Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils: As it happened..

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SCORECARD» I HIGHLIGHTS» ==================================================================================== Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Daredevils by 44 runs. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 20 II Score: 165/9 Kieron Pollard comes back into the attack and dismisses Nehra off the very first ball. Umesh hoiks this one for four runs towards deep square leg. Slams another one to long on for a single. Pollard fools around by pulling out of his delivery, but Morkel hits the last ball over deep mid wicket boundary for a six. Nehra c Ojha b Pollard 1(5) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 19 II Score: 154/8 Morkel hits Johnson for three boundaries off the first three balls. Too little to late here for Delhi. He takes a single off the fourth ball and Nehra gets a single off the last. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 18 II Score: 140/8 Malinga continues as the batsmen continue to take singles off the first three deliveries. Juneja looking for another single is sent back and findfs himself short of the crease to a direct hit. End of a good innings from the youngster. Nehra comes to the middle now. Juneja run out (R Dhawan) 49(40) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 17 II Score: 137/7 Morne Morkel is the new man in the middle. Morkel gets a single. Juneja gets another singles. Delhi look to have given up now. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 16.3 II Score: 134/7 Ojha continues as the batsmen continue to nudge him around for singles. Nadeem goes this time trying to loft one over the fielder at cover. Shahbaz Nadeem c R Dhawan b Ojha 2(3) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 16 II Score: 132/6 Shabaz Nadeem is the new man and he gets a single off the first ball. Juneja gets a four past fine leg off the last ball. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 15.2 II Score: 127/6 Malinga back into the attack and starts with a short ball that Juneja pulls unconvincingly for a single. Kedar Jadhav plays a slower one straight back to the bowler who took the catch on the rebound. Kedar Jadhav c and b Malinga 1(2) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 15 II Score: 126/5 Kedar Jadhav comes to the middle now. Juneja gets a boundary this time to the square of third man. Two runs off the third delivery. Huge appeal off the next ball, umpire says no. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 14.1 II Score: 118/5 Irfan Pathan looking to clear deep mid wicket boundary gets caught at the boundary off Ojha. Pathan c Mitchell Johnson b Ojha 10(12) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 14 II Score: 118/4 Irfan gets a couple of runs off the first ball of the over from Harbhajan. Delhi are only dealing in singles and doubles at the moment. The bowling has been pretty tight. and the batsmen despite their intentions have not been able to gett he ball away for boundaries. Last ball of Harbhajan's spell, a single off it. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 13 II Score: 113/4 Ojha into the attack now as Juneja walks out and gets a single off the first ball. Pathan gets two runs off the next ball. Ojha goes wide down the leg side this time and the keeper can't collect it as the ball rolls away for a boundary. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 12 II Score: 102/4 Irfan Pathan out in the middle now. Pathan gets off the mark with a risky single. Singles coming frequently but singles are not going to do for Delhi. Pollard bowls one down the leg side. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 11.1 II Score: 97/4 Mendis hits the first ball of a new over from Pollard straight back to Pollard who took it gleefully. Jeevan Mendis c and b Pollard 0(1) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 11 II Score: 97/3 Jeevan Mendis comes to the middle now as Juneja flicks this one from his pads to mid wicket for two runs. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 10.4 II Score: 95/3 Juneja needs to start taking a few risks here and cannot put pressure on Warner. Johnson into the attack now as Juneja takes another single. Warner goes inside out and hits past mid off for a boundary. This is amazing, goes across the stumps and hits it over fine leg fence for a huge six. Warner mistimes a slower one straight into the hands of Rayudu at deep extra cover. Warner c Rayudu b Mitchell Johnson 61(37) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 10 II Score: 84/2 Pollard continues with his military medium pace as the batsmen strike him around for singles. Delhi need a lot more than just singles to win the match though and Warner gets under this one and smashes this one over long on boundary for a huge six. A drive to deep square leg off the next ball gets him a single. This one is really wide outside off stump and this time even the umpire acknowledges it as a wide. This one is cut away with lovely timing and placement for a four. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 9 II Score: 69/2 Juneja tries to hoik this one from Harbhajan over mid wicket fence but misses it completely as Karthik flicks the bails behind the stumps. Third umpire called into action but replays shows that his foot is fimrly grounded and the batsman will be safe. Juneja gets a single past the keeper. This one is slightly short and Warner goes back and cuts it for a single. Juneja reverse sweeps this wide of the man at third man for a four. Gets a single off the next ball to md on. Another single for Warner to end the over. Eight runs off the over. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 8 II Score: 61/2 Pollard into the attack now. Warner gets a single to backward square leg. Juneja flicks to mid wicket for another single. Slower one this time and Warner mis-times a slog but still gets a single. Just four runs off the over. Delhi need to show some urgency in their approach now. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 7 II Score: 57/2 Pragyan Ojha into the attack. Warner gets two runs to mid wicket. A single to deep qquare leg for Warner this time. Juneja sweeps but can't get it past the man at deep mid wicket and the batsmen settle for a single. Warner hoiks this one over deep mid wicket fence for a huge six. Delhi need a lot more of these sixes from Warner. Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 6 II Score: 46/2 Malinga back into the attack. Juneja runs it down to third man for a single. This is a much better over from Malinga as Warner guides this one to third man for a single. Juneja misses on outside off stump but gets a run as the wicketkeeper fumbles in collecting it. Just four runs off the over. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 5 II Score: 42/2 Juneja hits one crisply down the ground again for a four. This one down the leg side and he guides it to the fine leg boundary for four runs. The next one is guided down to third man for a single. Warner this time gets a full toss that flicks to deep square leg boundary for a four. Smart cricket here, follows up that boundary with two runs. The last ball is hit to the man at point, no run taken. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 4 II Score: 27/2 Harbhajan back into the attack. Walks out and drives to long off for a single off the first ball. Juneja drives one to long on this time for another single. Warner gets another single to long off. Juneja flicks this one off the pads to deep mid wicket for a single. Warner goes down the dround and hits the ball over long on boundary for a six. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 3 II Score: 17/2 Juneja is the new batsman and he gets off the mark with a staright drive for that Harbhajan tries to pull back with his feet but can't. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 2.4 II Score: 13/2 Mitchell Johnson into the attack now. Cramps Jayawardene for room with his length. This time he gets a bit of width and he cuts it to the man at third man for a couple of runs. Jayawardene slashes at a wide one outside off stump and gets a faint nick that is gleefully accepted by Karthik behind the stumps. Jayawardene c Dinesh Karthik b Mitchell Johnson 3(6) ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 2 II Score: 10/1 Lasith Malinga into the attack now. Swinging full toss beats the batsman outside off stump. Warner chops the next one square on the off side for a four. Warner showing his T20 prowess here as he picks up another boundary with a flick off the hips on the leg side. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 1 II Score: 2/1 Jayawardene is the new batsman and he is dropped by Malinga as the batsmen take a run. Great start for Mumbai. ==================================================================================== DELHI DAREDEVILS Over: 0.1 II Score: 0/1 Harbhajan picks up the wicket of Unmukt Chand off the very first ball. He tries to close the face of the bat and got a leading that edge that was flying to mid off but Ponting flew in out of nowhere and took a brilliant catch. Chand c Ponting b Harbhajan 0(1) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 20 II Score: 209/5 Rohit Sharma hits this one inside out over extra cover for a six. Slower one this time and Rohit pulls it over deep mid wicket boundary for a six. 200 comes up for Mumbai. This time Nehra attempts a yorker and Rohit gets a single through third man. This one is a perfect yorker and Harbhajan gets some bat on it and takes off for a quick single. Rohit gets under this one and hits it long and high over deep mid wicket for a six. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 19.1 II Score: 189/5 Nehra to bowl the last over and he starts off with a short one that Rayudu tries to pull but can't get good hold of and Nehra takes the catch on his follow through. Rayudu c and b Nehra 24(8) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 19 II Score: 189/4 Irfan Pathan bowling his last over. Rayudu smashes a full toss through deep mid wicket boundary for four runs. This one is cleaner and over long off boundary for a six. Next one is carved to deep extra cover for a four. This one is higher and longer through long off for a six. This time he gets only a single. Twenty two runs off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 18 II Score: 167/4 Rayudu comes to the middle now and gets a couple of runs to backward point immediately. Seven runs and a wicket of this over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 17.3 II Score: 163/4 Nehra into the attack now and Rohit drives the first ball to long off for two runs. Another single of the second ball. Pollard smashes one straight to the man at cover. Pollard c Shahbaz Nadeem b Nehra 13(7) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 17 II Score: 160/3 Rohit starts this over from Morkel with a hoik over mid on for a four. No run off the second ball. Pollard flat bats this between the fielder at long off and long on for a four. This one is good yorker and Pollard digs it out for a single. Rohit gets to his fifty with a single to cover. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 16 II Score: 149/3 Umesh Yadav traps Pollard on the pads off the first ball and a huge appeal follows but the umpire says no. Rohit smacks a slower ball just short of the man at mid off . Gets a single to long off this time. Umesh losing his line a little as he bowls this one wide down the leg side. Pollard pulls a short arm jab and transports the ball well over the long on boundary for a six. Smashes the next man to long off for a single. Rohit gets a single off the last ball. Eleven runs off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 15 II Score: 138/3 Rohit gets an outside edge off the first ball after the strategic time up and the ball flies away to third man boundary for a four. Rohit gets across the stumps and guides the ball towards fine leg boundary for another four. This ball id wide outside off stump and Rohit dabs it to third man for a single. Karthik gets a leading edge this time and the ball lobs up to the man at cover who completes an easy catch. Kieron Pollard comes to the middle now and steals a quick single first up. Rohit flicks a full toss to deep mid wicket for a four. Dinesh Karthik c Jeevan Mendis b Morne Morkel 86(48) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 14 II Score: 124/2 Irfan Pathan into the attack now as Rohit gets a single off the first ball. Karthik tries to late cut the next one but gets a bit too late and the ball bounces straight to the wicketkeeper. This time he gets the ball to third man for a single. Karthik slogs this one past deep mid wicket for a bounary. The next ball is hit even harder to the same area for a boundary. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 13 II Score: 113/2 Rohit gets into the action this time as he hits one inside out over deep extra cover boundary for a six. A single off the next ball. This one is short on the off side and Karthik gets back and cuts it perfectly to the deep backward point boundary for a four. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 12 II Score: 100/2 Nadeem and Mendis have put a bit of a hold on the scoring rates. Karthik tries to late cut this one again but misses. This time Kathik sweeps and sweeps wonderfully to deep mid wicket boundary for a four. Karthik sweeps again but this time the fielder gets around to gather it and restricts the batsmen to a single. Karthik cuts one wide on the off side to the long off boundary for a four this time. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 11 II Score: 87/2 Jeevan Mendis is into the attack now. Rohit gets a single off the first ball. Karthik misses an attempted hoik but the ball gies away to the short fine leg area for a single. Rohit advances down the wicket but the bowler adjusts his line and he defends it back to the bowler. Good bowling from Mendis here but Karthik gets the better of him with a late cut that goes to the third man boundary for four runs. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 10 II Score: 80/2 Nadeem continues as he bowls a much better line here. The batsmen stroke him around for singles. Just five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 9 II Score: 75/2 Umesh Yadav to bowl the over as Karthik looks settled and in devastating mode here. He pulls the second ball off the over between deep mid wicket and long on for a four. Karthik's intensity disturbing Umesh's line here as ge bowls a wide. Another short one and Karthik pulls this again to the vacant deep mid wicket boundary for a four. Karthik gets to his fifty with a quick single. This one is full and on the pads and Karthik clips it deep mid wicket for a four. This is class from Karthik. Cramps him for room this time with a slightly shorter one. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 8 II Score: 59/2 Shahbaz Nadeem into the attack now and Karthik cuts it late to third man for a four. Sweeps the next ball to short fine leg for a single. Rohit gets another single to deep mid wicket. Karthik pulls a slightly shorter one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Eight runs off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 7 II Score: 51/2 Morkel continues as Rohit gets a single off the second ball to mid wicket. Karthik gets some bat on one down the leg side and the ball runs away to fine leg, the batsmen take three runs. Rohit defends this one to cover point and takes a single. Morkel's line is slightly shorter and a full pitched swinging delivery seems round the corner.This one is fuller but on the pads and Karthik gets a single to deep mid wicket, that's a no ball and Delhi have a free hit. Karthik slashes his bat and the ball flies over third man boundary for a six. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 6 II Score: 38/2 Nehra to bowl the last ball of the power play. Starts off with a short and wide one which Karthik cuts to backward point, no run taken. The next one is short and Karthik pulls it over the fine leg boundary for a six. He follows it up with front foot pull through the fine leg boundry for a four. This one is short again and Karthik pulls but does not time it to perfection and ends up getting a single only. Rohit gets off the mark finally with a single. Kathik flicks another short one to the vacant deep mid wicket boundary for a four. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 5 II Score: 22/2 Umesh Yadav into the attack now and Karthik defends the first one to covers and takes a single. The next one is fuller and Rohit flicks it to the man at mid wicket, no run taken. The batsmen are looking uncomfortable whenever the ball is being pitched up and being allowed time to swing. Umesh in trying to maintain an outside off stump line bowls one a tad too wide. Just two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 4 II Score: 20/2 Rohit gets a leg bye off the first ball. Karthik gets two runs towards square leg. Guides the next ball to third man for a single. Irfan is getting some swing here and Rohit especially is not looking very comfortable in the middle. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 3 II Score: 14/2 Morne Morkel into the attack now and he strats off with a wide full pitched delivery and Karthik hits it beautifully through covers for a four. Morkel pulls the next three deliveries slightly shorter and Karthik does not look too comfortable dealing with it. Smart bowling from Morkel as he bowls this one very full and the ball swings slightly outside from off stump and beats Karthik all ends up. Karthik gets bat on a wide ball this time and Pathan at third one makes a mess of it and the ball goes for a boundary. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 2 II Score: 6/2 Rohit Sharma is the new batsman. Karthik hits a beautiful cover drive off the fifth ball of the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 1.3 II Score: 1/2 Nehra to bowl the second over. Tendulkar steals a single off the first ball. Karthik pushes one to mid off and Sachin takes off for a quick single but is sent back mid way and Jayawardene gets a direct hit fro mid off and Sachin is nowhere in the picture. Tendulkar run out (Mahela Jayawardene) 1(1) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI INDIANS Over: 1 II Score: 0/1 Irfan Pathan starts off proceedings for Delhi as Ponting defends the first ball to the on side, hint of inswing for the left hander. Ponting plays the first three balls from the crease but can't get it away for runs. He walks out on the fourth ball but Irfan pulls it a bit shorter so Ponting has to defend it again to short mid wicket. Pressure gets to Ponting as he walks out and strikes the ball straight into the hands of the man at mid off. Ponting c Mahela Jayawardene b Irfan Pathan 0(6) ==================================================================================== Live Updates from the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils to be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. ==================================================================================== Toss: Mumbai have won the toss and they will be batting first. Delhi (Playing XI): Unmukt Chand, David Warner, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Jeevan Mendis, Manprit Juneja, Kedar Jadhav(w), Irfan Pathan, Morne Morkel, Ashish Nehra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav Mumbai (Playing XI): Ricky Ponting(c), Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik(w), Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Pragyan Ojha, Lasith Malinga It's the clash of the titans this evening at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians' legendary opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting have been disappointing so far in the tournament. The bowling looks settled though with Mitchell Johnson and Munaf Patel leading the attack with Harbhajan Singh provinding good support. Delhi Daredevils have struggled so far in the tournament. The fact that are without some of their star performers has not helped matters. However, with Mahela Jayawardene and David Warner at the top they do have the fire power to make a comeback.