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

Mumbai Indians take on the Kings XI Punjab at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» REPORT» Here is our blog about how well Rohit Sharma has led Mumbai Indians and how could it be the turning point of his career. Captaincy could change Rohit Sharma’s fortune» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Mumbai innings: Over 19.1 || Score 133/10 51 needed from 6, and guess what! ADAM GILCHRIST WILL BOWL, PK is the wicket-keeper! Very interesting move by the skipper himself. And he strikes first ball! Harbhajan Singh attempts a slog-sweep and hits the first ball straight to long-on. Dhawal Kulkarni wont’t bat and Punjab have ended their campaign on a high note. So Gilchrist picked a wicket off the first ball he bowled in IPL and Kings XI Punjab have defeated Mumbai Indians by 50 runs! Harbhajan Singh c Gurkeerat Singh b Gilchrist 5 (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 133/8 Mahmood to bowl his final over. Mahmood bowls an excellent Yorker and Coulter-Nile is bowled! Lasith Malinga comes to the crease. Just three from that over and it has been an incredible show by Azhar Mahmood today, scored 80 runs off just 44 balls and now picks two wicket for just 23 runs! NM Coulter-Nile b Azhar Mahmood 9 (6b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 130/7 Sandeep Sharma into his final over. He ends the over with a slower one and Coulter-Nile clobbers that over deep midwicket for a Six! Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 120/7 Mahmood is brought back into the attack, Harbhajan Singh comes to the crease. Just two runs came off the first four balls and the fifth was a full length ball and Rishi Dhawan is out lbw! NM Coulter-Nile comes to the crease. Just three from the over. R Dhawan lbw b Azhar Mahmood 14 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 117/6 Sandeep Sharma comes into the attack. He came round the stumps and bowled a Yorker that hit Dhawan on the pads and then deflected to third man for a boundary! Kieron Pollard was caught off the fifth ball which was a no-ball and he was caught off the free-hit at long-off but he ran two runs. And guess what, Pollard is caught off the third consecutive delivery, this time off a legal ball and he is Out! Ten from the over and the danger man is gone. KA Pollard c Miller b Sandeep Sharma 22 (21b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 107/5 Awana brought back into the attack. The first ball is slightly short and Pollard spanks that high and long over midwicket for a MASSIVE SIX! The fourth ball was a bouncer and this time Dhawan pulls that for a boundary through midwicket. 16 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 91/5 Chawla into his final over. The third ball was bowled at the pads and Pollard delicately plays that to fine leg for a boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 83/5 Awana to bowl his third over. The fifth ball was a short one and Dhawan easily worked that to deep square leg for a boundary! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 78/5 Chawla to continue. Sharma was looking vulnerable against Chawla and he failed to pick a wrong one from Chawla and is bowled! Two from the over and a big wicket for Chawla. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 76/4 Mahmood brought back into the attack. The fifth ball was pitched full and Sharma plays an elegant cover-drive for a boundary! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 69/3 Chawla into his second over. Sharma advances down the track off the first ball and launched that straight down the ground for a SIX! The third ball was flighted delivery again and Karthik hits that back to Chawla! Kieron Pollard is the new man at the crease. KD Karthik c & b Chawla 0 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 62/3 Awana to continue. He bangs a short ball and Rayudu was looking to play that towards fine leg but he has edged it to Gilchrist! Dinesh Karthik is the new man in. Three from the over. AT Rayudu c Gilchrist b Awana 26 (22b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 59/2 Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. Three from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 56/2 Parvinder Awana comes into the attack. Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 51/2 Sharma to continue. The first ball was a half-volley and Rayudu smashes it high towards long-on for a boundary! The second ball swung into the batsman and Rayudu worked that over midwicket for another boundary! Sharma got a bottom edge off the fourth ball and the ball rushed towards fine leg for another boundary! Fourteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 37/2 PK into his third over. Rayudu shimmies down the wicket off the third ball and clears midwicket to score his first boundary! Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 27/2 Sandeep Sharma brought into the attack. The third ball was a half-volley and Tare spanked that over long-on for a SIX! But Sharma comes back with a superb reply as he bowls an inswinger and Tare is clean bowled! Rohit Sharma comes to the crease. Nine from the over. AP Tare b Sandeep Sharma 22 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 18/1 PK to continue. Kumar bowled the fifth one at the pads and Tare worked that past midwicket for a boundary! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 13/1 Azhar Mahmood brought into the attack, Rayudu is the new man in. The fourth ball is banged short and Tare smashes that over deep midwicket for a SIX! The fifth ball was short and wide and Tare slapped that past point for a boundary! 12 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 1/1 Praveen Kumar has the rock in his hands, Glenn Maxwell and Aditya Tare to open the innings. The third ball was a short one and Maxwell mistimed it high in the air and Vohra at third man takes an easy catch! PK has got the early breakthrough. Just one from the over and a big wicket for PK. GJ Maxwell c Vohra b Kumar 0 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 20 || Score 183/8 Malinga to bowl the final over, Gurkeerat Singh is on strike. Malinga goes for his Yorker and gets a wicket first ball, Singh is Out! Malinga goes full off the third ball and Vohra spanks that over long-off for a SIX! Piyush Chawla works the fifth ball towards wide of long-off and is run-out while he was coming back for a second run. Praveen Kumar is the new man in and will face the last ball. Malinga fires another length ball and it uproots Kumar’s off-stump! That is also the 100th wicket for Malinga in IPL. Nine runs came off the last over and Punjab have reached an excellent total here. The Mumbai batting line up will be tested for sure. P Kumar b Malinga 0 (1b) PP Chawla run out 1 (2b) Gurkeerat Singh lbw b Malinga 0 (1b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 174/5 Kieron Pollard comes into the attack. The second ball was a slower one, Miller charged down the wicket and launched that to midwicket for a one-bounce boundary! Vohra bowled another short ball and Vohra cleverly plays that late and the ball runs past third man for a boundary! Miller attempts a big shot off the last ball of the over, and is caught straight at long-on! Ten from the over. DA Miller c Coulter-Nile b Pollard 6 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 164/4 Malinga brought back into the attack. The second ball was a low full-toss, hits Mahmood on the pads and Mahmood is out lbw! A superb innings from Mahmood comes to an end. Manan Vohra comes to the crease. Malinga bowls a low full-toss on the leg side and Vohra gets off the mark with a boundary at deep square leg! Malinga ended the over with a slow ball and Vohra edged that, it flew to third man for another boundary! Eight from the over. Azhar Mahmood lbw b Malinga 80 (44b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 156/3 Harbhajan brought into the attack. The first ball was short and wide and Mahmood smashes that wide of long-off for a boundary! The second ball was pitched full and Mahmood spanks that over cow corner for a SIX! Mahmood worked the third ball for a single. Bhajji bowled another full and straight delivery and this time Shaun Marsh is bowled! That also ends the 148-run stand between these two. David Miller comes to the crease. Punjab would want him to send a few out of the park. 13 from the over. SE Marsh b Harbhajan Singh 63 (47b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 143/2 Dhawan into his final over. The second ball was a length delivery and Marsh smashed that straight down the ground for a boundary! Twelve from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 131/2 Coulter-Nile into his final over. The fifth ball was a short one and Mahmood pulled that to deep square leg for a boundary! Nile bowled a bouncer to end the over and Mahmood worked that towards fine leg for another boundary! 12 from the over and these two have added unbeaten 125 runs so far! ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 119/2 Dhawan brought back into the attack. The first ball was a short one and Mahmood mistimed that as it went straight to Nile at short fine leg and he has dropped it! Marsh edged the fifth ball as it went over the keeper’s head for a boundary! Marsh smashed the last ball straight to long-on where Harbhajan Singh has dropped it! That would hurt Mumbai, they have dropped two catches of both these set batsmen. Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 108/2 Glenn Maxwell brought into the attack. Marsh took a single off the second ball that brought his fifty off just 39 balls! The third ball was in the lost for Mahmoot who clobbered that straight down the ground for a SIX! The fourth ball was full again and Mahmood launched that over midwicket for another SIX. Maxwell follows it with a short ball, outside off and Mahmood cuts that past point for a boundary! Superb batting this. Mahmood takes a single off the last ball and reaches his 50 off just 27 balls! 18 from the over. Shaun Marsh 50* (39), Azhar Mahmood 50* 27(b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 90/2 Malinga to bowl his second over. Three from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 87/2 Harbhajan to continue. The second ball was a poor delivery and Mahmood worked that through wide of covers for a boundary! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 80/2 Kieron Pollard comes into the attack. The third ball was full and wide and Marsh smashes that past covers for a boundary! The fifth delivery was bowled at the pads and Marsh pulls that for another boundary past midwicket! 12 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 68/2 Harbhajan to continue. Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 63/2 Lasith Malinga brought into the attack. Mahmood top edged the second ball, a bouncer that flew over fine leg for a SIX! The third ball had some room on offer and he drives that towards deep backward point for a boundary! Malinga fires a length ball, Mahmood punches that through cover where Harbhajan slips and the balls travels to deep extra-cover for a boundary! The fifth ball drifted on the leg side and Mahmood finely guided that to fine leg for another boundary! Mahmood took a single off the last ball. 20 runs from the over! ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack. Marsh created some room for himself off the last ball and worked it past the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary! So Marsh has been finding boundaries at will and Mahmood who came to the crease before the left-hander has faced just six balls so far. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 35/2 Dhawal Kulkarni comes into the attack. He begins with a full length ball and Marsh drives that’s straight down the ground for another boundary! The third ball had some room on offer and Marsh slaps that past cover for another boundary! The fifth ball was short again and Marsh this times guides that to fine leg for the third boundary of the over. And Kulkarni won’t be able to complete the over. He’s walking off the field due to some side strain. Rohit Sharma to complete the over. Thirteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 22/2 Nile into his third over. The third ball drifted on the leg side and Marsh worked that past the fielder at mid-on for a boundary! Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 16/2 Dhawan into his second over. The first ball was bowled at the pads and Marsh works that for a boundary through midwicket. Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 11/2 Nile to continue. The first ball was a half-volley and Gilly drove that for a boundary straight down the ground. Gilly attempts a pull shot off the next ball that swung in, he misses and Gilchrist is bowled! That could be the end of Gilly’s IPL career. Shaun Marsh comes to the crease. Nine from the over. AC Gilchrist b Coulter-Nile 5 (7b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 2/1 Rishi Dhawan to bowl the second over. The fourth ball was full and Mandeep Singh hits that straight to Pollard at mid-off! Azhar Mahmood comes to the crease. A wicket-maiden by Dhawan! Mandeep Singh c Pollard b Dhawan 1 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 2/0 Adam Gilchrist and Mandeep Singh to open for Punjab, Nathan Coulter-Nile will bowl the first over for Mumbai. Just two from the first over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Rohit Sharma has won the toss and he has decided to bowl first. Big News: Tendulkar isn't playing today. Punjab have gained the momentum in the latter half of the tournament and their skipper Adam Gilchrist had played some crucial knocks in the last few matches. David Miller has been a key player for the side and the only reason for their poor show in the series has been the form of their bowlers. Their chances of making it to the play-offs are unlikely and they will have to defeat Mumbai Indians in the match to entertain their hopes of making it to the top four. Mumbai Indians on the other hand have already booked their berth for the play-offs and have looked like a formidable side ever since Rohit Sharma was handed over the captaincy. The spinner and even the pace bowlers have done their job to perfection and Mumbai would want to enter the play-offs on a high note with another comprehensive victory.