IPL5: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians their second victory – Cricket News Update
Mumbai Indians, one of the heavy weights in the Indian Premier League, defeated the Deccan Charges in a closely contested match played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on Monday, April 9, 2012.
A meaty blow from Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricketer, earned the IPL franchise their second win of the campaign, as they won the match by five wickets. Mumbai required three runs to win from the final delivery of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308’s over but the batsman bludgeoned the last ball for a massive six over long-on.
With a calm and composed innings of 73 runs, which included four 4’s and five 6’s, Sharma was the top contender for the Man of the Match award. The right-handed basher was thrilled to win the game for the franchise, as he has been doing for team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
During the post match ceremony, Sharma said, “That is what I have been doing it for India. I knew we could do it in the end. The only idea was to stay calm. Idea was not to give a wicket to Steyn. We managed it perfectly, but lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642.”
MI required 18 runs from the final over but Sharma seemed untroubled. The 24-year-old did not show any signs of nervousness and backed himself to get the required runs, which he eventually did.
When asked which was the most crucial part in the last over, Sharma said, “When Franklin came in, we needed 18 runs in the last over. The dive on the second last ball was what saved us.”
Mumbai lost their previous encounter against the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who had injured his finger in the tournament opener.
MI needed a win to prove to their opponents that they are still a top team, held Sharma, who hoped that the victory will be opening the door for further wins.
He said, “We needed this win very badly. We lost the second game, needed to win this to gain momentum. This will take us in the correct way.”
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