Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, Indian Premier League 2012, 12th match

Presentation starts: Noticed how Nita Ambani always stands in attention like she's in a school assembly?

Dravid: "We thought we had a chance. We were under the pump a little bit. Little panic among the youngsters. There are positives."

Harbhajan: "Malinga you can bring him any time. If Shah had batted three more overs the game would have finished. The dew was a problem, but when you have 197 on board, the opposition still has to keep the score moving."

Man of the Match Pollard: "The team needed that impetus. Royals played really well, but we knew 10-11 runs every over would be difficult, fantastic atmosphere. You can say that (Mumbai my second home)."

Thanks for your company today and the mails. We'll see you again tomorrow. Cheers!

End of match: Mumbai win by 27 runs but the match looked a lot closer than that. That over from Malinga was the turning point. Gave Mumbai the edge, but it was still not yet over. In a match of so many individual performances, the evening belonged to Pollard - 4 for 44 of 4.

Kevon Cooper hands over the Purple Cap to Munaf. So Mumbai are right on top with six points and Rajasthan drop to fourth.

Mahesh: "Pollard sure deals only with 6's and 4's.. In his 64, he hit four 6's, six 4's and finished with 4/44 in 4."

19.4

Patel to Hogg, OUT, Munaf will now take the Purple Cap! He has ten wickets overall and finishes off the game, Hogg swings across the line and hits it flat to Franklin at deep midwicket

GB Hogg c Franklin b Patel 2 (12m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40

19.3

Patel to Trivedi, 1 run, backs away and places a low full toss to long-on

19.2

Patel to Trivedi, 2 runs, bowls it shorter and he makes room and clears extra cover

19.1

Patel to Hogg, 1 run, full outside off and drilled down to long-off

Munaf to finish off

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run | RR: 166/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.73, RRR: 32.00)

Siddharth Trivedi2 (4b)
Brad Hogg1 (3b)

Lasith Malinga4-0-13-2
Kieron Pollard4-0-44-4

18.6

Malinga to Trivedi, no run, the stumps elude Malinga again, moves away to smash that but was nowhere near it

18.5

Malinga to Trivedi, no run, how did that miss the leg stump? Backed away, swing and a miss

18.4

Malinga to Trivedi, no run, Trivedi backs away a long way and has a desperate swing at it, slower ball which just misses the off stump

18.3

Malinga to Hogg, 1 run, fast yorker on the middle stump and he steers it down to deep point

18.2

Malinga to Hogg, no run, too quick for Hogg, the yorker beats him outside off

18.1

Malinga to Hogg, no run, makes room and the yorker swings away from the off stump and beats him

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 3 Wkts | RR: 165/9 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.16, RRR: 16.50)

Siddharth Trivedi2 (1b)
Brad Hogg0 (0b)

Kieron Pollard4-0-44-4
Munaf Patel3-0-24-3

17.6

Pollard to Trivedi, 2 runs, slower ball and he pushes it down to long-on

17.5

Pollard to Singh, OUT, Pollard's made the night his own! Slower ball and the batsman makes a lot of room, exposes his stumps and fails to pick it, clips the leg stump

A Singh b Pollard 0 (1m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17.5

1nb

Pollard to Singh, 1 no ball, bounces him and it's a no-ball for height

17.4

Pollard to Singh, no run, bowls the hat-trick ball outside off, slower one, he misses

17.3

Pollard to Chavan, OUT, that's two out of two for Pollard! Bowls it short to Chavan, he tries to pull but the bounce was too steep for comfort, he bent his knee while swinging at it and managed a thick edge to Karthik

AA Chavan c †Karthik b Pollard 4 (6m 2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200

The old man Hogg walks in

17.2

Pollard to Menaria, OUT, Pollard hits back! Bowls it fuller and angles it across him, Menaria stays back at the crease and tries to loft him over the off side, skied to Rohit at the covers

AL Menaria c Sharma b Pollard 20 (38m 15b 2x4 1x6) SR: 133.33

17.1

Pollard to Menaria, FOUR, terrible ball considering fine leg is up in the circle, friendly short delivery down the leg side, swivels and pulls to fine leg

17.1

Pollard to Menaria, 1 wide, starts off with a short one wide down the leg side, tries to pull but misses

Pollard returns

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 157/6 (41 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.23, RRR: 13.66)

Ankeet Chavan4 (1b)
Ashok Menaria16 (13b)

Munaf Patel3-0-24-3
Harbhajan Singh4-0-43-0

16.6

Patel to Chavan, FOUR, still some drama left, Chavan made room and carved a short delivery wide of third man, good placement

Chavan walks in

16.5

Patel to Cooper, OUT, timber! Despite being tonked for six Munaf isn't afraid to bowl it full on the stumps again, this time he bowls the slower one, Cooper makes room and swings and the off stump goes two yards back

KK Cooper b Patel 14 (14m 6b 0x4 2x6) SR: 233.33

16.4

Patel to Cooper, SIX, Improvisation! Cooper sensed that Munaf would target his stumps, backed and launched that to the sight screen, swift follow through

RR INNINGS		R	B
R Dravid	caught	3	5
AM Rahane	caught	40	31
SP Goswami	caught wk	0	1
OA Shah	bowled	76	42
AL Menaria	caught	20	15
J Botha	caught	2	3
KK Cooper	bowled	14	6
AA Chavan	caught wk	4	2
GB Hogg	caught	2	5
A Singh	bowled	0	3
SK Trivedi	not out	5	6
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 2, nb 1)
TOTAL	170 (all out; 19.4 ovs)

MI BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	4.0	13	2	3.25
MM Patel	3.4	28	4	7.63
JEC Franklin	2.0	22	0	11	(1w)
PP Ojha	2.0	19	0	9.5
Harbhajan Singh	4.0	43	0	10.75
KA Pollard	4.0	44	4	11	(1nb, 1w)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	R Dravid	AM Rahane
2nd	0	AM Rahane	SP Goswami
3rd	82	OA Shah	AM Rahane
4th	45	OA Shah	AL Menaria
5th	2	J Botha	AL Menaria
6th	17	AL Menaria	KK Cooper
7th	9	AA Chavan	AL Menaria
8th	0	GB Hogg	AA Chavan
9th	1	GB Hogg	A Singh
10th	7	GB Hogg	SK Trivedi

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
DC	16	11	5	22	0.617
KKR	16	10	5	21	0.561
MI	16	10	6	20	-0.1
CSK	16	8	7	17	0.1
RCB	16	8	7	17	-0.022
PBKS	16	8	8	16	-0.216
RR	16	7	9	14	0.201
DCH	16	4	11	9	-0.509
PWI	16	4	12	8	-0.551

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run | RR: 166/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.73, RRR: 32.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 3 Wkts | RR: 165/9 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.16, RRR: 16.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 157/6 (41 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.23, RRR: 13.66)

Match Coverage

Late Wankhede pitch change cost Rajasthan - Goswami

Attacking Malinga a mistake - Owais Shah

Pollard power too much for Rajasthan

RR 2nd innings Partnerships

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END OF OVER:19 | 1 Run | RR: 166/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.73, RRR: 32.00)

END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 3 Wkts | RR: 165/9 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.16, RRR: 16.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 157/6 (41 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.23, RRR: 13.66)

Late Wankhede pitch change cost Rajasthan - Goswami

Attacking Malinga a mistake - Owais Shah

Pollard power too much for Rajasthan

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run | RR: 166/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.73, RRR: 32.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 3 Wkts | RR: 165/9 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.16, RRR: 16.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 157/6 (41 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.23, RRR: 13.66)