- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 Kulkarni strikes in his first over, another wide delivery, but there has been lots of bounce for him, Dravid reaches out to try and cut, only manages a thick edge to the keeper, did not move his feet much there, just reached out awkwardly with the bat 9/15.2 pulled hard and pulled straight to shortish midwicket, short ball, Rahane goes hard for the pull but cannot place it wide of the fielder 31/213.6 Pollard has the big wicket, Watson tries to wallop this one over deep midwicket, it bounced from just back of a length, and Watson's front-foot heave comes down in wide long on's hands 105/411.2 oh dear, Binny has managed to run himself out, he missed the work on the leg side and charged out for the single as the ball rolled off pad down the pitch, but barged straight into the huge frame of Pollard, by the time he turned around, Pollard had strode towards the ball, and it needed just a kick from him to roll onto the stumps, Binny was just short, with Pollard between him and the stumps 84/318.5 Kulkarni has another wicket, Menaria opens up to a near-yorker, and digs it out low to Kulkarni, who takes it well, and claims it immediately, they check the replays, find that the catch carried cleanly, and that Menaria had got to the ball on the full, he has to go this time 148/519.5 he's got him with the slower one, Yagnik had made room outside leg stump, but was done in by the sudden fall in pace, only spooned it up high in the air, Malinga settled under it 160/6Extras14 (lb 1, nb 2, w 11)TOTAL162/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Rahul Dravid, 1.4 ov), 2-31 (Ajinkya Rahane, 5.2 ov), 3-84 (Stuart Binny, 11.2 ov), 4-105 (Shane Watson, 13.6 ov), 5-148 (Ashok Menaria, 18.5 ov), 6-160 (Dishant Yagnik, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RP Singh 3 0 32 0 10.66 8 4 1 3 1 DS Kulkarni 4 1 18 3 4.5 15 1 0 3 0 SL Malinga 4 0 32 1 8 6 3 0 0 1 Harbhajan Singh 3 0 31 0 10.33 8 3 2 1 0 DR Smith 2 0 13 0 6.5 5 0 1 0 0 KA Pollard 3 0 29 1 9.66 8 2 2 3 0 JEC Franklin 1 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras18 (lb 2, nb 1, w 15)TOTAL163/0 (18 Overs, RR: 9.05)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Chandila 2 0 24 0 12 3 0 3 0 0 SR Watson 3 0 17 0 5.66 11 3 0 1 0 SW Tait 4 0 40 0 10 5 4 0 6 0 GB Hogg 4 0 30 0 7.5 10 4 0 0 0 SK Trivedi 4 0 37 0 9.25 8 3 0 2 1 STR Binny 1 0 13 0 13 0 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05
Match days
20 May 2012 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Mumbai Indians 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (SR Watson 19, STR Binny 29, Ex 2)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 8
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (116 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 162/6 in 20.0 overs (OA Shah 28, GB Hogg 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 0 wicket)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 12
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (SR Tendulkar 14, DR Smith 28, Ex 12)
- DR Smith: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 13
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 69 balls (SR Tendulkar 38, DR Smith 51, Ex 13)
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 44 balls (5 x 4)
- Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 17
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 98 balls (SR Tendulkar 52, DR Smith 81, Ex 17)
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