IPL5: Harbhajan reckons Owais Shah’s dismissal as turning point - Cricket News Update
The Mumbai Indians' captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 was the turning point of their match against the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium last night, which the hosts won by 27 runs.
Chasing a mammoth total of 197 set by the Mumbai Indians, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman shared a third-wicket
stand of 82 runs with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-c46345 Menaria to take the tourists to 134 for 3 inside 14 overs, with the bulk of the runs coming from Shah in both partnerships.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610 for 2, and from then on
it was downhill as none of the batsmen, except http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevin-Edwin-Cooper-c71105 could enter double figures.
Shah played a whirlwind knock of 76 runs off just 42 deliveries, plundering five muscular boundaries and an equal number of sixes. With Owais Shah punishing the Mumbai bowlers all over the ground, at one stage it looked like the
tourists would comfortably achieve the 198-run target, but Malinga had other ideas.
Lavishing praise on the 33-year-old Rajasthan Royals batsman, Harbhajan said that had Shah stayed at the crease for another couple of overs, it could have been a different ball game.
"You can bring him [Malinga] any time. If Shah had batted three more overs, the game would have finished in 19 overs. Lot of credit to Shah for the way he batted," said the out-of-favour Indian off-spinner who was given the charge
of MI after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 relinquished the role ahead of the tournament.
"The dew was a problem, but when you have 197 on the board, the opposition still have to keep the score moving," he added further.
The 27-run win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils next on Monday, April 16, 2012.
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