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The dismal performance of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL continued as Mumbai Indians beat them by 9 runs in the 23rd Match of IPL T20 season 2. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. With a very useful innings from J P Duminy (52 off 37 balls) after the foundation laid by Sachin Tendulkar (34 off 30 balls), Mumbai Indians reached 148/6 in 20 overs. Kolkata could not keep up with the required run rate when they came to bat and even a brilliant innings by Brad Hodge (73 off 60 balls) and Morne van Wyk (32 off 35 balls) could not save them as they ended up with only 139/6 in their 20 overs. Zaheer Khan was brilliant with the ball with bowling figures of 3 wickets for 31 runs. J P Duminy was awarded with the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 52 off 37 balls.

Full Scorecard

Mumbai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Morne van Wyk b Ashok Dinda 6 8 1 0 75
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Brendon McCullum b Ajit Agarkar 34 30 3 2 113.33
Harbhajan Singh c Ashok Dinda b Murali Kartik 6 7 0 0 85.71
Abhishek Nayar b Brad Hodge 10 13 1 0 76.92
JP Duminy not out 52 37 1 4 140.54
Graham Napier c Brendon McCullum b Chris Gayle 15 16 1 0 93.75
Ajinkya Rahane c Chris Gayle b Ishant Sharma 10 8 1 0 125
Zaheer Khan not out 2 2 0 0 100
Pinal Shah (W)
Saurabh Tiwary
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 1, w – 6, nb – 1, lb – 5 13
Total: (148 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 148 Run Rate: 7.4

Fall of Wickets1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.2), 2-40 (Harbhajan Singh, 5.5), 3-54 (Sachin Tendulkar, 7.5), 4-71 (Abhishek Nayar, 11.4), 5-96 (Graham Napier, 15.5), 6-131 (Ajinkya Rahane, 18.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 24 1 1 2 6
Ashok Dinda 3 0 27 1 0 1 9
Laxmi Shukla 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
Murali Kartik 3 0 20 1 0 0 6.67
Ajit Agarkar 1 0 12 1 0 1 12
Chris Gayle 4 0 21 1 0 1 5.25
Brad Hodge 2 0 13 1 0 0 6.5

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Chris Gayle b Zaheer Khan 7 7 1 0 100
Sourav Ganguly b Zaheer Khan 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Hodge run out (JP Duminy) 73 60 5 3 121.67
Morne van Wyk (W) c JP Duminy b Graham Napier 32 35 3 0 91.43
Laxmi Shukla b Zaheer Khan 6 7 0 0 85.71
Brendon McCullum (C) c Lasith Malinga b Abhishek Nayar 5 7 0 0 71.43
Wriddhiman Saha not out 8 4 1 0 200
Ajit Agarkar not out 0 0 0 0
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 1, lb – 1 8
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.4), 2-8 (Chris Gayle, 2.2), 3-97 (Morne van Wyk, 14.5), 4-119 (Laxmi Shukla, 17.2), 5-130 (Brad Hodge, 19), 6-132 (Brendon McCullum, 19.3)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 4 0 31 3 1 1 7.75
Graham Napier 4 0 27 1 0 0 6.75
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 24 0 0 0 6
Lasith Malinga 4 0 23 0 0 2 5.75
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 13 0 0 2 13
Abhishek Nayar 3 0 20 1 0 1 6.67

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Mumbai Indians had a lot of expectations running on them with a brilliant combination of batsmen and bowlers in their team. But Chennai Super Kings also have a deadly match and so the IPL T20 season 2 opener was bound to become an excellent clash. Mumbai Indians were put to bat by Dhoni after he won the toss. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar started the proceedings although they were finding it a bit tough initially. But they played consistently with Sachin Tendulkar (59 off 49 balls), Jayasuriya (26 off 20 balls), Shikhar Dhawan (22 off 21 balls) and Abhishek Nayar (35 off 14 balls) playing the major roles. Mumbai Indians closed at 165 for 7 wickets in their 20 overs. The highlight of the Mumbai Indians innings was three sixes off Flintoff’s over by Abhishek Nayyar. Chennai Super Kings had a terrible start with Parthiv Patel out in the second ball. Matthew Hayden (44 off 35 balls), Dhoni (36 off 26 balls) and Flintoff (24 off 23 balls) were the main contributions from the Chennai Super Kings side but those were not enough. Chennai Super Kings fell short of the target of 166 and closed their innings at 146/7 after 20 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Man of the Match while Abhishek Nayar got the maximum sixes award. The match was the perfect start to the IPL T20 season 2. The fun begins

This is the full scorecard

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Matthew Hayden b Thilan Thushara 26 20 5 0 130
Sachin Tendulkar (C) not out 59 49 7 0 120.41
Shikhar Dhawan c MS Dhoni b Manpreet Gony 22 21 2 0 104.76
JP Duminy c & b Manpreet Gony 9 7 1 0 128.57
Dwayne Bravo c Matthew Hayden b Joginder Sharma 5 4 1 0 125
Abhishek Nayar c Thilan Thushara b Jacob Oram 35 14 2 3 250
Harbhajan Singh run out (Jacob Oram) 4 2 1 0 200
Zaheer Khan c Ravichandran Ashwin b Andrew Flintoff 2 3 0 0 66.67
Pinal Shah (W) not out 0 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga
Rohan Raje
Extras: b – 1, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 1 3
Total: (165 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 165 Run Rate: 8.25

Fall of Wickets1-39 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 5.5), 2-82 (Shikhar Dhawan, 11.4), 3-95 (JP Duminy, 13.3), 4-102 (Dwayne Bravo, 14.3), 5-148 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.1), 6-157 (Harbhajan Singh, 19), 7-161 (Zaheer Khan, 19.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Thilan Thushara 4 0 32 1 0 0 8
Andrew Flintoff 4 0 44 1 0 0 11
Jacob Oram 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5
Joginder Sharma 4 0 25 1 0 0 6.25

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) c Sachin Tendulkar b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Matthew Hayden c Zaheer Khan b Sanath Jayasuriya 44 35 6 1 125.71
Suresh Raina c Rohan Raje b Dwayne Bravo 8 9 1 0 88.89
Andrew Flintoff c & b Harbhajan Singh 24 23 3 1 104.35
MS Dhoni (C) b Lasith Malinga 36 26 1 2 138.46
Jacob Oram c Pinal Shah b Sanath Jayasuriya 8 6 0 1 133.33
Subramaniam Badrinath c Dwayne Bravo b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Joginder Sharma not out 16 15 0 1 106.67
Thilan Thushara not out 1 2 0 0 50
Manpreet Gony
Ravichandran Ashwin
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 6 9
Total: (146 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.2), 2-18 (Suresh Raina, 2.5), 3-70 (Andrew Flintoff, 9.5), 4-89 (Matthew Hayden, 12.4), 5-101 (Jacob Oram, 14.3), 6-109 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 15.3), 7-144 (MS Dhoni, 19.4)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 15 3 0 2 3.75
Zaheer Khan 4 0 34 0 0 0 8.5
Dwayne Bravo 4 0 27 1 0 1 6.75
Rohan Raje 1 0 15 0 0 0 15
Harbhajan Singh 3 0 15 1 0 0 5
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 0 34 2 0 0 8.5