Mumbai disappointed; Sehwag-led DD win

MI made three changes to their playing eleven – Tirumalasetti Suman, James Franklin and Lasith Malinga made way for Davy Jacobs, Clint McKay and Rudra Pratap Singh.

DD made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Roelof van der Merwe and Venugopal Rao made way for Ross Taylor and Ajit Agarkar.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, 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 23, and lost a couple of wickets.

Jacobs, who faced 10 balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls into the match, Shahbaz Nadeem, the player of the match, broke the two-run stand.

Richard Levi, who faced four balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, Nadeem broke the three-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 25. Ambati Rayudu, who faced 11 balls, scored four. Twenty-four balls later, Sehwag and Naman Ojha ran him out.

Kieron Pollard, who faced three balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Taylor. Umesh Yadav broke the eight-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, whose 27-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 29. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Taylor. Agarkar broke the three-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, who faced four balls, scored three. Five balls later, he was caught by Kevin Pietersen. Yadav broke the three-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point.

McKay, who faced 15 balls, scored eight. Twenty-seven balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Yadav. Irfan Pathan broke the 34-run stand.

Rudra Pratap, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, Morne Morkel broke the two-run stand.

Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, scored 33 off 22 balls, which included five boundaries and a six. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Naman. Morkel broke the nine-run stand.

Pragyan Ojha, who faced a dozen balls, scored just three. Nine balls later, Agarkar broke the three-run stand.

Munaf Patel, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

DD eventually conceded nine extras. MI were bundled out for 92 off 19.2 overs.

Pathan bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded a dozen, picking up a wicket.

Agarkar, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Morkel (whose spell including a maiden), Nadeem and Yadav, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 22, 16, and 11, respectively.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost a wicket.

Naman, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Thirty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Harbhajan. Rudra Pratap broke the 34-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). MI had conceded eight extras at that point.

Pietersen, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Seventeen balls after Naman’s dismissal, he was caught by Jacobs. Rudra Pratap broke the 18-run stand.

Sehwag, whose 36-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 32. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Levi. Pragyan broke the 22-run stand.

Mahela Jayawardene, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Taylor, who scored 11 off 10 balls, which included a boundary.

MI eventually conceded 11 extras. DD, who scored 93 for the loss of three wickets off 14.5 overs, won by seven wickets with 31 balls to spare.

Pollard, who bowled five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was wicketless, as were McKay and Patel, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 15.

Pragyan, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up a couple of scalps.