2335dThe Report by Nitin Sundar

Mumbai Indians outlast T&T in heart-stopper

Having started their campaign with victory in a game they had no business winning, Mumbai Indians nearly accomplished the opposite before pipping a blundering Trindad & Tobago off the last ball

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AT Rayudu
AT Rayudu
36(47) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
2 0 8 4 1 7 11 3
JN Mohammed
JN Mohammed
23(27) 1x4 - 1x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 6 0 4 7 0 6

Best performances - Bowlers

R Rampaul
R Rampaul
O4
M0
R17
W3
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Harbhajan Singh
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs 2 Wkts | MI: 99/9 | RR: 4.95

  • Yuzvendra Chahal2 (1b)
  • Abu Nechim0 (0b)
  • Sherwin Ganga4-0-31-0
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-17-3

So that's it from us tonight. Not the highest quality of cricket, but a thrilling match. T&T fought so hard for 119 balls of the defence, but baffled everybody last ball by going for the tie and not the win. I suppose we wouldn't react similarly if the batsmen went for the tie first with two required off the last ball. But a batsman can control things better, can be more precise with what he wants to do. There are infinitely more things that can go wrong in the field. They did tonight. And then again, even if T&T had achieved the tie they would have had to reckon with Malinga's yorkers. Oh the irony. The side that attacked and attacked to take this defence of 98 to the last ball went defensive last ball and lost it. On that note, we say the goodbyes. See you tomorrow

Ravi Rampual is MoM. What a 19th over he bowled. He says: "Get the yorkers in, don't go for many runs. Being bowled out for 98 we needed early wickets, so I went out attacking. We showed character and heart, and we have three games to follow. I found little extra bounce, and the shape, so the pitch helped."

Darren Ganga: "Disappointing, the result. The guys are shattered. Imagine the manner we fought, but didn't come out winning. Definitely ordinary batting, we showed a lot of heart in the field. That was the first thing, to play for the Super Over. It's unfortunate, Denesh couldn't hit the stumps, these things happen in cricket."

Harbhajan Singh: "I must congratulate Darren and his team. They were the better side. We didn't deserve to win. We didn't bat sensibly. We needed to tick the ball around, but we looked to play too many shots. We just weren't there with the bat. If we keep batting like this, we won't be here for long. We won today, but if we want to be there for the semis, we can't keep playing this kind of cricket."

I am a bit lost right now. Why did T&T try to only tie this one? I mean, they would have had to face Malinga in the Super Over. Not one man saving one. Don't really get it. Ambati Rayudu says it's the win that matters, not how it came. He himself tried his best to lose it by slogging when singles would have won it. Anand writes in, "Sad that T & T lost. Ironic that they should shun the aggressive captaincy that got them to the last ball! Mumbai's team of non mumbaiites and foreigners seem to be getting all the help they want." Can't take the credit away from Chahal, though. He took that diving catch to dismiss the last batsman, and played this last ball with soft hands. There was presence of mind there. And what do you say of Ganga? Attacked throughout to bring this game to the last ball, but then refused to go for the win

19.6
2
S Ganga to Chahal, 2 runs, Ganga has blundered. He didn't go for the win. They give the single on the platter, Chahal hits this full toss with soft hands, Barath has to run in a fair distance, Chahal goes back for the second, the throw at the striker's end is slightly wide, and Ramdin slips in collecting it and trying to throw the stumps down. Misses. Chahal is ecstatic. Ramdin is lying on the field face down. Can't bear to look up

One to tie, two to win. Chahal to face. Nobody saving the single here. What is Ganga up to?

19.5
W
S Ganga to Rayudu, 1 run, OUT, And Rayudu has run himself out. This is full on the pads, driven to long-on, wants the second and the strike, Simmons sees Rayudu was slow to start off with, and he rockets this throw to the keeper. Run out by a fair distance. Has Simmons made up for his own stupid run-out earlier in the game?

AT Rayudu run out 36 (76m 47b 3x4 0x6) SR: 76.59

Malinga is dejected as he walks off. Rayudu on strike again. He hasn't been smart here. Not smart at all

19.4
W
S Ganga to Rayudu, OUT, Another twist. Rayudu tries the big shot again. Hits it back to Ganga, Malinga is backing up, and Ganga runs him out. What a game, all three results likely

SL Malinga run out 15 (12m 8b 1x4 1x6) SR: 187.50

19.3
1
S Ganga to Malinga, 1 run, yorker on off, Malinga dives this to long-off for one
19.2
6
S Ganga to Malinga, SIX, Is Malinga pulling off another heist? Full toss outside off, and he has smacked it straight down the ground, to the right of Mohamed at long-off. Mohamed dives to his right, doesn't get a hand to it
19.1
1
S Ganga to Rayudu, 1 run, low full toss, hit back down the ground, Ganga dives full length, gets a hand to it, but they take the single

Right. At the start of the innings, I never thought I'd be saying this. Eleven required off the last over. Ganga will bowl it. Three men on the slog: long-on, deep midwicket, deep square

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11TL SumanAC Blizzard
2nd2AT RayuduTL Suman
3rd1AT RayuduJEC Franklin
4th2A SymondsAT Rayudu
5th17AT RayuduKA Pollard
6th32R SathishAT Rayudu
7th10Harbhajan SinghAT Rayudu
8th21AT RayuduSL Malinga
9th1AT RayuduAN Ahmed
10th2AN AhmedYS Chahal

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375