http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians vs Deccan Chargers – Indian Premier League 5 – Match Recap
Deccan Chargers failed emulate their previous game’s success, as Mumbai Indians got their faltering campaign on track to complete a relatively easy 5-wicket win, at their home stadium in Wankhede, on April 29, 2012.
It was another disappointing performance from the away team after being put into bat. The pitch covered with grass - ideal for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742, the only players to cross the 20-run mark.
Mumbai Indians also suffered the wrath of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 as the South African pacer did all he could to make a fist of the match. However, his match figures of 4-0-10-2 remained the only highlight of Deccan’s performance with the Mumbai Indians reaching to the victory total with 11 balls to spare.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 and Dhawan collected 37 within the first six overs.
However, what followed was poor. On a green track, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ishank-Jaggi-c1605. Cameron White, the stand-in-skipper, failed to emulate his last match’s heroics, dismissed on the first ball by Malinga.
The team’s 50 was reached in a 15-run stand between Duminy and Dhawan before the latter gave his wicket away – stumped by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780. The away side lost its fifth wicket after Christian chipped one to point, where Rohit Sharma made no mistake.
Duminy remained the lone provider for his side after that, scoring an unbeaten 25, while the lower order failed to come to terms with a bouncy pitch - swept aside by Malinga, who claimed the final three scalps to complete the rout in the 19th over.
For the host, another change around in the opening berth saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 upfront. However, that move remained unsuccessful as Steyn cleaned up his Proteas’ teammate – sending him back on a first ball duck.
Steyn continued to cause havoc, but the supporting cast again proved to be the weak link for the Chargers. After being troubled by the South African pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Peterson-c2332 ( 1).
The win sees the Mumbai Indians climb to no.3 on the points table, while their opponents occupy the bottom place.
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