Champions League Twenty20: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - As it happened...

Champions League Twenty 20 will witness a Clash of the Titans when Mumbai Indians take on the Rajasthan Royals in the first match of the main league stage.

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | REPORT» ==================================================================================== Mumbai Indians innings: Over 19.8 || Score 148/3 Coulter-Nile will bowl the last over. Watson attempted a big shot off a full-toss that swung in air and surprised everybody. The second ball was a terrific bouncer which surprised Watson. Watson played the third ball straight to Pollard at point who misfielded as the batsmen ran a single. Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar called almost all the fielders inside the circle, as Binny smashed the fourth ball over midwicket for a Six! Rajasthan Royals won by seven wickets and they played like a champion team today. Stuart Binny 27* (14b) Shane Watson 27* (22b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 141/3 Johnson will bowl the penultimate over. The first ball had some width on offer and Binny caressed that past the fielder at point for a boundary. The fourth ball was a half-volley and Binny drove that through covers for another boundary. 12 from the over, two needed off the last six balls. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 129/3 Pollard to continue. The fourth ball was slightly pitched short and wide and Binny handsomely drove that through covers for a boundary! Seven from the over. The Royals now need 14 from the last 12 balls. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 122/3 Dwayne Smith brought into the attack. Watson charged down the wicket off the fourth ball and launched it high and handsome over midwicket for a massive six. 12 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 110/3 Pollard brought back into the attack. Samson finally ran out of luck when he hit one straight to the fielder at deep midwicket. Four runs from the over. That wicket ended the 28-run partnership between Samson and Watson. SV Samson c Smith b Pollard 54 (47b) ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 106/2 Samson was once again lucky when he went after a ball that had width on offer and it sailed over the slip cordon for a boundary. With that, Samson also reached his boundary off 42 balls. The third ball was a quick bouncer, Samson gloved that and it went over the keeper’s head for another boundary! 15 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 91/2 Bhajji to bowl his third over. Watson charged down the wicket off the fifth ball and clobbered the ball over wide of long-on for a six! Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 81/2 Dhawan to bowl his third over. And he dismissed Rahane who was playing a shot too many. Rahane was looking to play across the line and he got an inside edge that went on to hit the stumps. Dhawan has also broken the 74-run partnership between Rahane and Samson. Just three from the over. AM Rahane b Dhawan 33 (31b) ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 78/1 Bhajji to continue. The first ball was short and Samson nonchalantly worked that towards wide of long-off for a boundary. Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 69/1 Kieron Pollard comes into the attack. The first ball was wayward on the leg side and Samson flicked it for a boundary past the fielder at short fine leg. Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 60 Spin from both ends, Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack. Decent first over from Bhajji, four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 56/1 Spin introduced, Pragyan Ojha to bowl his first over. And Rahane greets him with a six over long-off, superb shot that, sheer timing. A misfield by Bhajji at point produced another boundary for the Royals. 13 runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 43/1 Dhawan to continue. This time Samson charges down the track and goes inside out for a boundary! Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 37/1 Rahane shimmied down the track off the second ball that had some width and cleared the off –side field to score a boundary. Rahane once again shimmied down the track off the last ball, once again which had width, and this time cleared extra-cover to score his second boundary of the over. Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 27/1 Rishi Dhawan brought into the attack. Five from the over. The Royals have decided to keep the wickets in hand, their big hitting batsmen could do the job later on. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 22/1 Coulter-Nile to continue. Excellent stuff, just four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 18/1 Johnson to continue. And Samson survived a close call, in fact the replays show it was plumb! The first ball looked like it pitched on line and would have gone to hit the middle-stump, poor umpiring there. Samson got a thick edge off the fourth ball that flew past the slip cordon for a boundary. The fifth ball was a half-volley and Samson handsomely bisected the gap between mid-on and midwicket for a boundary! 12 runs from the over, would be frustrating for Johnson. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 6/1 Coulter-Nile from the other end. And he strikes, Rahul Dravid is out for a duck! It was a soft dismissal as Rahul Dravid worked a ball pitched slightly wide to the fielder at point. The talented youngster Sanju Samson is the new man in. Just one from the over and a big wicket for Coulter-Nile. R Dravid c Pollard b Coulter-Nile 1 (4b) ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 5/0 Mitchell Johnson bowled the first over and Rahane played a cut shot past the fielder at point for a boundary. Five from the first over. ==================================================================================== Over 20 || Score 142/7 Malik to bowl his final over, he has bowled extremely well today. And he continues to do so, dismisses Pollard off the first ball! It was pitched with some width on offer and Pollard edged it to the keeper. Nathan Coulter-Nile was the next batsman in. The second ball was a slower delivery which was a dot ball. The third was wide and full and the Australian smashed that over wide of long-off for a boundary! The fourth ball had even more width and Coulter-Nile on that occasion cleared deep backward point for a Six! The fifth ball was another slower ball and Coulter-Nile mistimed that towards long-on and Harbhajan Singh was run-out as he ran back for a suicidal second run. Coulter-Nile could manage a single off the last ball of the innings and Mumbai have reached quite decent total considering the kind of start they had. Harbhajan Singh run out 8 (4b) KA Pollard c Samson b Malik 42 (36b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 130/5 Faulkner to bowl his final over. He bowled a full-toss and Pollard hammered that towards deep midwicket where Menaria dropped a tough chance running to his left. There was nothing wrong about the fifth ball, but Pollard powerfully flicked that over midwicket for another Six! 15 from the over, one over remaining now. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 115/5 Cooper to bowl his third over. This time Pollard paddle swept the first delivery over short fine leg for a boundary! The third ball was a length delivery and Pollard launched that straight down the ground for a Six! 11 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 104/5 Faulkner to continue. An excellent over, just three from it. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 101/5 Watson bowled a full-toss and Sharma smacked that long over deep square leg for a massive Six! The Mumbai skipper tried to work the next delivery towards third man, but just managed an edge to the keeper. Sharma has scored crucial 44 runs for his side before being dismissed. Pollard and Sharma added 52 runs for the fifth wicket. Bhajji was the next man in. Watson offered some width off the last ball and Harbhajan smashed that over deep backward point for a boundary! 14 runs from the over. RG Sharma c Samson b Faulkner 44 (37b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 87/4 Cooper to bowl his second over. Pollard and Sharma scored a boundary each from the over that produced 14 runs for Mumbai. They need more of these. Five more to go. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 74/4 Faulkner is brought back into the attack, the Australian has three overs left. Just four from the over. It won’t be easy to score against Faulkner. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 70/4 Just two runs came off the first five balls of the over before Watson pitched one on short of length and Rohit scooped that over fine leg for a SIX! Ten runs from the over. One of these two will have to escalate the innings now. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 62/4 Kevon Cooper introduced into the attack. Pollard slammed a half-volley past midwicket for a boundary. Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 55/4 Shukla to bowl his second over. Just two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 53/4 Binny to continue. Rohit Sharma dispatched the last ball of the over for a boundary as Mumbai Indians reached their 50! It has taken them ten overs and they are in desperate need of a partnership here. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 47/4 Rahul Shukla comes into the attack. And a run-out was the last thing Mumbai needed, and Ambati Rayudu is run-out! As a result of a big mess between Rohit and Rayudu, both the batsmen were at one end and Rayudu departs. Danger man Pollard has come to the crease and he needs to stitch a big partnership here with Rohit. Just four from the over. AT Rayudu run out 3 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 43/3 Stuart Binny comes into the attack. And he strikes, picks the big wickets of Sachin Tendulkar who edged one to the keeper! It was a length delivery which invited Tendulkar for a drive, he went for it but managed an edge to the keeper. Mumbai have now lost three wickets, Ambati Rayudu is the new man in. Seven from the over and a wicket for Binny. SR Tendulkar c Samson b Binny 15 (17b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 36/2 Menaria brought back into the attack. Just five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 31/2 Malink into his third over. And the move worked as he pitched on a good length and Karthik got an inside edge that hit the stumps! The surprise packagae – Vikramjit Malik has so far picked two crucial wickets for his team. Rohit Sharma is the new man in. He was offered some room on the off side by Malik and he lifted that towards third man for a boundary! Five from the over. KD Karthik b Malik 2 (11b) ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 26/1 Shane Watson brought into the attack. After bowling five good deliveries, Watson offered some room to Tendulkar who convincingly drove that for another boundary. Five runs from the over. Mumbai need some more boundaries here. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 21/1 Malik into his second over. Excellent over. Just three runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 18/1 James Faulkner was introduced into the attack and Tendulkar scored two superb boundaries off him. Nine runs from the over. Tendulkar isn't hesitating to play his strokes. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 9/1 Smith played a straight drive off the third ball to score his second boundary, but the fourth delivery from Vikramjeet Malik kept a little low and hit Smith on the pads and he was declared out. Rajasthan Royals have struck! Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman in. Just four runs from the over and a wicket. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 5/0 Dwayne Smith scored a boundary off the first ball after Ashok Menaria was asked to open the bowling for Rajasthan. Tendulkar defended the last three balls of the over for no run. ==================================================================================== TOSS:Rahul Dravid and won the toss and he has decided to bowl first. Rajasthan Royals might have a slight advantage in today`s match as the match will be played on their home ground – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, which is considered to be their fortress as they have a record of winning most of the matches there. The team management have gone through a tough time after the IPL 2013 as their players were involved in IPL spot-fixing and Rahul Dravid will have a job up his sleeves to motivate his boys to do well in the tournament. Mumbai Indians on the other hand would be high on confidence after winning IPL 2013. Sachin Tendulkar will once again remain the highlight of the team and as skipper Rohit Sharma said, the youngsters in the team would want to gift him another trophy. Meanwhile, the Mumbai squad will desperately miss the absence of their bowling spearhead – Lasith Malinga who opted out of the tournament due to some personal commitments. Teams: Rajasthan (From): Rahul Dravid(c), Dishant Yagnik(w), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Stuart Binny, Tom Cooper, Siddharth Trivedi, Rahul Shukla, Shaun Tait, Ashok Menaria, Vikramjeet Malik, Pravin Tambe, James Faulkner Mumbai (From): Rohit Sharma(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Pragyan Ojha, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rishi Dhawan, Akshar Patel, Abu Nechim, Aditya Tare