
The Mumbai Indians were all set to face their first match with out the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and so Harbhajan Singh had to lead the team. They posed a good total of 165 runs in the alloted 20 overs and Robin Uthappa top scored with 48 runs. It was a close fight by the Royal Challengers and the runs were distributed some what equally among the batsmen. Finally Boucher came to the rescue and scored a wonderful 39 of just 19 balls and the Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets.
Mumbai Indians:
Royal Challengers:
Check out the score card :
MUMBAI
Mumbai
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4’s | 6’s |
| Luke Ronchi (W) |
c Virat Kohli b Zaheer Khan |
8 |
10 | 2 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
run out (Zaheer Khan) |
29 |
16 | 5 | 1 |
| Dominic Thornely |
retired hurt |
0 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Uthappa |
st Mark Boucher b Balachandra Akhil |
48 |
38 | 5 | 1 |
| Pinal Shah |
c Virat Kohli b Balachandra Akhil |
19 |
23 | 2 | 0 |
| Abhishek Nayar |
c Zaheer Khan b Praveen Kumar |
20 |
14 | 1 | 1 |
| Shaun Pollock |
b Zaheer Khan |
28 |
12 | 3 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh (C) |
not out |
2 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
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| Musavir Khote |
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| Ashish Nehra |
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| Total: 165 for 6 in 20.0 overs Run Rate: 8.25 Extras : 11 (b - 2, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 6, Penalty - 0) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets:1/9 (Luke Ronchi 1.5 ov.), 2/46 (Sanath Jayasuriya 5.4 ov.), 3/97 (Pinal Shah 13.3 ov.), 4/125 (Robin Uthappa 16.5 ov.), 5/152 (Abhishek Nayar 18.5 ov.), 6/165 (Shaun Pollock 20 ov.) | ||||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | Noballs |
|
Praveen Kumar |
4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
Zaheer Khan |
4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
|
Jacques Kallis |
3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
Vinay Kumar |
4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Balachandra Akhil |
3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
|
Sunil Joshi |
2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangalore |
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4’s | 6’s |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
c Abhishek Nayar b Dhawal Kulkarni |
16 |
11 | 3 | 0 |
| Rahul Dravid (C) |
c & b Harbhajan Singh |
32 |
33 | 4 | 0 |
| Ross Taylor |
c Abhishek Nayar b Sanath Jayasuriya |
23 |
12 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacques Kallis |
c Abhishek Nayar b Harbhajan Singh |
25 |
24 | 0 | 1 |
| Virat Kohli |
c Luke Ronchi b Ashish Nehra |
23 |
14 | 3 | 1 |
| Mark Boucher (W) |
not out |
39 |
19 | 4 | 2 |
| Balachandra Akhil |
not out |
3 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Praveen Kumar |
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| Zaheer Khan |
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| Sunil Joshi |
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| Vinay Kumar |
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| Total: 166 for 5 in 19.4 overs Run Rate: 8.44 Extras : 5 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 0, Penalty - 0) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets:1/37 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 5 ov.), 2/68 (Rahul Dravid 8.5 ov.), 3/76 (Ross Taylor 10 ov.), 4/106 (Virat Kohli 13.3 ov.), 5/161 (Jacques Kallis 18.4 ov.) | ||||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | Noballs |
|
Ashish Nehra |
4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
|
Shaun Pollock |
4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Dhawal Kulkarni |
2.4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
|
Sanath Jayasuriya |
4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Harbhajan Singh |
4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
|
Abhishek Nayar |
1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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