Harbhajan Singh gives credit to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 – Cricket News Update
Mumbai Indians' Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, has lauded his team’s pace-duo, built on Lasith Malinga and James Franklin, for leading the side into the Champions League (CL) Twenty20 (T20) final, compliments to their superb bowling performance, which contributed
to the team’s 10-run win against Somerset on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, in Chennai.
Commending their performance during the final two overs of the match, Harbhajan stated, “Malinga and Franklin bowled fantastic two overs. I asked Franklin to bowl the 19th over because he was bowling the right length and he had bowled a lot in the nets.
It paid off.”
The Skipper further comprehended that unlike their preceding outings on the competition, the pitch conditions were comparatively favourable for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 outfit, and commended his batters for making good use of the setting, which aided the team to pile
up a decent chase against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843.
Harbhajan also named http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timmiah-Satish-c93970 and Surya Kumar Yadav, for adding some important numbers during the final overs of their innings.
Opting to bat first, the Mumbai squad managed to post a worthy chase of 161 runs; with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aiden-Blizzard-c958 top-scoring the line-up with 54, which was then complemented by the lower-middle order’s 72-run contribution.
As for Somerset’s response, the English County side took off with an early knock at their line-up, thanks to Malinga’s opening two wickets.
However, with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 quickly aiding the side to recover from the loss, he managed to successfully stall the team’s innings till the game’s third quarter, but to his despair, saw a swift crumble at his team’s line-up, which was finally restricted
to fall 10 runs off the chase – handing over the final game’s ticket to the Mumbai Indians.
Despite suffering the loss, Somerset’s Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991, still lauded his team for putting up a good show throughout the competition, especially after securing a place in the CLT20 semi-final.
“I thought we could win, but it was quality bowling by Malinga. What can you say? As for our team, a few youngsters came through. We take back fond memories,” said Thomas.
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