Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Thanks for joining us tonight, and I will leave you with Vijay's unorthodox take on this Mumbai win. Make sure you jump over to the other live scorecard for the second match of the evening,

Vijay : "Sachin has done again what he has been doing for years. Grab all the opponent's attention on him so that rest of the team can play freely and win the matches"

So Mumbai Indians will likely play CSK in the semi-finals (unless Chennai lose by a big margin against T&T). Tendulkar gets another match in coloured clothes.

Rohit Sharma is man of the match: It was a good game, and there was a lot of pressure to get over the lines, but we had the mindset that any target was possible. Our ploy to bat second paid off because we knew what we had to get. We are peaking at the right time and everyone is contributing. We respond well to pressure. I've played here so much now, and I know what to expect from this wicket. It wasn't easy to hit square so I tried to hit as straight as possible.

Simon Katich: I thought we put up a great score thanks to three young players, but they came hard at us with the bat. Some of our young players have been great during this tournament and they've showed they've got great careers ahead of him. Everyone knew it was a full house because Sachin was playing and it's always special to play here. Disappointed to go out the way we did, but there were some positives.

Dwayne Smith: First over a one or two were staying in the pitch, but I thought I'd stay positive and go for my shots. I was talking to Pollard a couple of days ago, and we said "If Perth give us a chance and we qualify, we're going to be hard to stop going into the finals"."

Poor James Neesham's twitter feed has fallen silent, but what an innings from Sharma.

13.2
6
Agar to Rayudu, SIX, it's all over. Mumbai go through and Otago are knocked out! A repeat of the previous shot, but hit even harder this time. Full from Agar, Rayudu down the track and the ball disappears into the stands wide of long on
13.1
6
Agar to Rayudu, SIX, Full on middle stump, and Rayudu may just have sealed it. Comes down the track and blasts that over wide long on for six

Ten runs to get from 8 balls for Mumbai. Agar is back

END OF OVER:
13 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 140/4 (10 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 10.76, RRR: 1.42)

  • Ambati Rayudu2 (2b)
  • Rohit Sharma51 (24b)
  • Brad Hogg3-0-26-2
  • Jason Behrendorff3-0-31-2
12.6
1
Hogg to Rayudu, 1 run, full and on off stump, Rayudu steps down the pitch and drives to long off
12.5
1
Hogg to Sharma, 1 run, length ball straightening on off stump, Sharma goes back and drives to long off
12.4
1
Hogg to Rayudu, 1 run, short ball straightening on the middle stump, Rayudu pulls it away
12.3
W
Hogg to Pollard, OUT, straight through him! Regular chinaman I think, but Pollard, backing away and aiming a big shot over cover clean misses and has his stumps rattled

KA Pollard b Hogg 23 (27m 18b 2x4 1x6) SR: 127.77

12.2
0
Hogg to Pollard, no run, Pollard comes down the track but Hogg bowls it well short, and all Pollard does is pad up to it
12.1
1
Hogg to Sharma, 1 run, full on leg stump, swept to square leg to bring up Sharma's half-century off 23 balls. Super innings under quite some pressure.

Manu : "How come Rohit never plays like this for India? It usually takes him 60 balls to get to 30 for India in ODIs. I remember India having to chase 349 against Lanka in the West Indies Tri Series in July, and Rohit scored 5 off 13. Today, he scored over 30 runs in the first 13 balls."

Hogg again

END OF OVER:
12 | 14 Runs | MI: 136/3 (14 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 11.33, RRR: 1.75)

  • Rohit Sharma49 (22b)
  • Kieron Pollard23 (16b)
  • Jason Behrendorff3-0-31-2
  • Michael Beer4-0-34-0
11.6
1lb
Behrendorff to Sharma, 1 leg bye, length ball on the legs, they scamper one after it hits pad

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16SR TendulkarDR Smith
2nd18DR SmithGJ Maxwell
3rd38DR SmithRG Sharma
4th65RG SharmaKA Pollard
5th15AT RayuduRG Sharma