Delhi Daredevils vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 march on after thumping win - Part 2
Continued….
The visitors came out to bat with their sixth new opening pairing of the current season -Aiden Blizzard partnering http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601
claiming the wicket of the left-hander after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 held the catch at cover.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 began his innings on a promising note, flicking the very first ball to the square leg boundary, before hitting the left-armer uppishly through the extra cover region. Tendulkar then also got going, albeit for a short while, hitting the young
spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahbaz-Nadeem-c89339, for a six.
For once it seemed that the chase could be a close one, but Morne Morkel’s induction changed that as he got rid of the Little Master, holed out at mid-off by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806. Sharma then followed in the next over off Pathan, leaving the batting side on
a precarious 19 for 3.
It was then left for the Indian duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 began his knock with two back to back fours off Pathan, while Rayudu also collected his first boundary in the
subsequent over.
The wicket-keeper batsman, who was guilty of missing an easy stumping chance, then made amends – taking 13 off Umesh Yadav’s first over. Despite the required run-rate approaching 12, boundaries became the norm for both batters – the 100 being crossed in
the 12th over, which saw Rayudu completing his fifty with successive maximum strikes off Nadeem.
With Pollard still to come, and considering their heroics from the previous game, many would have banked on the visitors to match the required run rate, which had crept to exactly 12 for the last eight overs.
However, Delhi bowlers ensured that they did not stretch the game for any last over heartache, and with resounding skill. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Agarkar-c972 ended the 95-run stand between the domestic pair, uprooting Karthik’s off-stump.
Pollard, who had been out of the park after attempting a difficult catch during Delhi’s innings, threatened for while, hitting some lusty blows to reach to 16, before the home side managed to put the tie beyond doubt in the 16th over, with their
young left-armer, claiming the all important wickets of Rayudu ( 62) and Pollard.
The former holed out at midwicket, while the latter was cleaned up. Famed for his switch-hit ability against Kings XI, Peterson came to the crease to partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, but ran out of luck quickly after being run-out for 2.
The match had already ended as contest, and it was left for Yadav to round things off – claiming the wickets of Harbhajan Singh and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 in the final over the game as the Mumbai Indians surrendered to a 37- run defeat – 170 for 9, their fourth
of the season.
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