Mumbai Indians tame Kings XI Punjab despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470’s heroics - Second Innings Report – Part II
The first over of the second half of the match was more eventful than the entire first 10 overs. Shaun Marsh helped the Kings XI Punjab cause greatly when he smashed the first delivery of the 11th over for four. Following his batting partner’s
example, IPL superstar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Valthaty-c2170 decided to take the game to the Mumbai Indians as he smashed Symonds for a six.
The bowler did not panic however, and tempted Valthaty to repeat the stroke. Valthaty obliged and fell into the bowler’s trap as his shot went straight down the throat of Kieron Pollard. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 fielder made no mistake with the catch, and Valthaty
departed after scoring a relatively slow 33 runs from 38 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987, the Mumbai Indians’ bowler, had other ideas. Hussey tried to send the ball into ‘row Z’ but instead his connection with the delivery
was not as sweet as he would have hoped. The ball flew straight up and landed safely in the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309.
With Hussey’s innings coming to a premature end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 was on his way
back to join his team-mates in the pavilion.
At 89 runs for the loss of four wickets, after 14 overs, the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians knew that as long as he was holding a bat, the match was anything but over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
Symonds took a splendid diving catch after a shrewd delivery forced Nayar to play away from his body. A shot that in the end cost the batsman his wicket and put his side in further distress at 113 runs for the loss of five wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 took the catch at midwicket, and Malinga celebrated
the wicket that had surely put the match to bed.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Harris-c2330 was dismissed two deliveries later as the Kings XI Punjab went out with a whimper falling 23 runs short of the mark to hand the Mumbai Indians another victory in the IPL.
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