all over, full toss on middle, pushed away between square leg and midwicket for a boundary to seal a seven-wicket win
MI vs Daredevils, 35th match at East London, IPL, May 08 2009 - Match Result
Daredevils won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Delhi go to the top of the table. They were expected to after limiting Mumbai to 116, and though they were kept in check after the loss of their openers, a gift-over from Tendulkar relieved the pressure significantly. He bowled dollies, and de Villiers did well to give them the deserved treatment to help take his team to its sixth win in the competition. Delhi are the team to beat now, and Mumbai, after an encouraging start to the tournament, lose yet another one, this time while batting first. They remain in seventh place, and their chances at a place in the top four are gradually withering away. Join us in a bit for the presentation.
Tendulkar: "We were very much there with our bowling and fielding except my over. We didn't want to give them pace onto the bat, which is why I brought myself on and that is where things started changing."
Nehra is the Man of the Match
Nehra: "I'm bowling quite well especially with the old ball. I'm bowling well in the slog overs, and up front, I was bowling against the wind but it's going well. This game was very important, and a couple of more wins and we can seal a place in the semi finals."
Gambhir: "It was important to carry the momentum, it's a format where once you lose it, it's difficult to get it back. We had wickets in hand, so we were confident of pulling it off despite needing eight-an-over. We bowled really well to restrict them. We want Sehwag back when he is fully fit, but we don't want to rush him in."
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yorker length on middle and leg, dug it out awkwardly, got a thick inside edge wide of square leg for a single, reaches his fifty, well done
full toss on the off, opens the face to guide it to third man
length ball on middle, bunted down the ground to long-on
full toss outside off, steered from the crease wide of point to beat third man, nicely timed
Kalu: "Who was the pitch reporter today? I think he might have read the practice pitch, predicting a run feast." Yes, blame it all on Rameez Raja and Jeremy Coney
yorker on middle and leg, did well to keep it out, played it wide of midwicket
Steve: "This has been Mumbai's problem throughout the tournament, too many bowling choices and the inability of Sachin to use them at the right time. There was no need for him to bring himself on, Bravo could have bowled out from that end and let Malinga and Raje finish the other two overs. Its so disappointing. "
The end of a matchwinning stand. Handled the pressure well after the loss of the openers.
edged and gone, overpitched outside off, made room to guide that past the keeper, got a thick edge and Pinal took it easily
full and wide, makes room and slices it in the direction of deep cover
on middle, fired in at 137 kmph, pushes it wide of midwicket for a couple
fullish on leg stump, driven straight to midwicket
good length on middle and leg, defended to midwicket
Malinga comes on, too late
that's dismissed, enjoyed a momentary high with those three dot balls and now will go back disappointed, full and wide, creamed wide of point with a flourish, raced away to the ropes
fullish on the off, made room to clear cover there, got a thick edge past the keeper to beat third man for a boundary
slower ball bowled short outside off, waited for it and chopped it behind point, well wide of Harbhajan at third man to scramble back for three runs, brings up the 50-stand
straying on the pads, misses out as he tries to glance it fine, is hit on the pads, three dot balls
fullish on the off, on target, dug out towards point
short of a length on the off, pushed off the back foot to cover
Raje to bowl now. Run-rate is down to six-an-over
flighted on middle, driven past the bowler down to long-on for a single, 19 off the over, failed gamble
absolutely terrible, Mumbai have squandered a good few overs here, short on the off, enough time for de Villiers to rock back and bludgeon that wide of deep midwicket
long hop again, was lucky it kept low, got an underedge wide of the keeper
Buffalo Park, East London | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.30 start, First Session 16.30-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.10, Second Session 18.10-19.30 |
Match days | 8 May 2009 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Delhi Daredevils 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 19 • DC 118/3
Daredevils won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)