The risks we took paid off: Pollard – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, expressed satisfaction at the fact that the few gambles his team took during the match yielded substantial results.
“We took a gamble in bringing back Malinga to get a wicket as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 was batting pretty well. It worked for us. Some days it would work, some day's it wouldn't. This is T20 cricket. It just takes one chance and one over to change the game,” the 24-year-old
said.
Having set their opponents a target of 198 to chase, the Mumbai Indians found themselves under threat when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman, Owais Shah, stepped up to the crease. He appeared to be going strong, having managed 76 off 42 balls, and a 82-run partnership with
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 in to bowl. The decision yielded immediate results, with Shah clean-bowled in the 15th over.
Another change in the set-up involved moving Pollard up to 5th place in the batting order – another gamble which paid off as the all-rounder went on to 64 off just 33 deliveries.
“I batted at five. In the first game I didn't bat; in the second game I batted at 7. Some days it would come off, some days it wouldn't. Today it was a good day and it came off. I just play my game and know exactly what to do,” he observed.
Pollard, who joined the IPL after playing the limited-overs leg of Australia’s tour of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, explaining that he planned to take the tournament game by game.
The right-hander played a pivotal role in the ODI and T20 series against the Aussies, registering scores such as 36, 102, and an unbeaten 47. Coming into the IPL, he managed 5 wickets in the first three matches, but did not register any remarkable batting
performances. However, the previous match saw him putting forth a stellar all-round display, as he scored 64, in addition to claiming 4 for 44.
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