IPL CRICKET 2010 - Mumbai Indian Vs Deccan Chargers

IPL CRICKET 2010

Mumbai Indian Vs Deccan Chargers

Mighty MI Keep On Rolling

Mumbai Register 63-Run Win Against Deccan Chargers To Stay On Top Of The IPL Table

Mumbai:An allround effort by Team Mumbai was enough to see off Deccan Chargers by 63 runs on Saturday. After Ambati Rayudu and Saurabh Tiwary's heroics with the bat, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh bowled brilliantly to keep Mumbai help Mumbai on top of the IPL table. Set to score 179 for a win, Deccan Chargers were dismissed for 115 all out in 18.2 overs as Zaheer Khan took 2 for 10 and Harbhajan Singh 2 for 16. Earlier, Ambati Rayudu struck an unbeaten 29-ball 55 to help Mumbai Indians recover from a mini collapse and post a challenging 178 for five.

               Rayudu, who joined another youngster Saurabh Tiwary when the hosts had lost three wickets in a heap to be at 62 for three after nine overs, cracked two sixes and sex fours during his breezy innings.

         Tiwary also made 44 off 35 balls with three sixes and one four, and added 65 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership with Rayudu. Rayudu and Kieron Pollard (21) then added a quick 51 in less than five overs for the sixth-wicket combo to help MI end on a high note.

       Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha picked up three wickets for 26 runs but Deccan, after looking like restricting high-flying hosts for a modest total conceded a lot of runs to the end. The visitors gave away 34 runs in the last two overs off Ryan Harris and Jaskaran Singh.

         Their expensive overs spoil Ojha's effort who picked up opener Shikhar Dhawan (14) and Dwayne Bravo (2) in sucessive overs and then added Tiwary to his tally.

       Rahul Sharma also chipped in with the prized wicket of captain Sachin Tendulkar (35). The home team batsmen struggled on a sluggish wicket that offered turn to the spinners.

        Mumbai were given a good start by the right-left combination of Tendulkar and Dhawan who put on 53 runs before three wickets fell in quick succession.

         Deccan started bowling with Rohit Sharma after Tendulkar won the toss and opted to bat first.

        But the off-spinner could not control the new ball and started with two wides before Tendulkar on-drove him with a lofted shot for a four. Rohit conceded 12 runs in the first over.

        But Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist soon stumped Dhawan off Ojha to give the hosts first blow and in the next over Sharma trapped in-form Tendulkar plumb. He made 35 off 25 balls with the help of five fours. The hosts were rocked further when Ojha made a ball turn that went past the bat of West Indian Bravo to reduce them to 62 for three from 53 for no loss in 18 balls.