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Royal Challengers were looking a revived side under new captain Anil Kumble as they took on Mumbai Indians in the 28th Match of the IPL T20 season 2. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. Most of the Mumbai batsmen faltered once again and they could only make 149/4 in 20 overs on a batsman friendly pitch. Sanath Jayasuriya and Dwayne Bravo top scored for the Mumbai Indians with scores of 52 off 43 balls and 50 off 40 balls respectively. IPL debutant Dillon du Preez bowled exceptionally well for the Royal Challengers taking 3 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs. Banglore Royals Challengers cruised to the target in 18.1 overs with the help of steady batting performance by Jacques Kallis’ (69 off 59 balls) and Robin Uthappa (66 off 42 balls) and also helped by pathetic bowling by the Mumbai Indians. Jacques Kallis was awarded the Man of the Match due to his steady batting and bowling performances.

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Mumbai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Vinay Kumar b Roelof van der Merwe 52 43 6 1 120.93
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Rahul Dravid b Dillon du Preez 11 11 2 0 100
Ajinkya Rahane c Robin Uthappa b Dillon du Preez 0 1 0 0 0
JP Duminy c Mark Boucher b Dillon du Preez 1 6 0 0 16.67
Dwayne Bravo not out 50 40 1 2 125
Abhishek Nayar not out 29 20 4 0 145
Shikhar Dhawan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Pinal Shah (W)
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 1, lb – 2 6
Total: (149 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.45

Fall of Wickets1-21 (Sachin Tendulkar, 3.3), 2-21 (Ajinkya Rahane, 3.4), 3-23 (JP Duminy, 5.2), 4-83 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 14.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 3 1 15 0 0 0 5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 23 0 0 1 5.75
Dillon du Preez 4 1 32 3 1 0 8
Vinay Kumar 4 0 32 0 0 0 8
Anil Kumble 2 0 18 0 0 0 9
Roelof van der Merwe 3 0 27 1 0 0 9

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Bangalore
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis not out 69 59 5 2 116.95
Wasim Jaffer c Abhishek Nayar b Zaheer Khan 7 8 1 0 87.5
Robin Uthappa not out 66 42 8 2 157.14
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Mark Boucher (W)
Roelof van der Merwe
Dillon du Preez
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (150 for 1 wicket in 18.1 overs) 150 Run Rate: 8.26

Fall of Wickets1-24 (Wasim Jaffer, 3)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 2 0 12 1 0 2 6
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 32 0 0 1 10.67
Lasith Malinga 3.1 1 24 0 0 0 7.58
Abhishek Nayar 4 0 26 0 0 4 6.5
Harbhajan Singh 2 0 14 0 0 0 7
Sachin Tendulkar 2 0 21 0 0 0 10.5
Sanath Jayasuriya 2 0 20 0 0 0 10

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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

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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

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Delhi Daredevils vice president T A Sekar predicts that the finals of the IPL T20 season 2 might be between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils. He has high hopes especially on Mumbai Indians and he said that Tendulkar’s presence throughout the tournament this year will help the Mumbai Indians in reaching the finals. He said that Mumbai Indians has a very balanced side and has the best chance amongst most of the IPL teams. The team has got batting firepower in Sachin and Jayasuriya through IPL 2 while Zaheer Khan is adept to lead the bowling department. But J P Duminy will strengthen their team this year according to him. But he believes the biggest benefit for Mumbai Indians will be the availability of Sachin this year.

He also had high expectations from his own team Delhi Daredevils with a deadly opening pair in Sehwag-Gambhir which is perhaps the best opening pair in world cricket today. Apart from the two teams, he believed that last years champions Rajasthan Royals and runners up Chennai Super Kings will be powerful this year too. With the inclusion of Andrew Flintoff, Chennai Super Kings will grow into a stronger unit while Tyron Henderson and Robert Quinney will add to the Rajasthan Royals firepower. The predictions seems to be quite calculated but only time will tell if MI vs DD final willl really happen.