Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 v Deccan Chargers - IPL 4: Second Innings Report
After restricting the Deccan Chargers to a mediocre total of 129 runs, Kochi had a bright chance to clinch another victory in the 32nd match of the ongoing IPL, played at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi, on 27 April, 2011.
However, the match went the other way as the home crowd saw their team crumbling in front of the Deccan seamers.
Falling 55 runs short of the tally, the Tuskers were literally uprooted by the seamer, Ishant Sharma.
Sharma baffled the opposition with some superb bowling on a wicket that was clearly favouring pacers. He ended up scalping five in just three overs with an astonishing economy rate of 4.00.
Kochi opened their innings with their danger man Brendon McCullum and skipper Mahela Jayawardene. However, the two batsmen who have been sensational lately, failed to deliver this time around.
McCullum, to Deccan’s relief, went off on a duck as Sangakkara pouched an edge off Steyn’s bowling.
If one ‘duck’ was not enough, the next over saw another as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 fell victim to Sharma’s seam movement. With two men gone without adding any runs on the board, the pressure was mounting on Kochi.
The contest simply exploded in the next over when Sharma literally went on to wipe the floor with Kochi batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 joined the ‘duck club’ next as Sharma brought the Tuskers to their knees with just 2 runs on the board after the
loss of 4 wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kedar-Jadhav-c1782 was next on Sharma’s victim list, the star of the night then went on to break Kochi’s backbone (or what was left of it) by sending Jayawardene back to the pavilion.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja and Thisara Perera tried to save Kochi’s face, scoring 23 and 22 runs respectively. However, with six ducks in the Kochi line-up, their chances of victory were very slim.
The Tuskers barely managed to score 74 runs in a humiliating defeat in front of their home crowd.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ishant-Sharma-c64566 was named as the man of the match for taking his career best five wickets in the clash.
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