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Mumbai Indians proved today why they are regarded as the top contenders of IPL T20 season 2 as they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. Sachin Tendulkar (68 off 45 balls) and Sanath Jayasuriya (52 off 32 balls) rained sixes and fours displaying to the world why they are regarded as the all time greats in cricket. Mumbai Indians reached 111 without even losing a single wicket at the end of 10 overs. But then they got out and the other batsmen could only take the final score of the Mumbai Indians to 187/6 in 20 overs. For the Knight Riders, Laxmi Ratan Shukla had the best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 25 runs in his four overs. Kolkata Knight Riders started the batting under lights and could not sustain for long with their complete team being bundled out for 95 runs in 15.2 overs. Lasith Malinga and Abhishek Nayyar was exceptional with the ball with figures of 3/11 in 2.2 overs and 3/13 in 3 overs respectively. Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya were awarded the maximum sixes award for this match as they both struck 6 sixes each. Sachin Tendulkar was also awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing innings of 68 runs off 45 balls and his bowling figures of two overs for 11 runs.

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Arindam Ghosh b Laxmi Shukla 52 32 2 4 162.5
Sachin Tendulkar (C) lbw b Laxmi Shukla 68 45 6 4 151.11
Harbhajan Singh c Ajantha Mendis b Brad Hodge 18 8 1 2 225
JP Duminy not out 18 14 1 0 128.57
Abhishek Nayar run out (Laxmi Shukla) 3 3 0 0 100
Dwayne Bravo c Chris Gayle b Laxmi Shukla 3 5 0 0 60
Shikhar Dhawan c Brendon McCullum b Ishant Sharma 12 10 1 0 120
Saurabh Tiwary not out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Zaheer Khan
Pinal Shah (W)
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 0, lb – 1 9
Total: (187 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 187 Run Rate: 9.35

Fall of Wickets1-127 (Sachin Tendulkar, 12.2), 2-146 (Harbhajan Singh, 13.5), 3-148 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 14.4), 4-151 (Abhishek Nayar, 15.1), 5-162 (Dwayne Bravo, 17), 6-175 (Shikhar Dhawan, 18.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 29 1 0 2 7.25
Ashok Dinda 2 0 24 0 0 1 12
Sourav Ganguly 1 0 16 0 0 1 16
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 39 0 0 0 9.75
Chris Gayle 2 0 24 0 0 0 12
Brad Hodge 3 0 29 1 0 0 9.67
Laxmi Shukla 4 0 25 3 0 0 6.25

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Kokata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c JP Duminy b Lasith Malinga 1 6 0 0 16.67
Chris Gayle c Sachin Tendulkar b Dwayne Bravo 12 11 0 1 109.09
Brad Hodge b Abhishek Nayar 24 22 3 0 109.09
Sourav Ganguly c Dwayne Bravo b Abhishek Nayar 34 30 3 1 113.33
Yashpal Singh c Pinal Shah b Dwayne Bravo 8 8 0 0 100
Arindam Ghosh c Sachin Tendulkar b Abhishek Nayar 0 1 0 0 0
Laxmi Shukla c Sanath Jayasuriya b Zaheer Khan 6 10 1 0 60
Ishant Sharma not out 6 3 1 0 200
Ajantha Mendis b Lasith Malinga 0 1 0 0 0
Ashok Dinda b Lasith Malinga 0 1 0 0 0
Anureet Singh retired hurt
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 2, lb – 0 4
Total: (95 for 9 wickets in 15.2 overs) 95 Run Rate: 6.2

Fall of Wickets1-8 (Brendon McCullum, 2), 2-17 (Chris Gayle, 3), 3-71 (Brad Hodge, 10.2), 4-80 (Sourav Ganguly, 12.1), 5-81 (Arindam Ghosh, 12.3), 6-83 (Yashpal Singh, 13.2), 7-91 (Laxmi Shukla, 14.5), 8-95 (Ajantha Mendis, 15.1), 9-95 (Ashok Dinda, 15.2)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 3 0 14 1 0 0 4.67
Lasith Malinga 2.2 0 11 3 1 1 4.71
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 31 2 0 1 10.33
Harbhajan Singh 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5
Abhishek Nayar 3 0 13 3 0 0 4.33
Sachin Tendulkar 2 0 11 0 0 0 5.5

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Deccan Chargers were regarded the underdogs as they were at the last place in IPL T20 season 1 points tally. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians is regarded as one of the best teams of IPL 2 with a great bowling and batting combination. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and decided to bat. Hershelle Gibbs (58 off 44 balls), Dwayne Smith (35 off 22 balls) and Adam Gilchrist (35 off 20 balls) guided Deccan Chargers to a competitive total of 168/9 in their 20 overs. Lasith Malinga and Dwayne Bravo were good with the ball with 3 for 19 and 3 for 34 respectively. Mumbai Indians started off well after initial hiccup of Jayasuriya’s wicket with Sachin Tendulkar (36 off 27 balls) and J P Duminy (47 off 40 balls) playing brilliantly. But yet again the strategy break proved to be damaging and Sachin got out soon after after which the required run rate kept on increasing. The middle order could not hold for long and instead of great effort by some of the batsmen, Mumbai Indians could only score 156/7 in their 20 overs. Pragyan Ojha from the Deccan Chargers was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 4 wickets for 21 runs.

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Pinal Shah b Dwayne Bravo 35 20 3 3 175
Herschelle Gibbs run out (Dwayne Bravo) 58 44 6 2 131.82
Dwayne Smith b Sanath Jayasuriya 35 22 2 2 159.09
Rohit Sharma c Shikhar Dhawan b Dwayne Bravo 3 5 0 0 60
VVS Laxman c Abhishek Nayar b Dwayne Bravo 0 1 0 0 0
Venugopal Rao b Lasith Malinga 9 10 0 0 90
Dwaraka Ravi Teja lbw b Lasith Malinga 9 9 1 0 100
RP Singh c Sanath Jayasuriya b Harbhajan Singh 4 4 0 0 100
Fidel Edwards b Lasith Malinga 1 3 0 0 33.33
Pragyan Ojha * not out 0 2 0 0 0
Harmeet Singh
Extras: b – 2, w – 5, nb – 0, lb – 7 14
Total: (168 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 168 Run Rate: 8.4

Fall of Wickets1-63 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.5), 2-124 (Dwayne Smith, 12.5), 3-136 (Rohit Sharma, 14.4), 4-137 (VVS Laxman, 15), 5-141 (Herschelle Gibbs, 15.4), 6-156 (Venugopal Rao, 17.4), 7-161 (RP Singh, 18.4), 8-163 (Fidel Edwards, 19.2), 9-168 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 20)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 1 19 3 0 1 4.75
Zaheer Khan 4 0 32 0 0 1 8
Dwayne Bravo 4 0 34 3 0 1 8.5
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 27 1 0 1 6.75
Sanath Jayasuriya 3 0 29 1 0 1 9.67
Dhawal Kulkarni 1 0 18 0 0 0 18

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Adam Gilchrist b RP Singh 1 8 0 0 12.5
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Herschelle Gibbs b Pragyan Ojha 36 27 3 2 133.33
JP Duminy c Dwayne Smith b Pragyan Ojha 47 40 4 2 117.5
Shikhar Dhawan b Pragyan Ojha 3 7 0 0 42.86
Dwayne Bravo lbw b Fidel Edwards 21 18 2 0 116.67
Abhishek Nayar c Adam Gilchrist b Fidel Edwards 10 6 0 1 166.67
Harbhajan Singh c Dwayne Smith b RP Singh 20 8 1 2 250
Zaheer Khan not out 4 6 0 0 66.67
Pinal Shah (W) not out 1 1 0 0 100
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 1, lb – 6 13
Total: (156 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 156 Run Rate: 7.8

Fall of Wickets1-4 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.4), 2-86 (Sachin Tendulkar, 10.5), 3-92 (Shikhar Dhawan, 12.3), 4-105 (JP Duminy, 14.3), 5-120 (Abhishek Nayar, 16.2), 6-144 (Dwayne Bravo, 18.2), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.3)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Fidel Edwards 4 0 27 2 0 4 6.75
RP Singh 4 0 27 2 1 1 6.75
Harmeet Singh 1 0 19 0 0 0 19
Dwayne Smith 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 21 3 0 1 5.25
Rohit Sharma 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Venugopal Rao 4 0 33 0 0 0 8.25

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

West Indies has a bilateral series with England starting from 6th May onwards including two tests and three ODIs. However, if reports are to believed then there was a dispute between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as this England tour conflicted with the IPL matches. And the main concern of the players were that they were not consulted before fixing this England series suddenly following the withdrawal of Sri Lanka whose players wanted to play in the IPL instead. And now few of the West Indies players have decided to play in the IPL T20 season 2 although they will not boycott the England series completely. West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will miss both the tests of the England series and will play in the IPL T20 season 2 instead. He was ruled out of the test series as his ankle is still not good for tests. But he has decided to play in the IPL as he believes he is fit enough for T20 cricket. He said that everybody knows the importance of test cricket but his health is not fit for test cricket. Other West Indies players like Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards will also be playing in IPL 2 but they are set to arrive in England before the first test. However, WICB has kept 17 players in the squad to England as a precautionary measure.

Dwayne Bravo plays for IPL team Mumbai Indians, Edwards plays for Deccan Chargers and Chris Gayle for Kolkata Knight Riders. Hope that from the next year, cricket boards around the world arrange the fixtures in such a way that it does not clash with the IPL.