Mumbai Indians defeat Guyana | Match Preview Mumbai Indian vs Guyana

September 16, Durban: Post the 2 defeats Mumbai Indians won their third match of CLT20 against Guyana a side that is still gripping with the fact that it is playing in at first class level. Fielding an unchanged squad from the previous match, Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat first in overcast conditions.

Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan were all business from the word go as they have no option of loosing anymore matches. There was a sense of urgency in their body language, running between the wickets and they were off to a flier with 33 coming in the first four overs. Yet, the shot-making left much to be desired. Tendulkar led a charmed life as the ball flew high off his bat to fall in no man’s land on more than one occasion. He was dropped too, at long off, much to the dismay of Chris Barnwell, the bowler.

Guyana had managed to pull things back a bit after the fourth over and Tendulkar ,realising the importance of putting up a big score, got stumped while trying to accelerate the pace. He made 48 and at 82 for 1 in 11 overs, Mumbai’s innings looked headed towards an in-between score of 150-160. Dhawan’s wicket followed by Saurabh Tiwary’s in the fifteenth over reaffirmed this notion. Kieron Pollard, who had been promoted to No. 3, though, had different plans.

The burly all-rounder only dealt in sixes on the evening, with the ball disappearing off his bat into the darkness of the Durban night all too frequently. His 72 came off just 30 deliveries and with the laws of the game not yet allowing for a captain to set a field beyond the boundary, there was little that Ramnaresh Sarwan could do in the face of Pollard’s towering nine sixes. Mumbai finished with an imposing total of 184.

Sarwan had not been unhappy about losing the toss earlier in the day, saying that Guyana’s strength was in its batting department. This wasn’t too apparent when the chase began. Sewnarine Chattergoon was the first to fall, caught at slip by Duminy off Lasith Malinga, in just the second over of the innings. Travis Dowlin was the next to go with the score at 45, caught at long on off Bravo’s bowling.

With 114 required from the last 10 overs, Guyana clearly needed to up the ante but MI’s bowlers kept them in check. Ali Murtaza was difficult to negotiate as were Harbhajan Singh and Dwayne Bravo. Sarwan struggled to get the big shots going and eventually fell four short of what would have been his maiden half-century at CLT20. Narsingh Deonarine, Chris Barnwell and Jonathan Foo all fell trying to take make some valiant runs. Mumbai coasted to a 31–run win and were for the first time, since the tournament began, the better side on the night.

Brief Scores – Mumbai Indians 184 for 4 (Kieron Pollard 72*, Sachin Tendulkar 48, Devendra Bishoo 3-34) beat Guyana 153 for 6 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 46, Dwayne Bravo 2-18, Harbhajan Singh 2-31) by 31 runs

Man-of-the-match – Kieron Pollard for his unbeaten 30-ball 72 that lit up the Kingsmead skyline on the night.

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Chennai Super Kings trashed Wayamba by 97 runs | CSK beat Wayamba a report

Wayamba Elevens skipper J Mubarak won the toss and elected to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in their Champions League T20 match on Wednesday at Centurion, Tshwane.This was a decision that the Wayamba captain would regret as Chennai who have already won their first match against Central Stags have now moved a step closer to semi-finals spot by defeating Wayamba. Chennai went into the match with an unchanged side that beat Stags. On the other hand Wayamba made two changes from the squad that lost to Warriors. Isuru Udana and Shalika Karunanayake comes in palce for Farveez Maharoof and Mahela Udawatte.

CSK trashed Wayamba by 97 runs an embarrasing defeat as nothing really worked for the Wayamba Eleven. Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay scored breezy half centuries as Chennai Super Kings crushed Wayamba by 97 runs to register their second consecutive win in the Champions League Twenty20 on Wednesday. With two victories out of as many matches in Group A, CSK have inched a step closer towards the semifinal race while Wayamba faces elimination.

Sent into bat, Raina scored a blistering 44-ball 87 while Vijay made 68 off 48 deliveries to enable Chennai post a formidable 200/3 in their allotted 20 overs. Raina and Vijay complimented each other well and shared a 137-run second wicket stand that came off just 72 deliveries.Raina bejeweled his innings with six boundaries and as many sixes while Vijay found the fence nine times and crossed it once.

For Wayamba Chanaka Welegadara picked up two wickets for 47 runs off his four overs. Chasing the huge target, Wayamba never got off their hooks and were finally bundled out for 103 in 17.1 overs. Wayamba had a horrible start to their run chase as they lost two of their top-order batsmen inside the third over with just 18 runs on the board. Well a match the Wayamba Elevens would like to wipe from memory