That's all from us this evening. We will be back tomorrow for the big final. Thanks for all your feedback and comments, it's Devashish Fuloria signing off. Ciao ciao.
Dwayne Smith is the Man of the Match.
"I wasn't aware that i was close to 50000, I only saw it on the big screen," says Tendulkar. "But it was a good performance by us after Smithy gave us a good start. It's fun to watch him hit those balls hard. I told him I am not backing up too far as I might get hit by his shots. I am a little superstitious, so I don't like speaking about my own team (on his team's chances in the final). T&T are a dangerous side and they play the format very well. I was glad that Pollard and Smithy were on our side."
"We should have got 15 more run," says Ramdin. "170 was on par for it, but we kept losing the wickets. There was a bit of dew out there and we bowled full to them earlier, allowing them to get away to a good start."
Mumbai Indians make it to their second CLT20 final in three years. The chase was set up by yet another power-packed start from Dwayne Smith and Tendulkar played some of his vintage shots in his best innings this tournament, but in the end, despite a masterclass from Sunil Narine, the target was not enough for the strong batting line up. T&T lost Emrit in the first over after he hurt his shoulder, but no one other than Narine provided any sort of fight and once Mumbai had negotiated Narine, everything else was easily manageable. It means it will be a Mumbai v Rajasthan Royals final tomorrow, a chance to see two old legends play the limited-overs game for the last time.
Parash: "People will say Smith and Sachin but the most crucial innings was played by Rohit. He had negotiated Narine well when on song and then attacked the others with effortless ease!!"
SaadM: "Lewis 62 from 46,Ottley 41 from 30,Dwayne Smith 59 from 38,Narine 4-0-17-3. Overall West Indies Won the Match"
kollis: "the great thing about leugue cricket is that even after your team looses there are no big emotions. bcz you still have other players who you support in the team that wins...especially being a west indian"
Ishan Jain: "Thank god final is going to be held in Delhi. Had it been scheduled in Jaipur, we would have guessed the results easily."
shashi: "@susil kumar take steyn and ashwin in... Oppsition handovers you the win without playing !!"
Uwaisul Karnain: "@Susil Kumar: Provided the batting side doesn't consist of AB, Dhoni, Gayle, Alex Hales etc."
Bhairav: "Respect @ Narine....What a bowler.... what an effort...."
Simmons to bowl the last over
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | MI: 151/4 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 3.00)
- Kieron Pollard2 (3b)
- Dinesh Karthik27 (20b)
- Ravi Rampaul4-0-29-0
- Sunil Narine4-0-17-3
Susil Kumar: "If only some team could take Narine, Tambe, Mishra in the same team, even 80 could be defended!!!"
END OF OVER:18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 140/4 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.77, RRR: 7.00)
- Kieron Pollard2 (2b)
- Dinesh Karthik16 (15b)
- Sunil Narine4-0-17-3
- Navin Stewart2-0-20-0
Beautiful spell by Narine here, but he just didn't have any support today
Two slips for Pollard, last throw of dice from TnT and Narine
RG Sharma b Narine 25 (22m 22b 1x4 2x6) SR: 113.63
The ball has been changed because it has lost the shape. Narine is back..
END OF OVER:17 | 13 Runs | MI: 137/3 (17 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 5.66)
- Dinesh Karthik15 (12b)
- Rohit Sharma25 (21b)
- Navin Stewart2-0-20-0
- Sunil Narine3-0-14-2
Ashwin Soni : "@ Vishal: 'Indians Play Spin better'..it is now a famous joke in the pub where the English team party!"