10.66)

  • Lasith Malinga18 (6b)
  • Harbhajan Singh12 (15b)
  • Shadab Jakati4-0-36-0
  • Albie Morkel2-0-20-1
16.6
0
Jakati to Malinga, no run, Dhoni misses a stumping, Malinga is looking for his third six of the over, he gets nowhere near this outside off ball and is well out of his crease, Dhoni could have had his fifth victim in this innings, he doesn't collect, and Malinga survives
16.5
1
Jakati to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, Harbhajan Singh gives it everything as he swings, bottom edge towards short fine
16.4
1
Jakati to Malinga, 1 run, driven towards long-on for a single
16.3
6
Jakati to Malinga, SIX, six more, there's life in this game yet, it's down to 33 off 21 after another six from Malinga, a length ball, Malinga backs away from leg, down the track and a powerful hit over long-off

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39DJ JacobsAC Blizzard
2nd11TL SumanAC Blizzard
3rd7AT RayuduTL Suman
4th2A SymondsTL Suman
5th4A SymondsKA Pollard
6th22R SathishKA Pollard
7th21Harbhajan SinghKA Pollard
8th53Harbhajan SinghSL Malinga

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