Cricket News in Brief – September 27, 2011 – Part 1
Mumbai Indians won their Group ‘A’ match in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 against Trinidad & Tobago by one wicket, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India on Monday, September 26, 2011.
The victory came in the final over of the mahttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472ch when Mumbai needed two runs off the last delivery to overcome the target of 99 runs in 20 overs.
T&T's Ravi Rampaul was named as the Man of the Match for his impressive performance with the ball, as he took three wickets in his four overs by conceding 17 runs.
Mumbai Indians captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 believes that his side did not deserve a win against Trinidad & Tobago in the Champions League Twenty20 clash on Monday, September 26, 2011 where the Indians edged out T&T by just one wicket.
Bashing his side, Singh said, “I must congratulate Darren and his team. They were the better side. We didn't deserve to win. We didn't bat sensibly."
The 31-year-old spinner warned his team not to repeat the same mistakes if they want to reach the semi-finals of the tournament.
Singh is captaining the side in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 who was ruled out of the tournament after recurrence of an old toe injury before the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against England in September, 2011.
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Speaking on the matter, the 26-year-old pacer said, “Get the yorkers in, don't go for many runs. Being bowled out for 98 we needed early wickets, so I went out attacking. We showed character and heart, and we have three games to follow. I found little extra bounce, and the shape, so the pitch helped."
The bowler took three wickets in four overs as he annihilated the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 middle-order batting line-up.
England’s top all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 is expected to get a recall for the side’s forthcoming series in India which is scheduled to begin from October 14, 2011.
The series includes five one-day games followed by a Twenty20 match.
According to the English coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 would make the team for the Indian tour.
Flower hinted that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, for which it is most likely that KP would be recalled.
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