Tendulkar shines; MI trounce Delhi

DD made no changes to their playing eleven.

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ryan McLaren and Ali Murtaza made way for the Trinidadians (Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo). 

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, DD’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 67, and lost a wicket.

Although his 10-ball innings included a boundary, Jayasuriya had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 22 balls into the match, he was caught by the substitute, Yogesh Nagar. Farveez Maharoof broke the (Sana)thirty-eight-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point.

Aditya Tare, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 17. Seventeen balls after Jayasuriya’s dismissal, he was caught by Pradeep Sangwan, who broke the 36-run stand.

Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 50 off 23 balls, which included nine boundaries.

MI scored 100 off nine overs (54 balls). DD had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Tendulkar eventually scored 63 off 32 balls, which included 11 boundaries. Twenty-six balls after Tare’s dismissal, he was caught by Nagar. Amit Mishra broke the 48-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). DD had conceded 14 extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 30 balls. While Saurabh Tiwary’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Ambati Rayudu’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Tiwary’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 31 balls.

Rayudu, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 34. Forty-one balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan. Maharoof broke the 71-run partnership.

MI scored 200 off 18.1 overs (111 balls). DD had conceded 17 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fifth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Tiwary, whose 37-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 61. Seven balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, Dinesh Karthik ran him out.

Bravo, whose four-ball innings included a six, scored nine. Four balls later, he was caught by Mithun Manhas. Sarabjit Ladda broke the nine-run stand.

Pollard, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Three balls later, he was stumped by Karthik. Ladda broke the four-run stand.

Rajagopal Sathish, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

MI scored 218 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Dirk Nannes, who was wicketless, conceded 35.

Mishra and Sangwan picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 41.

Maharoof and Ladda picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 44.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

Dilshan, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Twenty-two balls into the chase, Malinga broke the (Lasi)thirty-eight-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Virender Sehwag, whose 16-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 26. Fifteen balls after Dilshan’s dismissal, he was caught by Rayudu. Bravo broke the 28-run stand.

A B de Villiers, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Four balls later, Bravo broke the two-run stand.

Karthik, whose six-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was stumped by Tare. Harbhajan Singh broke the 21-run stand.

Manhas, who faced three balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Sathish. Jayasuriya broke the one-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 10.5 overs (65 balls). MI had conceded five extras at that point.

Maharoof, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 28. Thirteen balls later, he was stumped by Tare. Jayasuriya broke the 26-run stand.

Mishra, who faced five balls, scored three. Ten balls later, Pollard broke the nine-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a run. Sangwan, who faced nine balls, scored just four. Three balls later, Bravo ran him out.

Ladda, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

Nannes, who faced 11 balls, scored just three. Eighteen balls after Sangwan’s dismissal, Harbhajan broke the four-run stand.

Gambhir was absent hurt.

MI eventually conceded 11 extras. DD, who were bundled out for 120 off 16.3 overs, lost by 98 runs.

Zaheer Khan bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 20.

Malinga bowled two overs, conceding 22. He picked up a wicket, as was Pollard, who bowled four overs, conceded 24.

Bravo bowled two overs, conceding 11. He picked up two wickets.

Harbhajan, who bowled 2.3 overs, conceded 23. He picked up two wickets.

Jayasuriya, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up a couple of scalps.