IPL 2013: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab - As it happened...

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | REPORT» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Punjab innings: Over 20 || Score 170/10 17 needed off the last over to be bowled by Kulkarni. And it’s a disastrous start to the over as Kulkarni bowls an above waist high no-ball, PK works that towards deep backward point and two runs scored. 14 needed from 6. PK defends the first ball towards covers for no run. The second ball is a slower bouncer and PK fails to make contact. Kulkarni bowls a wide, it was another slower ball bouncer which went too high. 13 needed from 4. PK smashes the next ball straight down the ground and runs two as Dhawal fails to collect the throw from Ambati Rayudu. 11 needed from 3. Kulkarni once again bowls a full-toss, PK doesn’t connect and he argues with the umpire saying that was a no-ball, 11 needed from 2. The penultimate delivery is a length ball and PK has sent that over deep midwicket for a SIX! 5 needed from 1. Kulkarni ends the over with another full-toss and this time PK has hit it straight to Tendulkar at covers! The umpires have checked for the no-ball but this time, its fine and Mumbai Indians have defeated Kings XI Punjab by 4 runs! Excellent fight by Praveen Kumar, but he fell short by one shot as Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a barrage of full-tosses. All’s well that ends well! Mumbai can celebrate. P Kumar c Tendulkar b Kulkarni 24 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 158/9 26 needed from 12, Malinga to bowl his final over. PK flicks the first ball towards midwicket for a couple. Malinga bowls two consecutive dot balls as PK fails to make any contact. Malinga goes fuller and PK launches this one over long off for a SIX! 18 needed from 8 now. PK works a low full-toss towards deep fine leg for a single, 17 needed from 7. Awana defends the last ball for no run. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 149/9 Johnson to bowl his final over. Praveen Kumar is the new man in. PK fails to take a single off the first ball. The second ball is short and wide, PK makes some room and hits that over covers for a boundary! PK takes a quick single off the third ball to get Miller back on strike. Johnson bowls a length ball and Miller smashes that for a MASSIVE SIX OVER DEEP MIDWICKET! But Mitchell Johnson has the last laugh as he bowls a low full-toss and Miller hits that straight to Tendulkar at covers! But it has been a splendid innings from Miller once again, he was fighting it all alone and fell short of partners, once again. Awana is the last man in. Eleven from the over. DA Miller c Tendulkar b Johnson 56 (34b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 138/8 Kulkarni brought back into the attack. Three singles came off the first three balls and then Kulkarni bowled a slower bouncer, Miller nicked that and Karthik almost got there. Kulkarni follows that with a short ball, Chawla pulls and Rayudu at deep midwicket takes an excellent catch to dismiss Piyush Chawla! Kulkarni ends the over with a half-volley and Miller smokes that over deep midwicket for a six that also brings his fifty off just 32 balls! It has been another fabulous innings from the South African, Nine from the over. PP Chawla c Rayudu b Kulkarni 12 (10b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 129/7 57 needed from 30, Malinga brought into the attack. Guess what, Chawla clobbers Malinga straight down the ground for a SIX! Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 118/7 Johnson is brought back into the attack, Chawla is the new batsman in. Good over from Johnson, seven runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 111/7 Harbhajan into his final over. Bhajji bowls a top spinner, Mahmood gets a top edge and Kathik runs to take a good catch! Bhajji has bowled superbly today. Gony is the new man in, he can be handy with the bat. And Bhajji who has been outstanding today gets Gony off the last ball of his spell! It was once again a ‘doosra’ and Gony went for the sweep shot and nicked it to the keeper. Bhajji ends his superb spell 4-0-14-3 MS Gony c Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 0 (3b) Azhar Mahmood c Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 9 (13b) ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 110/5 Pollard comes into the attack. Miller launches the second ball over deep midwicket for a SIX! The fifth ball is a slower one and Miller shimmies down, clears long-on for his second six of the over! 15 from the over. It is yet to be seen whether Miller can pull off another spectacular chase from here onwards! ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 95/5 Bhajji to continue. Four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 91/5 Ojha to continue. The third ball doesn’t turn much but beats the batsman, and the wicketkeeper and goes for 4 byes! Mahmood charged down the wicket off the last ball and goes straight down the ground for a boundary! That ball almost hit Asad Rauf! 11 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 80/5 Bhajji to continue. Now Gurkeerat Singh attempted a big stroke and got a top edge that went high and straight to Smith at covers! Azhar Mahmood is the new batsman. Three from the over and a wicket for Bhajji. Gurkeerat Singh c Smith b Harbhajan Singh 2 (4b) ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 77/3 Ojha to continue. After scoring a couple off the first ball, Miller charges down the wicket off the second ball and clears long-off for a SIX! Mitchell Johnson tried to do a Pollard there, got close but not close enough. And then Hussey shimmies down off the fourth ball and hits the ball straight to Pollard at long on! Gurkeerat Mann is the new batsman. Ten from the over and a wicket for Ojha. DJ Hussey c Johnson b Ojha 34 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 67/3 Harbhajan Singh to bowl his first over. Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 60/3 Ojha has been introduced into the attack. Marsh charges down the wicket off the first ball, goes hard over deep midwicket and it looks a certain six before the ball is grabbed by Pollard just inside the boundary! We keep saying it again and again but only Pollard could have taken that catch! Another blinder! Miller is the new batsman. He gets off the mark in style as he shimmies down and scores a boundary at deep midwicket. Five from the over. SE Marsh c Pollard b Ojha 10 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 55/2 Kulkarni to continue. The third ball is pitched short and Hussey plays a cut shot for a boundary past the fielder at point. Hussey has already played some good looking strokes. The fourth ball was slightly short, Hussey once again plays a cut shot that beats Ojha at gully and runs for a boundary! Kulkarni isn’t learning from his mistakes, he follows that boundary with a half-volley and Hussey clobbers that over long-off for a SIX! That also brings Punjab’s fifty within no time. Kulkarni ends the over with a bouncer, no runs scored. 17 from the over, Hussey is on fire! ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 38/2 Malinga into his second over. The first ball is a poor delivery, a full-toss and Marsh works that towards fine leg for a boundary! The third ball is once again a length ball, Hussey makes some room for himself and lifts that over mid-off for a boundary! Malinga ends the over with another short ball and Hussey pulls that for a boundary at deep square leg! 15 from the over! ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 23/2 Kulkarni has been brought into the attack. He begins with a half-volley and Hussey punches that past mid-off for a boundary! Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 17/2 Manan Vohra is the new batsman, Johnson to continue. Vohra survived a run-out appeal as Marsh worked one towards third man and Vohara wanted the second run as Kulkarni fired an accurate throw, the third umpire took enough time and declared it not out. Buit Vohra couldn’t make much of that chance as he hit the next ball straight to Kieron Pollard at point! Five from the over. M Vohra c Pollard b Johnson 1 (2b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 12/1 Malinga to bowl from the other end. Mandeep got an outside edge off the third ball that flew past third man for a boundary within no time. Malinga has bowled some excellent deliveries in the over so far and he ends it with a dead Yorker and Mandeep Singh is bowled! Five from the over, great start by Malinga. Mandeep Singh b Malinga 9 (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 7/0 Mandeep Singh and Shaun Marsh to open for Punjab, Mitchell Johnson to bowl the first over for Mumbai. Johnson began with a wide and then Mandeep drove the first ball, a full-toss through covers for a boundary! Ambati Rayudu at covers saved a certain boundary off the third ball which was punched by Mandeep Singh. Seven from the first over, good recovery by Johnson after he was hit for a boundary off the first ball! ==================================================================================== Mumbai innings: Over 20 || Score 174/3 Hussey had decided to bowl the final over. Sharma whacks the first ball over long on for a SIX! The second is a Yorker for no run. Sharma shimmied down the track off the third ball and he clobbered that high over deep midwicket for another SIX! Hussey bowls a wide. The fourth ball is fuller again and Sharma easily clears long on for his third Six of the over! The fifth ball got a top edge and flew past third man for a boundary! 23 have been scored off the first five balls! The last ball is a full-toss on the leg side and Sharma works that past the man at fine leg for another boundary! So Hussey decided to bowl the last over himself and 27 runs came off the last over! So the gamble didn’t pay off and all of a sudden Mumbai have reached a formidable score of 174! Rohit Sharma 79* (39b) Kieron Pollard 20* (21b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 147/3 Praveen Kumar to bowl his final over. Pollard bludgeons the first ball straight down the ground for a boundary, Kumar somehow survived as the bullet shot didn’t hit him. Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 139/3 Gony to bowl his final over. The second ball was bowled full, Sharma launched that over long off for a six that also brought his 50 off 28 balls! Magnificent shot to bring his fifty and this captaincy thing is working for him. Some drama happened in that over as Gony bowled Pollard but it was a front foot no ball! Gony bowled another no ball, and conceded a single off the free-hit. 11 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 128/3 Mahmood to bowl his final over. Sharma gets an inside edge off the first ball that runs past fine leg for a boundary! The fourth ball was banged short, Sharma attempted a pull shot, got a top edge that flew over fine leg for a SIX! 14 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 114/3 Gony has been brought back into the attack. The second ball is a half-volley and Sharma spanks that over covers for a boundary! The third ball is banged short and Sharma pulls that magnificently for a SIX! And for records, Rohit Sharma becomes the third batsman after Gayle and Raina to score 100 sixes in IPL. Twelve from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 102/3 Awana replaces Chawla. Four from the over. Awana ends his excellent spell 4-0-16-0 ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 98/3 David Hussey brings himself into the attack. And guess what, a stumping chance missed! Pollard was the batsman It was a flighted delivery and Pollard went for it, he missed the line and the ball went straight to the keeper who couldn’t collect it. Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 93/3 Chawla to continue. And Smith continue to hit biggies, smashes the first ball over deep midwicket for a SIX! The second ball is pitched outside the off-stump, Smith went for another big sweep shot, didn’t connect well this time as the ball went straight to Miller at long on! Kieron Pollard is the new batsman. And Pollard gets off the mark with a SIX! It was a length ball and Pollard clobbered that over long on for half a dozen! 13 from the over. DR Smith c Miller b Chawla 33 (32b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 80/2 Gony brought back into the attack. The first ball was pitched on the leg side and Smith pulls that for a boundary at deep square leg. The second ball was pitched full and Smith dispatched that over mid off for his second consecutive boundary! Smith takes a single off the third ball. The fourth ball is full once again and Sharma drives it through covers for another boundary! Sharma takes a single. Smith keeps the strike with a single off the last ball. 15 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 65/2 Awana to continue. Another superb over, just six runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 59/2 Piyush Chawla has been brought into the attack. The first ball is length and Smith bludgeons that straight down the ground for a boundary! The fourth ball was a short one and Smith pulls it as it goes straight to the fielder at deep midwicket who grasses it. The last ball had room on offer on the off side and Sharma cuts that towards deep backward point for a boundary! 11 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 48/2 Awana into his second over. Another god over, just four from it. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 44/2 Manpreet Gony has been brought into the attack. Karthik gets a length ball and he dispatches that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! And Gony has the last laugh as Gony bangs a short one and Karthik is surprised by the bounce, he gets an inside edge and Karthik is bowled! Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma comes to the crease. Five runs and a wicket from the over. KD Karthik b Gony 25 (19b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 39/1 Awana introduced into the attack. Good start by Awana, three from the over. Smith attempted a few big strokes in the over, didn’t connect well. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 36/1 Mahmood to continue. Karthik survives a run-out chance! Smith worked one towards point and wanted a single and then refused as Karthik was half way down the pitch, a direct hit and he was gone! Karthik then worked one towards point and ran for a comfortable single, this time the Miller’s throw went for 4 overthrows! Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 28/1 Kumar to bowl his third over. Karthik charges down the wicket off the second ball and flicks that towards fine leg for a boundary! The third ball is short and Karthik once again flicks that, this time with an even better shot over deep square leg for a SIX! Twelve from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 16/1 Mahmood to continue. Just three from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 13/1 Praveen Kumar to continue. And Tendulkar is bowled! PK curls one into Tendulkar who got an inside edge and the ball hit the stumps. Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman. Three from the over. SR Tendulkar b Kumar 9 (10b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 10/0 Azhar Mahmood to bowl the second over. After facing a dot ball, Tendulkar got some room outside the off-stump and he elegantly worked that towards deep backward point for a boundary! The fourth delivery was once again short and wide and Tendulkar played that through extra-cover for another boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 2/0 Tendulkar and Smith to open for Mumbai, Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over for Punjab. Smith gets off the mark with a single off the first ball. After playing two dot balls, Tendulkar too is off the mark with a quick single. PK ends the over with two dot balls. Just two from the over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Rohit Sharma wins the toss and Mumbai will bat first. David Hussey will captain Punjab today and Shaun Marsh is the replacement for Adam Gilchrist. Mumbai Indians have finally found an explosive opener in Dwayne Smith who has got them to some good starts in the last couple of matches. Things have worked out pretty well for Mumbai ever since the team management decided to drop Ricky Ponting and Rohit Sharma was handed over the captaincy. Mumbai have won two consecutive matches since then. Lasith Malinga and Mitchell Johnson displayed one of the finest spells of seam bowling in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore and even the spinners have lived up to the expectations. Punjab on the other hand have had a mixed season so far and their major concern continues to be the form of their skipper Adam Gilchrist. The left-hander has managed to score just 94 runs from eight matches and his form at the top of the order has made the job extremely tough for the middle-order batsman. Azhar Mahmood who had a terrific 2012 hasn’t been able to live up to the expectations and as Punjab continue to struggle with a feeble Indian contingent, team management would want players like David Miller, Ryan Harris to put up with a formidable show.