- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 oh, that darted in sharply and skidded low. It was pitched nearly half-way down the pitch and Smith shaped for the pull, but the ball dribbled in at his knees and caught him in front of the stumps and the umpire has the finger up 9/17.2 Gone! Binny coaxes Tendulkar's outside edge. Its another airy drive on the up and Binny having hit a good length, is helped with just the smallest hint of movement away which is all he needs to send the Tendulkar back 38/35.1 And DK's jittery innings comes to an end. His off stump is knocked back. He advances down the track again, but Malik's ball, shortish in length and around off stump, darts in and catches his inside edge and spells his end 26/215.4 but he's gone now. His dabs to third man does him in finally. This is shortish and outside off and rises just a little more than Rohit expected, who was seeing a useful opportunity to get a single but all he can do is manage an edge to the keeper 95/58.1 and there's action straight away. Huge mix up there and Rayudu has to walk back. Shukla targets the chest, but its a little ouside off and Rohit manages to ride the bounce and drop it into the off side and calls for a single, but then says no. Rayudu was too far down the pitch and Rahane swoops down on it from point and completes a simple run out, the batsman wasn't even in the picture. 43/419.1 and he does the trick first ball. Pollard is gone. Wide half-volley gets the batsman to do what he should have. Pollard goes for a wild slog intended to end up in the off side boundary, but the ball takes the outside edge and is safely gloved behind the wicket 130/619.5 slower ball, on a fullish length at the stumps and the batsman can't get good enough contact as the ball is spooned in the region of mid-on. The deep fielder rushes in as the batsmen go for the double and his thrown finds Harbhajan short 141/7Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL142/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dwayne Smith, 1.4 ov), 2-26 (Dinesh Karthik, 5.1 ov), 3-38 (Sachin Tendulkar, 7.2 ov), 4-43 (Ambati Rayudu, 8.1 ov), 5-95 (Rohit Sharma, 15.4 ov), 6-130 (Kieron Pollard, 19.1 ov), 7-141 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AL Menaria 2 0 9 0 4.50 6 1 0 0 0 VS Malik 4 0 24 3 6.00 15 3 1 1 0 JP Faulkner 4 0 31 0 7.75 9 3 1 0 0 SR Watson 3 0 26 1 8.66 9 2 2 0 0 STR Binny 2 0 13 1 6.50 6 1 0 2 0 R Shukla 2 0 6 0 3.00 8 0 0 1 0 KK Cooper 3 0 31 0 10.33 6 4 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 straight to point! Soft dismissal. The shot was on and Dravid crunched it, but Pollard at point has little trouble securing the ball in his big, safe hands 5/111.2 he drags it on. Having played classing strokes till now, he goes for an across the line drag toward midwicket and the ball, which was full and well outside off, catches the inside edge and cannons into his stumps. Poor batting that. It was one of those balls that he was playing the cover drive so far 79/215.3 Shortish and with enough room to merit the freeing of his arms as he goes for the pull, hits it high into the air. It didn't make a good sound off the bat and Dwayne Smith settles underneath it and pouches it safely 107/3Extras6 (lb 4, w 2)TOTAL148/3 (19.4 Overs, RR: 7.52)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Rahul Dravid, 1.3 ov), 2-79 (Ajinkya Rahane, 11.2 ov), 3-107 (Sanju Samson, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MG Johnson 4 0 38 0 9.50 9 7 0 2 0 NM Coulter-Nile 3.4 0 22 1 6.00 12 2 1 0 0 R Dhawan 4 0 17 1 4.25 11 1 0 0 0 PP Ojha 1 0 13 0 13.00 1 1 1 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 3 0 22 0 7.33 5 1 1 0 0 KA Pollard 3 0 20 1 6.66 6 2 0 0 0 DR Smith 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days
21 September 2013 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 4, Mumbai Indians 0
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Mumbai Indians - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 2 wickets)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 6
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (RG Sharma 35, KA Pollard 15, Ex 2)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Mumbai Indians - 142/7 in 20.0 overs (NM Coulter-Nile 12, R Dhawan 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (AM Rahane 22, SV Samson 25, Ex 3)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 5
- SV Samson: 50 off 41 balls (7 x 4)
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