06/05Result
27th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 6 2014
MI won by 19 runs
Player of the Match
Rohit Sharma
Rohit SharmaMumbai Indians
06/05Result
27th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 6 2014
MI won by 19 runs
Player of the Match
Rohit Sharma
Rohit SharmaMumbai Indians

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs | RCB: 168/8 (20 runs required, RR: 8.40)

  • Ashok Dinda2 (4b)
  • Varun Aaron7 (8b)
  • Kieron Pollard4-0-37-0
  • Lasith Malinga4-0-29-2

Presentation:

Rohit: "By far the best game so far. This is what MI is all about, we took some brilliant catches. Wankhede always has some dew and the bowlers did very well. Suyal came back very well and things slowed down for RCB. We kept taking wickets. Important for me to step up and I'm glad I played an important knock. We're keeping our heads up. We need to be positive. Next game against CSK is also very important."

Rohit is the Man of the Match as well.

Kohli: "Very gettable, we could have batted smarter, one more partnership was needed. It was a dream start, we could not capitalise on it. Every team plays hard and these sort of things happen. If we had applied ourselves we could have crossed the line. Not losing hope, we need to win at least five out of the next seven."

That's it from us here. Double-header tomorrow. Thanks for your company. For now, this is Kanishkaa signing off. Good night!

End of the match: Mumbai win their second game at the Wankhede and a good comeback after their UAE horror. They have batted RCB out of this match. We had the Pollard-Starc incident to spice things up.

Anish: "Field day for the match referee, match got over in 4 hours (probably fines for both the captains) and then the fight between Pollard and Starc. IPL Committee will be loving this !! "

Pramod Bhushan: ""Extras" was the difference between the 2 teams"

19.6
1
Pollard to Dinda, 1 run, shuffles at the crease and pulls a slower ball down to long-on
19.6
1w
Pollard to Dinda, 1 wide, a wide to delay the inevitable, this was short and too wide outside off, swings at it
19.5
1
Pollard to Aaron, 1 run, fires that on a yorker length and he makes room and drills it to the off side
19.4
0
Pollard to Aaron, no run, slower ball and he swings and misses and that sneaks past the stumps
19.3
0
Pollard to Aaron, no run, drifts on the leg side and he gets an inside edge and the ball rolls to the off side
19.2
4
Pollard to Aaron, FOUR, Aaron comes forward and has another free swing at a short ball and that clears the keeper
19.1
0
Pollard to Aaron, no run, comes down the track to have a swing at Pollard and misses, slower ball

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 161/8 (27 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.47, RRR: 27.00)

  • Ashok Dinda1 (3b)
  • Varun Aaron2 (3b)
  • Lasith Malinga4-0-29-2
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-22-2
18.6
0
Malinga to Dinda, no run, he makes room and has a swing and misses
18.5
1
Malinga to Aaron, 1 run, low inswinging full toss and he gets an inside edge to the pads
18.4
1
Malinga to Dinda, 1 run, the yorker length again and he makes room and carves it down to deep cover
18.3
0
Malinga to Dinda, no run, good yorker on middle and Dinda can only drill it back to the bowler
18.2
W
Malinga to Rossouw, OUT, scoops to cover, this was the slower ball by Malinga, Rossouw gave the charge and looked to clear the off side, chipped it to Rohit at cover

RR Rossouw c Sharma b Malinga 24 (31m 14b 1x4 2x6) SR: 171.42

18.1
6
Malinga to Rossouw, SIX, Rossouw's not given up on this! Malings fires a length ball, in the slot for him and he swings and sends it soaring over wide long-on

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 153/7 (35 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 17.50)

  • Varun Aaron1 (2b)
  • Rilee Rossouw18 (12b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-22-2
  • Lasith Malinga3-0-21-1
17.6
0
Bumrah to Aaron, no run, pacy delivery outside off, he makes room to swing and he's beaten
17.5
1
Bumrah to Rossouw, 1 run, makes room and looks to slog and he gets an inside edge to the body
17.4
1
Bumrah to Aaron, 1 run, he pushes it behind point

Girish: "Starc throws ball at Pollard! Pollard throws bat at Starc! Starc runs out Pollard!! Pollard caught Starc!! Both involved in each other's dismissal without taking their wicket! So battle ends in tie!"

17.3
W
Bumrah to HV Patel, OUT, knocks the off stump down this time, it was the off cutter, Harshal shuffled across and he wasn't too sure what he was trying, walked all around it and the ball brushed his hip and hit the off stump which lands a couple of yards back

HV Patel b Bumrah 6 (6m 2b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300

17.2
6
Bumrah to HV Patel, SIX, Harshal showing he can tonk it too, this was fired full and he made room and swung at it and sent it a few rows over deep cover
17.1
1
Bumrah to Rossouw, 1 run, drilled towards long-on and they set off for the second but Anderson attacks the ball and fires it to the keeper, Patel had to scamper back and dive, third umpire takes a look

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 144/6 (44 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.47, RRR: 14.66)

  • Rilee Rossouw16 (10b)
  • Harshal Patel0 (0b)
  • Lasith Malinga3-0-21-1
  • Kieron Pollard3-0-30-0
16.6
1
Malinga to Rossouw, 1 run, full outside off and drilled down to long-off
16.5
4
Malinga to Rossouw, FOUR, he got his placement right, shuffles across his stumps and swings a length ball over midwicket, plenty of open space there

Ishan Jain: "That "direct kick" was so typically West Indian. It brings images of the past to my memory, when Ambrose used to try out the similar things on the field. Direct kick and using his massive feet to stop the ball from touching the rope."

16.4
W
Malinga to Starc, OUT, and as many of you would have hoped for Starc's gone and with a little help from Pollard, this was fired full outside off and he tries to clear the off side and ends up scooping it to Pollard at cover

MA Starc c Pollard b Malinga 5 (6m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125

16.3
0
Malinga to Starc, no run, full outside off and he fails to dig out the yorker
16.2
4
Malinga to Starc, FOUR, bit streaky, this was fired full and he sliced it and ended up getting an outside edge that cleared point

Match Coverage

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  • IPL sends a poor message

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  • Pollard, Starc fined for altercation

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Boundary drought

19

Number of balls between the last two boundaries scored by RCB (12.4 and 15.3)

Poor finishers?

8.68

RCB’s run rate in the last 5 overs of an innings in this tournament – only the Mumbai’s is worse

Gayle v Malinga

81.5

Gayle’s IPL strike rate against Malinga – he has scored only 40 runs of 49 balls in 6 innings

Malinga v RCB guns

0

No. of times Malinga dismissed Kohli, de Villiers and Gayle in the IPL - 81 balls in 13 innings before today

Kohli v Mumbai

17.27

Virat Kohli’s average against Mumbai in the IPL before this match - he has bettered that today

Powerplay stats

16

Number of wickets RCB have lost during the Powerplay in this IPL – the most for any team

Gayle v Mumbai

63.50

Gayle’s average against Mumbai before this match – his second highest against any team in this IPL

Mumbai favourites?

1

Number of times Mumbai have failed to defend a 180+ total in the IPL (in 12 attempts)

An unwanted high

24

Runs conceded by Aaron in the 19th over – his second most expensive in T20 cricket

A first for Pollard

4

Number of consecutive 25+ T20 scores for Pollard – his first time in the IPL and fourth in his career

End-over specialist

7.17

Starc’s economy while bowling in the last 5 overs in an IPL innings – all other RCB quicks on display concede 10+

Poor finishers

8.29

Mumbai’s run rate in the last 5 overs of an innings this IPL (before today) - the poorest for any team

Pollard v RCB

15

Sixes that Pollard has hit against RCB – his most against any team