Mumbai lose to Yuvraj-led KXIP

KXIP made one change to their playing eleven – V R V Singh made way for Vikramjeet Malik.

MI made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Yuvraj Singh, KXIP’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 26, and lost a couple of wickets.

Karan Goel, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Twenty-three balls into the match, he was stumped by Pinal Shah. Harbhajan Singh broke the 18-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bopara, who faced 14 balls, scored (Ra)VI. Four balls later, he was caught by Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, off the bowling of Dwayne Bravo.

Yuvraj, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Zaheer Khan. Jean-Paul Duminy broke the 23-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 (for the loss of three wickets) off 10 overs (60 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

In fact, it was at that point that the drinks break was taken. While Kumar Sangakkara, the player of the match, had scored a dozen, Mahela Jayawardene had scored half-a-dozen.

Sangakkara, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 45. He was unbeaten.

Although he eventually faced nine balls, Jayawardene had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a dozen balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Shikhar Dhawan. Sanath Jayasuriya broke the 11-run stand.

Irfan Pathan, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 24 balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Khan broke the 32-run stand.

Wilkin Mota, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Eleven balls later, Malinga broke the (Lasi)thirteen-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Piyush, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls (Chaw)later, he was dismissed by Malinga.

KXIP scored 100 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). MI had conceded 17 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 22. Ramesh Powar, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty balls later, Shah ran him out.

KXIP scored 119 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Tendulkar, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was wicketless.

Jayasuriya, who bowled an over, conceded five. He picked up a wicket.

Bravo and Duminy bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 23.

Harbhajan and Khan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 19.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 23, and lost three wickets.

Jayasuriya, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A ball into the chase, he was caught by Yuvraj. Pathan broke the one-run stand.

Tendulkar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by Jayawardene. Malik broke the three-run stand.

Dhawan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Seventeen balls (Abdul)later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Yusuf, who broke the eight-run stand.

Bravo, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Thirty-one balls later, he was caught by Mota. Powar broke the 33-run stand.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. MI had scored 47 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Duminy had scored 22, Nayar had scored (Abhish)ek.

MI scored 50 off 10.3 overs (64 balls). KXIP had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Nayar, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 15. Forty-seven balls after Bravo’s dismissal, Pathan broke the 49-run stand.

Duminy’s half-century – which included four boundaries – came off 55 balls.

MI scored 100 off 17.5 overs (108 balls). KXIP had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Harbhajan, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Half-a-dozen balls after Nayar’s dismissal, he was caught by Goel. Needless to say, Chawla was in seventh heaven.

Duminy, whose 63-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 59. Nine balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Taruwar Kohli. Abdulla broke the 12-run stand.

Saurabh Tiwary, who faced four balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Khan, who didn’t face a ball.

The Kings from Punjab eventually conceded XI extras. MI, who scored 119 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by three runs,

Mota, who bowled an over, conceded three. He was wicketless, as was Goel, who bowled two overs, conceding 11.

Malik, who bowled two overs, conceded 12. He picked up a wicket.

Chawla, who bowled three overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Powar, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Pathan and the South African bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 20, the (Abdul)latter conceded 19.