MATCH-33
KKR vs MI
Venue- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match Officials- K.Dharamsena,S.Ravi,C.Nandan(Umpires)
R.Mukherjee (Refree)
Toss- KKR Won the toss and chose to bat first
Result- MI won the match by 5 wickets and 1 ball to spare!
Man Of The Match- DWAYNE SMITH
Match Report-
It was Master Blaster's birthday! Packed Eden Gardens was unable to decide who to support! On one hand there was their home team and on the other side there was Sachin Tendulkar on his 40th birthday! Match started 1/2 late because of the rain before the match! Gambhir won the toss and chose to bat first. Ponting being out of form rested himself or rather dropped himself for the balance of the team, and young Rohit Sharma was named as the captain! He gave 1st over to Harbhajan Singh. This move proved very dangerous for the visiting side, as Yusuf Pathan hit him for 3 fours and a six on first 4 balls, Gambhir made it even a bigger over hitting a six off the second last ball. Gayle fever was running in everyone's body!! 1 over gone 26/0 was a dream start for the home team. Johnson on his second ball took the wicket of Pathan. Kallis and Gambhir were looking solid on the wicket. They scored 61/1 in 6 overs of powerplay. In 8th over, Ojha's second, Gambhir[26(20)] was held at deep cover. Ojha in his final over of spell got the prime wicket of Kallis! In 12th over when he was dismissed for 37(38) KKR were 92/3! Eoin Morgan couldn't get going straight away, but managed to catch up in the 18th over, hitting Johnson for four and six and getting out in the same over. Morgan was gone for 31(25)! In between Manoj Tiwary batted brilliantly. He was attacking all the way.He scored 33(24) before Malinga uprooted his stumps, in last over of the inning. Malinga gave away just 3 runs picking up 2 wickets in the last over which restricted KKR to 159/6!
MI openers Smith and Sachin started cautiously, after 3 overs they were 13/0! In the 4th over Dwayne Smith hit Abdulla for 2 sixes. But in very next over the birthday boy was bowled by the mystery spinner Narine. Smith wasn't disturbed by that dismissal as he kept looking for runs and played some powerful shots! In 8th over Smith brought up his 50 off just 34 balls. But in the same over Karthik was judged leg before! Smith slowed down a touch. Narine picked up another important wicket of Smith[62(45)] in 11th over. At that stage MI required 78 runs in from last 9 overs. Pollard joined captain Rohit Sharma. In 13th over bowled by Senanayake, Rohit Sharma hit 2 sixes which eased the pressure. Pollard had a lucky break on the first ball of 14th over. The ball went in air and straight to the long on fielder who misjudged the ball in lights and dropped which went for 4! KKR delievered couple of overs. Gambhir gave 17th over to Narine which was his last, required run rate was 9 per over. And Rohit Sharma was caught and bowled by Narine of the last ball of his spell. Narine finished his spell with 3/17! With 28 required in last 3 overs, Senanayake gave 10 in the 18th over. Balaji without conceding a boundary in 19th over went for just 8 runs. Which meant, MI required 10 runs off the last over, with Pollard on strike! Bhatia bowled beautiful slower ball first up to get the wicket of Pollard. There was twist in tale. Rayudu managed only single on next ball. With 9 required from 4 balls, Harbhajan Singh who was facing his 1st ball, swung his bat hard and connected the ball which went for a big six. With 3 required off 3 balls, MI won the match with 1 ball to spare and 5 wickets in hand!
MI openers Smith and Sachin started cautiously, after 3 overs they were 13/0! In the 4th over Dwayne Smith hit Abdulla for 2 sixes. But in very next over the birthday boy was bowled by the mystery spinner Narine. Smith wasn't disturbed by that dismissal as he kept looking for runs and played some powerful shots! In 8th over Smith brought up his 50 off just 34 balls. But in the same over Karthik was judged leg before! Smith slowed down a touch. Narine picked up another important wicket of Smith[62(45)] in 11th over. At that stage MI required 78 runs in from last 9 overs. Pollard joined captain Rohit Sharma. In 13th over bowled by Senanayake, Rohit Sharma hit 2 sixes which eased the pressure. Pollard had a lucky break on the first ball of 14th over. The ball went in air and straight to the long on fielder who misjudged the ball in lights and dropped which went for 4! KKR delievered couple of overs. Gambhir gave 17th over to Narine which was his last, required run rate was 9 per over. And Rohit Sharma was caught and bowled by Narine of the last ball of his spell. Narine finished his spell with 3/17! With 28 required in last 3 overs, Senanayake gave 10 in the 18th over. Balaji without conceding a boundary in 19th over went for just 8 runs. Which meant, MI required 10 runs off the last over, with Pollard on strike! Bhatia bowled beautiful slower ball first up to get the wicket of Pollard. There was twist in tale. Rayudu managed only single on next ball. With 9 required from 4 balls, Harbhajan Singh who was facing his 1st ball, swung his bat hard and connected the ball which went for a big six. With 3 required off 3 balls, MI won the match with 1 ball to spare and 5 wickets in hand!
My Views-
KKR started both with bat and ball pretty well. Yusuf Pathan, Kallis and Gambhir were brilliant in first 6 overs, while Balaji and Abdulla kept things tight in first 3 overs. But after that batsmen slowed down a bit and bowlers started to concede runs! Kallis was unable to come on ground when KKR were fielding due to some injury which was a big blow for KKR! They missed his experience as well as his couple of overs with ball. Their fielding also was below average!
On other hand, MI got exactly what they were looking for. They needed one of the top 2 to score 50+ himself! Dwayne Smith did that! But the captain Rohit was little restless in the end. Everyone knew that it was Narine's last ball, still he got out softly! Pollard also played unnecessary shot. He could have easily got 10 runs, but he went for the glory first up and paid the price. Harbhajan who went for runs while bowling was the hero as he hit a six at important time! It was a nice gift for Sachin on his birthday by MI!
KKR started both with bat and ball pretty well. Yusuf Pathan, Kallis and Gambhir were brilliant in first 6 overs, while Balaji and Abdulla kept things tight in first 3 overs. But after that batsmen slowed down a bit and bowlers started to concede runs! Kallis was unable to come on ground when KKR were fielding due to some injury which was a big blow for KKR! They missed his experience as well as his couple of overs with ball. Their fielding also was below average!
On other hand, MI got exactly what they were looking for. They needed one of the top 2 to score 50+ himself! Dwayne Smith did that! But the captain Rohit was little restless in the end. Everyone knew that it was Narine's last ball, still he got out softly! Pollard also played unnecessary shot. He could have easily got 10 runs, but he went for the glory first up and paid the price. Harbhajan who went for runs while bowling was the hero as he hit a six at important time! It was a nice gift for Sachin on his birthday by MI!
Highlights Of Match in Photos---
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| Yusuf Pathan got KKR off to a great start |
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| Tiwari and Morgan helped KKR to reach 150+ |
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| Malinga destroyed the stumps |
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| Birthday boy, bowled by Narine |
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| Dwayne Smith- Man Of The Match |
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| Narine celebrates wicket of Rohit Sharma |
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| MI had the last laugh! Man of moment BHAJJI! |
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