Mumbai Indians score an important win over Kings XI Punjab: IPL-News
MI 159/5 20 overs KXIP
Mumbai Indians continued their march towards the final four of the Indian Premier League 2011 with an important win over Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The hosts successfully defended a good score that they posted on a batting friendly surface at the refurbished stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar the captain of the Mumbai team continued to stamp his class on the instant format of the game with another score of 50 plus, the right-handed batting maestro scored 51 off 45 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 1 six. He was well supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 who also scored 51.
His innings was a tad faster than Tendulkar’s and took 37 balls. Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma chipped in with handy contributions to propel their team to a score past the 150 runs mark. Ryan Harris and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 batsmen.
The chase for 160 runs at an asking rate of 8 runs per over was always going to be a tough ask for the visitors. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918 the captain of KXIP was sent packing for a second ball duck, the Aussie legend was trapped lbw by the Indian spin-king, Harbhajan Singh.
The wicket of Gilchrist was a big blow to the KXIP's team however the star of the tournament http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Valthaty-c2170 and Shaun Marsh kept them on the run with an aggressive partnership for the second wicket. The two added 72 runs before Valthaty was caught by a delighted Andrew Symonds.
Valthaty scored 33 runs off 38 balls, his innings included 2 sixes and 1 four. Marsh continued to flay the attack, the talented left-handed batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 kept his team in the hunt with his attacking approach.
However his dismissal triggered a collapse, Marsh fell for 61 runs scored off 47 balls with the help of eight fours. The middle and lower order of KXIP found the asking rate tough to handle and kept losing their way. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhishek-Nayar-c902 with 14 was the only one to fight on for a small period.
Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Munaf Patel took two wickets each for the winners.
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