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Gangling Australian pacer, Mitchell Johnson, is proud to be Mumbai Indian’s strike bowler in the recently concluded season six of the lucrative Indian Premier League, which his side finished as the champions.
“It has been a great tournament for us. We have had a very good bowling unit with me being the strike bowler," said Johnson while speaking to media reporters after the title-clinching win over Chennai.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 led Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the low scoring IPL final to emerge as the winners of the sixth edition of the money-spinning Indian T20 league, their first ever title
in the tournament’s history.
While speaking to media reporters after the title clinching 23-run win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and Co, the left-arm Australian fast bowler said that he was really proud of what his team achieved in the esteemed Twenty20
league.
"This victory rates very highly. I am really proud of what the team has achieved in this Indian T20 league - my first one,” said Johnson after the match. “...to beat Chennai after being beaten by them in the
Playoffs is amazing. So, this is a very proud moment and a very happy moment and I am sure we are going to celebrate really hard," the Australian seamer added further.
Replying to a query about his own performance in the tournament, Johnson said that his aim all through the tournament was to get wickets early on.
“All I was trying to do was try and get wickets up front. And on most occasions I could do it early on by swinging the ball. And in the final, it all counts. So, I am glad it happened again,” concluded the Australian
seamer.
Playing in the IPL for the first time, the 31-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 speedster finished the 2013 Indian Premier League as Mumbai’s leading wicket taker with 24 wickets from 17 matches at an average of 19.12 and
an economy rate of 7.17 an over. Bowling an excellent line and length on the turning Indian wickets and generating the right amount of pace and bounce from the spin friendly decks, the Aussie left-arm pacer helped his side secure some easy wins against big
oppositions, including losing finalists Chennai Super Kings.
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