Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers, IPL, Mumbai
Gilchrist leaves Mumbai gasping
April 27, 2008 Deccan Chargers 155 for 0 (Gilchrist 109*, Laxman 36*) beat Mumbai Indians 154 for 7 (Bravo 34, Nayar 34)
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How they were out
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Adam Gilchrist set the DY Patil Stadium alight with the fastest century of the tournament as the Deccan Chargers raced to their first win of the tournament. The battle between the two bottom-ranked teams was a no-contest once Gilchrist teed off, as the short boundaries and Mumbai Indians' bowlers were made a mockery of.
20 overs Mumbai Indians 154 for 7 (Bravo 34, Nayar 34) v Deccan Chargers
Playing at a new home ground and under a new captain, the Mumbai Indians would have been hoping for a change in fortunes, but it was the Deccan Chargers who came up with a spirited effort to restrict the home side to 154 for 7. Both teams had lost their first three games but VVS Laxman's decision to field first paid dividends as his bowlers kept Mumbai's top order in check throughout the first half of the match.
It was only the string of 30s from the middle order that helped Mumbai reach 154. Shaun Pollock, leading his side following the temporary suspension of stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh, made a run-a-ball 31 to revive the innings, but it was the quickfire 34s from Abhishek Nayar and Dwayne Bravo that ensured the Mumbai bowlers had a decent total to defend.
After his decision to hand Andrew Symonds the final over in the loss against Rajasthan Royals, Laxman's captaincy had come under the hammer, but on Sunday he was right on the ball. He was quick to shuffle around his bowlers, who to their credit, backed up their captain's decision with some good bowling.
Nuwan Zoysa and RP Singh started well, with the tall Zoysa extracting some steepling bounce to surprise the batsmen. Sanath Jayasuriya and Luke Ronchi had failed to make an impression in earlier games, and they were kept quiet once again, despite the short boundaries. Laxman employed a deep square-leg and no fine leg, perhaps mindful of Jayasuriya's powerful flicks, but he used the same strategy against the right-hander Ronchi, who stole two fours through the region. He steered Zoysa through cover point for a boundary, but Ronchi fell attempting to slash a tempting wide delivery angled across from RP Singh, edging straight to Laxman at slip.
Sanjay Bangar was brought on in the fourth over, perhaps to help Zoysa change ends, but the move worked. Ajinkya Rahane, making his Twenty20 debut, was done in by the lack of pace - Bangar pitched one a tad short and Rahane's pull landed safely in the hands of Pragyan Ojha at deep square leg. The next move from Laxman though was a masterstroke. Shahid Afridi was brought on in the final over of the Powerplay, and he had Robin Uthappa caught behind. It was sweet revenge for Afridi. Uthappa had greeted him by stepping out, getting down on his knee and flat-batting him straight down the ground. At the end of six overs, Mumbai were tottering at 27 for 3.
At the other end, Jayasuriya had made only 4 of his first ten deliveries, and one pitched short from Zoysa fetched him his first boundary, which came off his 14th. But, once again the introduction of Afridi in the 11th over led to a wicket, Jayasuriya got a top edge as he tried to power a googly through the leg side. The onus was then on Pollock to hold the innings together, but he too couldn't stay till the end. Taking the attack to Bangar in the 15th over, Pollock hit two trademark shots, one a four over extra cover and the other a six over long-on. Bangar kept the next ball full and straight, Pollock missed attempting another big hit, and was out bowled.
Nayar smashed three sixes in his 19-ball innings, as 45 runs came in the overs 14 to 16. But he top-edged to Gilchrist while trying to hook Zoysa. Bravo too managed to find the gaps, and was out for 34 off the last ball of the innings as Mumbai finished on 154. However, with Harbhajan missing, it's unlikely the weak Mumbai bowling line-up can stop Deccan from charging to their first win.
Teams
Mumbai Indians: 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Luke Ronchi (wk), 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Abhishek Nayar (wk), 7 Shaun Pollock (capt), 8 Siddharth Chitnis , 9 Musavir Khote, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Deccan Chargers: 1 VVS Laxman (capt), 2 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 3 Shahid Afridi, 4 Andrew Symonds, 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Arjun Yadav, 7 Sanjay Bangar, 8 Nuwan Zoysa, 9 RP Singh, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 D Kalyankrishna.
| Twenty20 match | | Indian Premier League - 14th match Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, on 27 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Deccan Chargers won by 10 wickets (with 48 balls remaining) |
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| Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
 | L Ronchi | c Laxman b Singh | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 118.18 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c Sharma b Shahid Afridi | 18 | 47 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 | ||
| AM Rahane | c Ojha b Bangar | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| RV Uthappa | c Gilchrist b Shahid Afridi | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | ||
 | SM Pollock | b Bangar | 31 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| AM Nayar | c Gilchrist b Zoysa | 34 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 178.94 | ||
| DJ Bravo | c Ojha b Singh | 34 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 188.88 | ||
| MA Khote | not out | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) | 11 | |||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs; 96 mins) | 154 | (7.70 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat A Nehra, DS Kulkarni, SD Chitnis |
| Fall of wickets1-15 (Ronchi, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Rahane, 3.5 ov), 3-27 (Uthappa, 5.2 ov), 4-55 (Jayasuriya, 10.3 ov), 5-79 (Pollock, 13.3 ov), 6-122 (Nayar, 16.3 ov), 7-154 (Bravo, 19.6 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| RP Singh | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 | (2w) | |
| DNT Zoysa | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| SB Bangar | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 8.50 | ||
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | (1nb) | |
| PP Ojha | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | ||
| D Kalyankrishna | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
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| Deccan Chargers innings (target: 155 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| AC Gilchrist | not out | 109 | 47 | 9 | 10 | 231.91 | ||
| VVS Laxman | not out | 37 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 142.30 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 4) | 9 | |||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 12 overs; 59 mins) | 155 | (12.91 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat A Symonds, RG Sharma, Shahid Afridi, SB Bangar, AS Yadav, RP Singh, PP Ojha, D Kalyankrishna, DNT Zoysa |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| A Nehra | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | ||
| SM Pollock | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 16.50 | ||
| DS Kulkarni | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | ||
| SD Chitnis | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | (1w) | |
| DJ Bravo | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 15.50 | (2w) | |
| AM Nayar | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22.00 | (1w) |
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Toss Deccan Chargers, who chose to field first
Points Deccan Chargers 2, Mumbai Indians 0
Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
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