Mumbai Indians the masters as challenge fizzles
Mumbai Indians (MI) finally have a trophy to display on their shelf. After 10 overs into the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) innings, it seemed distant what with Virat Kohli, with two back-to-back fifties coming into this game, still there and looking good. Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne
Dilshan's flyer had launched them into the chase of a modest 140 and it looked a march for RCB,But a little while later, the game changed as RCB slumped on a slow MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch on Sunday.
Kohli holed out to Aiden Blizzard at deep midwicket off Harbhajan Singh. Suddenly, the RCB batting started to look shaky with not much experience and form in the middle. Arun Karthik, who'd hit a last ball six to see RCB through to the semifinals, tried a heroic hoick to clear the pressure but was caught at long-off. Mohammed Kaif too fell in similar vein and it was as good as over soon.
Earlier, MI flattered to deceive. The run outs of James Franklin and Surya Kumar Yadav undid the good work done by the them alongwith Ambati Rayudu. And when Kieron Pollard and Harbhajan Singh returned, the former due to impatience and the latter due to lack of judgment of the length.
Newspaper:Hindustan Times, 10th Oct
