Tendulkar-led MI delighted; Hyderabad eliminated

DC made three Cha(mara)nges to their playing eleven – Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris and P M Sarvesh Kumar made way for the Sri Lankan pair (Silva and Nuwan Zoysa) and Halhadar Das.

MI made (Fernan)do changes to their playing eleven – Shaun Pollock and Rajesh Pawar made way for Pinal Shah and Dilhara.  

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, 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 57, and lost a wicket.

Jayasuriya, whose 15-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored (Sana)thirty-six. Seventeen balls into the match, he was caught by Rudra Pratap Singh. Venugopal Rao broke the 39-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). DC had conceded an extra at that point.

Tendulkar, whose 19-ball (Sach)innings included four boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-three balls after Jayasuriya’s (Afri)dismissal, he was caught by Silva. Shahid broke the run-a-ball stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dominic Thornely, who faced 18 balls, eventually scored eight. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Afridi.

Robin Uthappa, who faced 16 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 25 balls later, he was caught by Afridi. Rao broke the 24-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). DC had conceded 13 extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Abhishek Nayar’s contribution to the partnership was 28, the contribution of Dwayne Bravo, the player of the match, to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

MI scored 150 off 17.3 overs (106 balls). DC had conceded 14 extras at that point.

Nayar, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 38. Twenty-nine balls after Uthappa’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Rudra Pratap broke the 54-run partnership.

Bravo, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 30. A couple of balls later, Rudra Pratap broke the six-run stand.

Shah, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Eight balls later, Rudra Pratap broke the 19-run stand.

Yogesh Takawale, who faced five balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten, as was Rohan Raje, who bowled a couple of balls, scoring a run.

DC eventually conceded 20 extras. MI scored 178 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Paidikalva Vijaykumar, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 24.

Zoysa, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 37.

Pragyan Ojha, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Rao, who bowled three overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Afridi, who bowled four overs, conceding 23.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 32, and lost three wickets.

The Pakistani all-rounder, who faced a ball, (Afri)didn’t get off the mark. Eight balls into the chase, he was caught by Thornely. Needless to say, Bravo was in seventh heaven.

Gilchrist, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Shah. Fernando broke the 13-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Sharma, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Fernando.

DC scored 50 off 8.2 overs (50 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

Silva, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Twenty-eight balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Takawale. Nayar broke the 36-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Rao’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Dwaraka Ravi Teja’s contribution to it was 18. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Rao’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 32 balls.

He eventually scored 57 off 38 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to three sixes. Forty-eight balls after Silva’s dismissal, he was caught by Shah. Bravo broke the 74-run partnership.

Ravi Teja, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 37. A couple of balls later, Bravo broke the six-run stand.

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

The seventh-wicket pair put on nine. Das, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, Takawale ran him out.

Rudra Pratap, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

MI eventually conceded eight extras. DC, who scored 153 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 25 runs, and were eliminated.

Thornely, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight.

Raje and Jayasuriya bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 13.

Ashish Nehra, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Nayar, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket.

Fernando, who bowled four overs, conceded 38. He picked up two wickets.

Bravo, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up three scalps.