Mumbai Indians crush Rajasthan Royals to book a ticket for the finale – Cricket news
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals missed an opportunity to play the final of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings after losing the second qualifier to the Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 24, 2013.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians have had a stupendous season, after losing the first qualifier to Chennai Super Kings, they had everything to play for against the Royals. Dubbed as favourites, Mumbai received an early beating when they conceded a daunting score of
165, but Dwayne Smith saved the day for them with his match-winning knock of 62 runs, as he played a prominent role in his side’s victory.
Earlier, after winning the toss, the Royals chose to bat first aiming to post enough runs on the board to give the opposition a run for their money. However, to do this against Mumbai’s outstanding bowling attack, they needed to keep wickets in hand and
a solid plan to back it up.
Rajasthan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 gave their side a fantastic start by crafting a stand of 44 runs, before Mumbai tasted their first success on the wicket of Rahane, who had his stumps obliterated by Harbhajan Singh on 21 off 18.
Next to walk off the field was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, who was disappointing with a knock of just six runs to his name. At the time of his dismissal, the Royals were on 60 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 then decided that it was time for him to step in as he nabbed the wicket of Sanju Samson for nil.
Singh then struck for the third time in the match by dismissing Dravid, who faltered after scoring a knock of 43 runs off 37 deliveries.
Dishant Yagnik’s magnetic knock of 31 runs right at the end helped his side post an intimidating score on the board.
Mumbai Indians’ openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevon-Cooper-c71194 who nabbed the wicket of Tare for 35.
The partnership between Smith and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780 was equally substantial as the two batsmen led the side towards 125 runs, before the latter became the second man from his side to walk off the field with a knock of 22 runs to his name.
After nabbing the wicket of Smith for 62 and with 132 runs on the board, the Royals had a chance of making a strong comeback and denying their opponents victory. However, this was not to be as Ambati Rayudu’s 17-run knock ensured a victory for his side.
Harbhajan Singh was named as the Player of the Match for his three-wicket haul.
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