Mumbai dishear‘ten’ed; Laxman-led DC triumph

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Saurabh Tiwary and Harbhajan Singh made way for Ajinkya Rahane and Twenty debutant Siddharth Chitnis.

DC made one Cha(minda)nge to their playing eleven – Vaas made way for his compatriot Nuwan Zoysa.

On winning the toss, V V S Laxman, DC’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 27, and lost three wickets.

Luke Ronchi, whose 11-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 13. Fourteen balls into the match, he was caught by Laxman. Rudra Pratap Singh broke the 15-run stand.

Rahane (Oj)had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he didn’t get off the mark. Nine balls later, he was caught by Pragyan. Sanjay Bangar broke the three-run stand.

Uthappa, whose five-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Nine balls later, he was caught by Adam Gilchrist. Shahid Afridi broke the run-a-ball stand.

MI scored 50 off 9.3 overs (58 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

Jayasuriya, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. (Sana)Thirty-one balls after Uthappa’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Afridi broke the 28-run stand.

Shaun Pollock, MI’s skipper, scored 31. His run-a-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. Eighteen balls later, Bangar broke the 24-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.1 overs (92 balls). DC had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Abhishek Nayar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 34. Eighteen balls after Pollock’s dismissal, he was caught by Gilchrist. Zoysa broke the 43-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 19.4 overs (120 balls). DC had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Dwayne Bravo, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 34. Twenty-one balls after Nayar’s dismissal, he was caught by Ojha. Singh broke the 32-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Musavir Khote, who was unbea‘ten’, had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

DC eventually conceded 11 extras. MI won 154 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna and Ojha bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 14.

Zoysa bowled four overs, conceding 30. He picked up a wicket.

Bangar, Afridi and Singh (whose spell included a maiden) bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. They conceded 34, 32, and 15, respectively.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 60, without the loss of a wicket.

DC’s openers put on 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). MI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 40, Laxman’s contribution to it was 11.

Gilchrist’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and three sixes – came off 28 balls.

DC’s openers put on 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 77, Laxman’s contribution to it was 20.

Gilchrist’s ton – which included nine boundaries and as many sixes – came off 42 balls.

The 11^th over of DC’s innings – bowled by Bravo – was called a seven-ball over by Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf.

DC’s openers put on 150 off 11.4 overs (71 balls). MI had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 109, Laxman’s contribution to it was 32.

Gilchrist, whose 47-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to 10 sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. He was unbeaten, as was Laxman, who eventually scored 37. His 26-ball innings included four boundaries and a six.

DC, who scored 155 without the loss of a wicket off 12 overs, won by 10 wickets with eight overs to spare.

Nayar and Dhawal Kulkarni bowled an over apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded eight.

Pollock, Bravo, Chitnis, Ashish Nehra and Jayasuriya bowled a couple of overs apiece. They conceded 33, 31, 20, 19, and 17, respectively.