IPL5: All-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians to victory over Rajasthan Royals – Cricket News Update
Kieron Pollard, the West Indian cricketer, bedazzled everyone at the Wankhede Stadium with his all-round abilities. The 24-year-old lead Mumbai Indians to a 27 run victory over the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the 12th match of the Indian Premier League
season five played on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
Pollard made a mockery of the Rajasthan bowling attack. The hard hitting batsman bludgeoned 64 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 193.93. Later, during the Rajasthan innings, the West Indian picked up four wickets which included the prized scalp of Ajinkya
Rahane, who shared an 82-run stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134, even though Pollard did concede a few more runs than he would have liked.
The West Indian international was adjudged as the Player of the Match. Content with his performance at the Wankhede Stadium, Pollard said, “It was good, the team needed it. I am always the one to take the chance. The atmosphere has been fantastic, we were
sad that we could not win the first game. You can say that Mumbai is my second home. Cricket is my career and profession.”
The Mumbai Indians batted first, and posted an imposing total of 197 runs, courtesy of a 96 runs partnership between Pollard and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 and their wicket-keeper
batsman. Despite losing key men, Royals gave a valiant effort but ended up short of the required target.
Pollard lauded the efforts of the Royals and said, “Rajasthan gave a good fight, Shah batted really well. But we knew that 10-11 runs an over would be difficult.”
Rajasthan had the upper hand in the match until the 15th over, when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610 in the same over. The skipper of Rajasthan held that it was the most crucial part of the match.
Considering the match a good lesson for his young side, Dravid said, “When Shah was batting, we thought we had a chance. We knew he had to go till the end. Plenty of positives, this will be a good lesson for them.”
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