Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 44: Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 44 of the IPL 2011 season between Pune Warriors and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians are the leaders of IPL 2011 till date and looking good to make the playoffs, on other hand Pune warriors had a disastrous debut to the IPL 2011 season. Can Pune warriors made amends and play like warriors and down the Mumbai Indians lets see....

Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl first. For Mumbai Indians AC Blizzard and SR Tendulkar opened the batting, for Pune warriors AC Thomas opened the bowling. Mumbai Indians lost AC Blizzard early in the innings for 6. SR Tendulkar and AT Rayudu again threatened to take the match away but Yuvraj Singh's double stike pegged back Mumbai Indians. R Sharma's double stike even more deterioted the Mumbai Indians innings. Late Stikes from TL Suman and KA Pollard brought back Mumbai Indians on track. Mumbai Indians finished with a healthy 160 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Mumbai Indians TL Suman scored 36 and KA Pollard scored 28, for Pune warriors JE Taylor, Yuvraj Singh, R sharma took 2 wickets each.

In reply Pune warriors opened the batting with JD Ryder and MK Pandey, for Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh opened the bowling. Pune warriors lost JD Ryder of the very first ball to Harbhajan Singh. GC Smith too had a painful stay for his 6 and was eventually out of MM Patel. AA Jhunjhunwala came ahead of Yuvraj Singh and instead of helping pune warriors he created more trouble by wasting balls and getting out to KA Pollard. Yuvraj Singh came out in a pressure situation and with MK Pandey scored some glorious shots but eventually fell under pressure for 20 to a SL Malings bouncer. RV Uthappa and MK Pandey then threatened to take the match away with awesome hitting. Pune warriors hope vanished when MK Pandey was out to SL Malinga and Pune warriors eventually scored 139 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Pune warriors lost with 21 runs. For Pune warriors MK Pandey scored 59 and RV Uthappa scored 34*, for Mumbai Indians again SL Malinga took 3 wickets.

Man of the Match is R Sharma for his 2/7 of 4 overs.

Score : Mumbai Indians 160 for 7 (TL Suman 36, KA Pollard 28, R Sharma 2/7, Yuvraj Singh 2/22) beat Pune Warriors 139 for 7 (MK Pandey 59, RV Uthappa 34*, SL Malinga 3/25) by 21 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 40: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 40 of the IPL 2011 season between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. Mumbai Indians are still ahead in the points table and would like to show their authority in this match too, on the other hand Kings XI Punjab after recent impressive wins have again come back to their loosing stream. Lets see if Kings XI Punjab can pull this off or atleast give a tight fight to Mumbai Indians.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Mumbai Indians DJ Jacobs and Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting, for Kings XI Punjab BA Bhatt opened the bowling. Mumbai Indians lost DJ Jacobs early for 10 when the score was 14 of 2.3 overs. Then Sachin Tendulkar and AT Rayudu score 95 runs of just 12 overs and gave a good platform for the next batsmen to come and play thier shots. Sachin Tendulkar and AT rayudu where out after their respective fifties. KA Pollard and RG Sharma played some big shots at the end of the innings to bloster the total of Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians finished with 159 for the loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Mumbai Indians Sachin Tendulkar and AT Rayudu scored 51 each, for Kings XI Punjab RJ Harris and PP Chawla took 2 wickets each.

In reply Kings XI Punjab opened the batting with PC Valthaty and AC Gilchrist, for Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh opened the bowling. Harbhajan Singh struck in his very first over when he caught AC Gilchrist leg before for 0. PC Valthaty and SE Marsh then played cautiously and scored 72 runs in 10 overs. Once PC Valthaty was out to A Symonds, flood gates where opened and Kings XI Punjab lost wickets quickly one after another. SE Marsh tried his best till the end and scored a brilliant 61. Kings XI Punjab finished with 136 for the loss of 8 wickets in their 20 overs. Kings XI Punjab fell short by 23 runs. For Kings XI Punjab SE Marsh scored 61 and PC Valthaty scored 33, for Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh, SL Malinga and MM Patel took 2 wickets each.


Man of the Match is KA Pollard for his 2 thunderous sixes, one wicket and electrifying fielding.

Score : Mumbai Indians 159 for 5 (AT Rayudu 51, Sachin Tendulkar 51, RJ Harris 2/33, PP Chawla 2/37) beat Kings XI Punjab 136 for 8 (SE Marsh 61, PC Valthaty 33, MM Patel 2/18, SL Malinga 2/19, Harbhajan Singh 2/25)

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 8: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians"

Hello and Welcome to the 8th Match of the IPL 2011 season between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians are riding high with Success and Royal Challengers Bangalore are on other side looks ordinary. Lets see if Royal Challengers Bangalore can match to the standards of Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. Royal Challengers bangalore opened the batting with MA Agarwal and TM Dilshan, for Mumbai Indians SL Malinga opened the bowling. MA Agarwal was bowled of the very first scorching yorker from SL Malinga. V Kohli came and left soon when he was out to KA Pollard. AB de Villiers and TM Dilshan slowly tried to repair the innings of Royal challengers bangalore. Inspite of the late blitz Royal challengers Bangalore managed to score 140 for the loss of 4 wickets in their 20 overs. For Royal challengers banglore TM Dilshan scored 59* and AB de Villiers scored 38, for Mumbai Indians SL Malinga and KA Pollard took two wickets each.

In reply Mumbai Indians opened the batting with the Master Sachin Tendulkar and DJ Jacobs, for Royal Challengers Bangalore Z Khan opened the bowling. DJ Jacobs gave a good start to Mumbai Indians and was later bowled of DP Nannes for 22 trying to score quick. After DJ Jacobs exit AT Rayudu joined Sachin Tendulkar and made sure there were no more hiccups and took Mumbai Indians home with 9 wickets 9 balls to spare. AT Rayudu and Sachin Tendulkar both scored 50's. For Mumbai Indians AT Rayudu scored 63* and Sachin Tendulkar scored 55*, for Royal Challengers Bangalore DP Nannes took a wicket.


Man of the Match is Sachin Tendulkar for his 55 runs

Score : Mumbai Indians 143 for 1 (Sachin Tendulkar 55*, AT Rayudu 63*, DP Nannes 1/0) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 140 for 4 (TM Dilshan 59*, AB de Villiers 38, KA Pollard 2/25, SL Malinga 2/32) by five wickets